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True, but the largest single line item is either interest on debt or defense, both of which could be brought down significantly by firing 80% of federal workforce
I don't mean their salaries consume that much, but their actions do.
Defense is even more of a non-starter than entitlements, though.
The workforce reduction messages from the Trump administration have indicated that there will be increased military personnel.
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Agreed
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Medicaid is a handout not entitlement
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A distinction without a difference
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we need to stop using the word entitlement because no one is entitled to any government welfare program
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I agree, but all of those programs are handouts. People are entitled to what they've acquired voluntarily and nothing else.
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Medicare
Social Security
Medicaid
Defense
Interest on debt
Not necessarily in this order
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