REMINDER: WE CAN'T CUT THE DEBT UNTIL WE CUT SPENDING AND NOT JUST THE GROWTH IN SPENDING

JUST SAYING.

THIS SHOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO EASILY CUT $1TRILLION FROM THE BUDGET.

WHY SO SIMPLE? HERE'S WHY:

THE ANNUAL BUDGET TODAY IS 50% HIGHER THAN WHAT IT WAS TEN YEARS AGO - AND NOTHING ELSE HAS DOUBLED.

WE SPENT ENOUGH IN 2001. JUST OVER $2TRILLION. WE SHOULDN'T SPEND ANY MORE THAT THAT.

I DEMAND THE POLITICIANS SPEND ONLY THAT AMOUNT (PLUS THE RATE OF INFLATION).

THEY COULD START BY CUTTING OBAMACARE, RAISING THE RETIREMENT AGE, PRIVATIZING A WHOLE HOST OF FEDERAL ASSETS, CUTTING TAXES. AND ALLOWING DRILLING IN ALASKA AND OFF-SHORE.

UPDATE: ALL THE CURRENT COMPROMISE DOES IS CUT THE RATE OF GROWTH OF SPENDING.

THIS IS NOT ENOUGH.

BUT I'LL TAKE NOW WHAT WE CAN GET NOW.

WE'LL GET IT ALL IN 2012, IF WE CAN KEEP IT TOGETHER FOLKS!

UPDATE: ROUND UP HERE.