Jul
31
2011
You’re Gonna Pay
Someone has to pay for the never-ending statist spending spree. Wilson Getchell says it’s going to be you:
On a tip from OccamsrazorX.
Someone has to pay for the never-ending statist spending spree. Wilson Getchell says it’s going to be you:
On a tip from OccamsrazorX.
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Great Post!
Steve
Common Cents
http://www.commoncts.blogspot.com
Who else would it be? It’s always the same hard working, mindless sheep who pay everybody’s bills.
Want to save money? Start with these;
Defense cut by 2/3: $475 billion
Medicare/Medicaid*: $441 billion
Social Security Means Testing: $170 billion
Eliminate Dept. of Education (includes Pell Grants): $106.9 billion
Social Security*: $85.7 billion
Eliminate Dept. of Transportation: $84.8 billion
Eliminate Dept. of Labor*: $78.6 billion
Eliminate HUD: $60.8 billion
Eliminate Dept. of Agriculture*: $33 billion
Cut civilian employee compensation: $30 billion
Stop maintaining vacant federal property: $25 billion
Eliminate Foreign Aid: $21.2+ billion
Eliminate Dept. of Energy*: $20.8 billion
Eliminate NASA: $19.6 billion
End Drug War: $15 billion
Earmark moratorium: $16 billion
Eliminate Fannie/Freddie Subsidies: $14 billion
Eliminate Dept. of Commerce: $13.9 billion
Eliminate Dept. of Interior: $12 billion
Legalize and tax Pot, Online gambling: $12 billion
Privatize Army Corps of Engineers: $10.6 billion
Cut federal employee travel budget: $10 billion
Eliminate National Science Foundation: $7.4 billion
End EPA’s State and Local grants: $6.5 billion
Repeal Davis-Bacon: $6 billion
Privatize TSA: $5.7 billion
Cut DOJ’s State and Local grants: $5 billion
Privatize Post Office: $4 billion
Eliminate Small Business Administration: $1.8 billion
Lease coastal plain of ANWR: $1.5 billion
Eliminate Federal Flood Insurance: $1.3 billion
Abolish SEC: $1.3 billion
Eliminate Corp. for National Community Service: $1 billion
Suspend acquisition of federal office space: $1 billion
End subsidies for public broadcasting: $500 million
End the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp: $480 million
Eliminate the FCC: $439 million
End the Endowments for Arts/Humanities: $332 million
Total Cut: $1,882,619,000,000
Current deficit: $1,645,000,000,000
Surplus Achieved: $237,619,000,000
(Research by Maxim Lott and Charles Couger.)