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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSure, we need to cut discretionary spending, but where? Are there any low-hanging fruit left?
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Sure, we need to cut discretionary spending, but where? Are there any low-hanging fruit left? (Original Post)
Scuba
Jan 2014
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PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)1. Defund the DOD!!
It is my sig line...
Egnever
(21,506 posts)2. No we don't
All we need to do is eliminate corporate loopholes and return the tax rate on the top tax brackets to Clinton ERA levels and our problem goes away.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)3. That would also work.
sinkingfeeling
(51,276 posts)4. Cut the military by 50%.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)5. All the low hanging fruit use part of their money to buy off congress
That's why they are still there.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)6. I see one huge piece of fruit we could cut in half. And we could start making the wealthy pay their
fair share of taxes. Those two things alone would probably solve most of the problems they created.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)7. Recommended X 1000!
This thread should have hundreds of recommendations.