Exactly. What kinds of sacred cows are forcing the country to keep spending toward bankruptcy? The military. Welfare. Healthcare. Government size and employees. Unions. Subsidies. Grants. Education. Housing. Disability. Food stamps. College loan forgiveness. Reparations. Social security. Abortion. Entitlements. Retirement accounts. Bailouts. Global warming. And dozens of others.
The military. Bingo. We have the most expensive military in the world by far.
Welfare. Right again. We spend a trillion dollars a year on means tested welfare programs.
Healthcare. We also have the most expensive health care in the world by a wide margin. About half of the cost comes from the federal government, half from the private sector. France, with its #1 rated health care system, spends less than half as much as we do. We could eliminate one half or the other and still save money.
Government size and employees. That, of course, is a consequence of the rest of the expenditures.
Unions. Unions are paid for by their members, not by the government.
Subsidies. Yes, subsidies, which go to entities that prime the pump by donating to politicians, who then support subsidies. Agriculture and the fossil fuel industry are two big beneficiaries.
Grants. Not sure about that one. Grants to who, for what?
Education. Education is a function of the states, mostly paid for by the states. Close down the Department of Education, and not much would result. Betsy DeVoss would lose her job, but she has plenty of money anyway.
Housing. Housing is mainly in the private sector. Some of that trillion does go to subsidized housing, though.
Disability. SS disability? That's an abused program to be sure. It's still paid for by the payroll tax, though.
Food stamps. Part of that trillion dollars, and part of the subsidies to agriculture. End food stamps, and a lot of children would go hungry and a lot of farmers would go broke. I'm not so sure we want to mess with that one.
College loan forgiveness. Really? Democrats are talking about it, but talk is cheap.
Reparations. Again, just talk. Talk still is cheap, free even.
Social security. has been a net gain to the federal government for many years. More has been collected than has been disbursed. Now, since baby boomers are retiring, it's time to pay back those borrowed dollars.
Abortion. Spending federal dollars for abortion is illegal. Moreover, the federal money that goes to Planned Parenthood is a very, very small drop in a large bucket.
Entitlements. Seniors are indeed entitled to Social Security and Medicare, as we've paid into those programs for years.
Retirement accounts. Ditto this one. Unless the recipient is a member of Congress, he/she has paid in, and has a right to be paid back.
Bailouts. Indeed, but the "too big to fail" institutions are also donors to political campaigns.
Global warming. Global warming is going to cost us a pretty penny, but we haven't even begun to pay the tab on that one yet. We still have a president who calls it a hoax perpetrated by China.