military spending is taboo to talk about because if you say anything about the cost you are accused of gutting the military and we will be taken over, the truth is 47 percent of the worlds military spending is done by the USA in other words we spend allmost as much as the rest of the world put together, I dont think we are going to be taken over do you? You should listen to Pres. Eisenhowers farewell speech carefully and remmember he was a 5 star general and remmember his role in WW2, you should know that the US prison population is the largest in the world, our incarceration rate is about 7 times that of Canada or Great Briton and our crime rate is just as high or higher, drug use has not slowed down one bit over the years and is just as high as places as Amsterdam, Cocaine is cheaper than it was 30 years ago, the THC content in pot is the highest in history right now. we have rampant crime in many big cities because of the way we treat drug use as a country, This country spends far more on health care per person than any other its just that sometimes its hidden because employers pay and there are hidden costs in our goods and services, the quality is no better and sometimes worse than many other countrys, over 30 percent of health care dollars go to insurance companys and with insurance companys we get lots of lawyers both theirs and yours,We don't even have computerized medical records like many countrys,allthough thats not a good option with insurance companys running the show,Its a sad joke for many Americans and its getting sadder all the time. So tell me where would you cut spending? since the big things are fine and working well, don't tell me, if we can just get rid of earmarks and welfare everything will be fine...