Break the public treasury; disable entitlements; & for those able to continue, drive them in the direction of Wall Street (a la 'social security reform' and the Insurance Companies - - same plan Ronald Reagan had.
The result? A nation of filthy rich in part due to the government pork barrel spending ending up in the fat rat pockets of those connected, and the great unwashed homeless for whom there is no more safety net- - one stinking United States.
Some intreresting recent reportage about how Tom DeLay found 'no more fat' in the budget:
http://www.phxnews.com/fullstory.php?article=25568http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1126862589171440.xml&coll=1David A. Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union, quickly noted that even excluding nonmilitary and non-homeland security spending, annual federal spending increased $303 billion between fiscal 2001 and 2005; the overall federal debt increased more than $2 trillion since fiscal 2000; and the 2003 Medicare prescription drug bill is estimated to increase the government's unfunded obligations by $16 trillion.
This is a fiscal house that is in order? If DeLay is looking for suggestions on where to cut, or for areas to find funds for hurricane relief, we point him to the recently passed federal highway bill, which included: $200 million for the so-called "bridge to nowhere" in Alaska (actually it will serve an island of 50 residents). $231 billion for a bridge in Anchorage, Alaska to be named after Rep. Don Young, a Republican congressman from the state who coincidentally chairs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. $3 million for dust mitigation along rural Arkansas roads. $2.88 million to construct a bike/pedestrian path in Delta Ponds, Ore. And our favorite, $2.3 million for landscaping the Ronald Reagan Freeway in California.