“The GAO did not release a figure regarding the total amount of such waste, but Senator Tom Coburn — who pushed for the report to be conducted — estimated that the report identified between $100 billion and $200 billion in redundancy.”
This just proves that the smaller the Federal Government, the better. What I find so disgusting about the Democrats right now is that they are refusing to even cut $61 billion from the Federal budget, which is a spit in the bucket when you have a $1.5 trillion (and rapidly growing) deficit. According to the Democrats, nothing can be cut or else the world will end. But the larger point is, if we can’t even agree to cut a miserable $61 billion, how are the Democrats going to make the really big cuts when it comes to Medicaid, Medicare, or Social Security?
The answer is, they just don’t want to cut anything. This is all a game and the Democrats are stalling for time. They hope the Republicans will just grow tired of arguing and then give up. Well, folks, giving up isn’t an option anymore, because if we do give up we go broke, literally go belly up. We just can’t afford spending like this anymore and anybody who wants to do so is either a blind socialist or wants this country to fail, or both. Or he could also be Obama.
The Republicans simply can’t give in now. There is too much on the line. If they give in now, it just proves nobody in Washington is serious about cutting anything. Personally, I don’t mind a government shutdown AT ALL if it means finally bringing a little fiscal sanity to Washington. Call their bluff, Republicans, and show who the real adults are in government.
