I think your comment reinforced the point of the article. You and I don't want to give up what we paid for. The article's point is that most of the Govt. spending is sending checks and not gettting something in return; ie, SSN. Seneca
What?!?!? Cutting spending in the rest of the economy won't mean job loss but cutting spending on the military will!?!?!? Need to stay fully supplied and equipped for what??? Long live the Party of Fear and Ignorance!
You're damn right we don't want to give up what we paid for. Congress embezzled the money. Someone wants to cut my SSN they can first hold congress criminally liable and prosecute them for their crimes. Then we can talk about personal sacrifice on the part of the individual tax payer. The rapist must be punished first, and then we can talk about who we should trust, where we should walk, and how short our skirt should be.