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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
The problem with both sides is neither really want to admit to the US voter that the country is screwed, the Tea Party isn't going to want to close down 2/3rds of the US military, cancel all new weapons programmes, let S Korea fend for itself, withdraw from the middle east, close down homeland security, abandon Isreal to the arabs and fire most of its border guards. Nor can they survive when the average american realises that paying they will have to somehow cover their parents medical etc, basic services they take for granted will start to break down or disappear.
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I was thinking they would start by raising the Social Security benfits age to 68. They might add a means test as well. Then eliminate Bush's added coverage to medicare. I'd go through all the government agencies and downsize where they overlap a State agency doing the same job. The Evironmental Protection Agency is an example of the Fed overreaching. They should be down sized with a smaller mandate which consists of overseeing only Federal lands and waters. Perhaps the Federal Government needs to look at wage and pension cuts for federal employees as well. This has already been done at the State level.