The headline on Fark reads “Fiscally conservative republicans submit budget with $540 billion deficit”… which is both amusing and sad. When I saw it, I had a momentary vision of President Bush throwing his hands in the air and proposing the following:
-shut down the Department of Education. You want local control, you got it.
-get rid of Medicaid and Medicare. Please show me where in the Constitution the government agreed to help provide medical care to its citizens.
-phase out Social Security. Same thing. If I’m saving for my retirement, let me decide how to save, rather than trusting the government to do it for me. I’m a conservative. I believe in less government, because the less there is, the less there is to screw up.
-abolish funding for the NEA. I know, it’s a drop in the bucket, but if increasing funding ticked off conservatives, imagine how thrilled they’ll be when we axe it completely.
I know there are countless other programs that are nothing more than entitlements that should get axed, but I’m already late for an appointment. Feel free to continue the list in the comments section.
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