[TheCowboy]

The idea that this pain is a joke is pretty unfounded. It is based upon the idea that there is waste and waste and waste everywhere. If that is the case, then it should be pretty easy to target such wasteful spending, but that isn't exactly the case at all.

Also, these cuts aren't even close to what are desired by a certain segment of law makers. If that desired austerity were to be put in place, and you think agencies at trying to make an examples now, their current examples would pale in comparison to what we would see.

If it is so easy to say an agency doesn't need to cut X when they can cut Y, then pass a bill cutting Y.

[crusso]

It is based upon the idea that there is waste and waste and waste everywhere

I don't know how educated people concerned about politics and the economic health of this country could not read these kinds of stories that come over the wire and know that there's an extraordinary amount of waste in the Federal government that could easily be cut.

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2011-02-19/news/fl-federal-...

Unfortunately, so many voters have their heads in the sand and don't know what's going on - or worse yet, they're doing like you are here and propagating misinformation.

[simonh]

If only there had been a few Republican presidents in power some time in the last couple of decades to do something about all this waste.

[crusso]

And there's a large part of the problem - your team, my team politics. Democrat, Republican, doesn't really matter. What matters is people who not only understand economics but have our best interests in mind and don't create a mess.