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Originally posted by sgtclub
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.
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Military discretionary spending? $600 gold toilet seats? remember?
But where do you get the admin efficiencies? SSA gets $9B/year to pay out the $400B and keep track of all your payments to them that you'll never see again.
Medicare could use some reform, but it's not admin--it's structural: how much doctors are reimbursed for stuff and the ridiculous incentive structures. But for the most part you need more, not less, admin to ferret out the waste, fraud and abuse.
