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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (46168)	9/24/2010 4:35:15 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

I support the opposition to tax increases. We are already over-taxed. But we also overspend, and we shouldn't ignore the biggest categories of spending, so I wouldn't agree with the idea of putting "Social Security, Medicare and the defense budget are off-limits". (Esp. not the entitlements since they are the most expensive, and are the growing problem, while defense has become a smaller and smaller factor over the years, but discipline is needed on defense as well, its still too big to ignore.). Basically entitlements are where the money is. You can perhaps oppose nominal dollar cuts from current spending levels, but someone opposes reigning in future increases (which often gets called a cut even though it is no such thing), then I don't see how that person could call himself a fiscally responsible, except through ignorance, delusion, or dishonesty. That includes people like Krugman who think its fiscally responsible to spend like crazy, and just keep increasing taxes to cover it.