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Originally Posted by JollyRoger
Correct, IMO. The real meat is in three areas: SSI, Medicare, and Defense. Isn't all the money we spend in Europe to fight an imaginery Communist enemy really the "foreign aid" we need to cut?
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Does SSI belong on the same list as Medicare?
AFAIK, Medicare dwarfs SSI on the list of contributors to the deficit. SSI is also not expected to skyrocket in the way Medicare is expected to do. SSI and its cousin, Social Security, seem to work quite well. They are two things that the government does better and more efficiently than the free market could do.