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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Trust me when I say there is a lot of wastage and pet programs that could probably be cut back to find the money for an essential service.

We spend something like the 3rd most per person in health care spending in the world and don't have good services delivery in this country.

You could probably find the money in programs that aren't essential fairly easily.

First off, thank you for all your informative posts across many threads, I always enjoy the insight.

I hear these generalization that the government has to much fat or it is easy to find the fat.... yet... rarely does anyone post a list of specific examples of what should be cut.

I tried Googling the Canadian taxpayers society, and it looks like a decent place to start, however I find I disagree with a lot of the issues they are trying to tackle. I also don't know enough about them or their interests to advocate for them here.

I don't want to really hijack this thread into a government waste thread, but it isn't terribly inappropriate considering the money has to come from somewhere if we are to increase military spending.

So, does anyone a clear cut list of items for which the majority of the population would agree and wonder why in the world we are spending money on these items? I wouldn't be looking for contested items such as the arts, as when we say our government is bloated and the waste is "easy to find", I would assume there would be many money larger uncontested items.

Or am I missing the boat here?