Politics....ugh!

[corey_m]

I have just one question.....how can we the people get our gobernment to spend a lot less?

Comments

[purplehaze9]

Withdraw all of our soldiers from Iraq and stop the war.

[markgritter]

There ought to be a market-based solution. Unfortunately government (over-)spending has not proven to be responsive to the cost of debt, or you could shift your savings away from government securities.

Ultimately, everything in the budget is there because somebody wants it there. The cost of compromising on "both" is a lot less than compromising on "neither". You have to build a coalition that's interested in having less in the budget. Good luck. :(

[corey_m]

That's what is so depressing. The natural tendency of government is to get bigger with more special interests because that gives the elected officials more power. I guess that's why revolutions happen.