What would you say

I propose we cut the Federal Budget by 25%. Cut it across the board. I do not mean cut from what we want to spend, from what we might spend. I mean flat reduce every department. I do not care how the various agencies get to the new number, cut services, cut people, cut waste.

Take what we are blowing spending in 2011 and flat reduce every budget (including defense) by 1/4.

Reducing the budget by these "draconian" amounts will not leave the kiddies dying. Women will not swoon from hunger. Roads will be maintained. We will be safe.

You see, those evil, bare bones levels will take us back to 2008 spending. You know, back when Bush was bankrupting the country.

Instead, the Republican leadership are bragging about reducing spending by 1/100 of one percent. Democrats are wailing that the knife was too sharp.

There must be some old swamp gas still floating in the air around Washington DC, they are all high.

Or maybe just irresponsible.

Some are just commie mofos.

Or more likely, just fucking politicians.

If there were term limits maybe some of the gutless wonders would do what was right instead of worrying about getting re-elected.