Originally Posted by Jason Marcel

I'd cut spending immediately.

Cut the Homeland Security Dept entirely. Nobody understands what they do anyway. Plus, somebody forgot to tell President Dumbass that we already have the FBI, the CIA, the National Guard, and FEMA. Homeland Security is worth billions already. Get rid of it.

I'd cut money going overseas by at least half.

I'd drastically reduce things like the Dept of Education and other departments.

It's still not going to be for another good two years that we can start saving money on Iraq, but we can raise taxes and cut spending in the meantime in order to start to bet the books in order and get our credit rating in order. Common sense. We've been living beyond our means, and before we can just cut people's taxes, we have to pay down all the other shit first.