Here's a suggestion. Deduct the costs of the Ayn Rand Tax cuts for the obscenely wealthy from the War Budget. And unemployment benefits too. Our War Budget is already larger than the rest of the world combined.
How about a little austerity for the military instead of the poor?
From Anti-war.com: http://news.antiwar.com/2010/12/17/house-overwhelmingly-approves-new-725-billion-military-spending-bill/
'Stripped Down Version' the Largest Military Spending Bill Ever
by Jason Ditz, December 17, 2010
The US House of Representatives today overwhelmingly approved the $725 billion military appropriations bill for 2011, by far the largest single military spending bill in the history of mankind.
The 341-48 vote saw vast majorities of both parties supporting it, and was referred to by officials as a “stripped down” version, despite its impossibly large pricetag. In addition to its budget busting expense, the bill also solidified the ban on closing the detention center at Guantanamo Bay
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