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Is this a good or bad way to reduce the National debt and deficit?

How about abolishing unnecessary departments of the federal government. Department of Health and Human services: Cost is 879 billion yearly (Most expensive department) Department of Labor: Cost is 137 billion yearly Department of Veteran Affairs: Cost is 97 billion yearly Department of the Interior: Cost is 90 billion yearly Department of Transportation: Cost is 73 billion yearly Department of Education: 45 billion yearly (Smallest department by # of employees, only 4,500, that's 1 million times less than it's cost. Department of Housing and Urban Development: 40 billion Department of Energy: 24 billion Abolishing these departments would reduce the amount of Federal employees, also saving money. It isn't a little money, it's the future of the country! Fine remove that from the list if you have a problem with it.

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1. I would much rather see the bush tax cuts expire, and die a natural death.
2. The plan is to indefinitely increase our national debt. We all know that. To what end? I would be in favor of abolition of the federal government.
3. good......... but who's gonna pay for all those jobs you're cutting? All those people employed within those departments will be on unemployment and welfare. I like the leaglizing-pot idea better. It creates both revenue and jobs.
4. legalize weed put a tax on it problem solved
5. bad..we can cut a lot of pork out of these to save money but not get rid of any.
6. You want to let the combat vets. deal with their own injuries from combat just so you can save a little money?
7. Yeah, let's screw the veterans!
8. Some of those are fine. Our education system is an absolute joke and we pumping money into a failed system and, not surprisingly, getting poor results. Our veterans deserve more and we treat them badly enough, but I'm not sure that it's a lack of money that is an issue as much as a lack of care or compassion.