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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
So you now concede that it's not a question of snipping a little "pork" from the budget, but rather of cutting most of the $420 billion in discretionary, non-military spending? Or are you now pretending that there's fat that can be painlessly cut in the administration of benefits instead? The mind boggles.
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I'm not sure what you are asking me to concede. Where else would the pork reside than in non-military discretionary spending? Reform in the manner in which administration of benefits is currently done would result in a significant amount of savings without any pain. Milton Friedman has written volumes on the subject.
