I disagree. (A)There is NO WAY you'll get Congress to agree beforehand exactly which programs should be trimmed or cut. (B)They must be FORCED to go it with a law that will cut everything across the board if they don't identify cuts that total up to a 1% reduction in overall spending.
Interest on the debt is not a program, it something that must be paid first if you want to avoid default...ACTUAL default, not the fear mongering threat of it. Of course, we have plenty of revenue to cover the interest payments.
The Mack Penny plan does not cut interest payments but would cut every other expenditure by 1% if Congress doesn't meet the goal of reducing overall spending. That would include the justice system...so it's incumbent on Congress to find ways to reduce spending elsewhere to avoid that. Of course, if you really want to save money on the justice system, end the stupid war on drugs. There are all kinds of ways to save money when we're forced to do so.
Bottom line, I believe it's folly to think Congress can put a plan into place with specific cuts and steps along the way. For one thing, today's Congress CANNOT bind future Congresses with their spending wishes. Only a law can do that. Mack Penny is that law. A threat of a 1% across the board cut is the only motivational factor that will get Congress of their ass and into fiscal reality.
Without A, achieving B is folly.
Sorry to disappoint. You cannot make the journey without taking the steps to get there.
Holy fucking shit, is there anyone on this board more oblivious than you? Or are you intentionally being obtuse?
That he is.
He asks a question and gets a sound answer and he just can't admitt that the question is answered.
Apparantly a box a rocks has got it all over his sorry ass.