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To: Cogito who wrote (48262)	2/7/2008 10:46:06 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 541326

A new car costs a lot more than maintaining the old car (and if it doesn't than its a good idea, you should get rid of the old car and go with the new). In this case the government could indeed "get rid of the old car". Any non entitlement dollar can be changed as part of the normal budget process (and even entitlement spending can be changed by congress, so its really discretionary in the ordinary English sense of the word, even if not in terms of the "discretionary spending" term of art). And some of the spending on "the old car", isn't just expensive but actually harmful, if it costs zero we would be better off without it, and example of this being farm price supports.