> Trump administration have indicated that there will be increased military personnel.

Hopefully less wars = less spending

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.

Undisciplined

Medicare 
Social Security 
Medicaid 
Defense 
Interest on debt 

Not necessarily in this order 

Bell_curve

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.

econ

Tariffs Are The Norm, Income Tax Is The Experiment

> entitlement reform

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. 
