POP QUIZ: Which of the following will make up a majority of the deficit in the next decade?

[mikekohr]

A) Social Security
B) Medicare
C) The National Park Service
D) PBS
E) George Bush's tax cuts

Give up? The answer is E) -George Bush's tax breaks for the rich-
Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America [e-mail]

Of course the Debt Commission focussed all its concerns on A), B),C), and D). They would rather turn Medicare into a voucher system, surrender "fair and balanced" news reporting to Fox News, decimate the National Park System and have working Americans drop dead on the job from old age.

mike kohr
Bureau County Democrats
http://bureaucountydems.blogspot.com

[GoCubsGo]

1. The National Park Sevice is already decimated.

It has been for years.

[elleng]

2. How about interest on the debt?

Looks like DOD, HHS, and debt servicing.

http://www.federalbudget.com/

[Parker CA]

3. Defense and tax cuts.

[Igel]

4. Anomalous question.

Makes too many squirrelly assumptions. I'd note that the way you describe the effects of the * tax cuts if extended differs crucially from the OMB's.