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Originally Posted by Caged Great
There's waste and garbage all over the place in the government budget.
I'm sure that you could cut your way to a 10 trillion savings.
There's a ton of waste in the area of defense. Ending the wars in Iraq/Afghanistan would help. Plus take a bit from the R & D section when it's not really needed right now.
Crack down on waste/fraud in the medicare sector (billing for test not done, or ones that are unnecessary), as well as confront the pharm companies over the prices of their pills. For example, the same medications in Canada or even cuba are minuscule compared to the US
Cut out loopholes entirely from the tax code and have everyone pay the same rate (don't cut the rate)
Reduce/eliminate medicare/medicaid/SS benefits for people who have more than 5 million in the bank.
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All of this requires taking money out of the pockets of the companies that own the US goverment, Pfizer, Boeing, Lockheed etc therefore it won't happen.