re: #461 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Great, so in the mean time, we’re running deficits. Which means we either start butchering sacred cows or we just keep raising the debt ceiling until the economy begins to row. And guess what, defense spending is one of those sacred cows.

We’ve already made major cuts. Let’s try reforming Medicare now, then revisit defense later. Defense is not what’s killing the budget, but Medicare* is. We need to fix the actual problem.

*: Don’t bring up Obama’s health care act to answer this. By the administration’s own admission, the health care act won’t prevent Medicare from going belly-up/