With all of this talk about raising the our debt limit, some are asking about lowering our spending.
Washington has gone wild with unnecessary spending.
First of all, Obamacare is not the answer to health care...deregulation of health care and health insurance makes the costs of both go down without government intervention.

As a side note: The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America is quite specific, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." This amendment is quite obvious.

The government has created so many Departments and hundreds of Agencies that are the job of the States, not the Federal government. On the other hand, the Federal government fails to enforce most Federal laws and prohibits the States from doing so. A perfect example of this is the Department of Homeland Security should have the 24,000 soldiers that protect the South Korean border reassigned to protect the U.S. border where every day, dozens of people from Mexico, the Orient, the Middle East and Africa, sneak into this country illegally and drain our public services as well as bringing crime, disease, drugs and jihad into the U.S.
Why do we have a Department of Education ? Isn't it up to the States to regulate their education ?
Why do we have a Department of Housing & Urban Renewal Development ? Isn't it up to the Cities to take care of this ?
And the list goes on and on.
If we were to adopt the Fair Tax plan, the government would be taking in more money and be able to eliminate the IRS (over 160,000 highly paid government positions).
By eliminating subsidies, grants and all foreign aid, there would be huge savings.
Now they're starting to fool around with Medicare and Social Security. These programs would be very solvent if those that are not entitled, those that never contributed, those that don't meet the age requirements and those that are fraudulently are scamming these systems were either taken off the rolls or prosecuted (where appropriate).
Instead of adding "pork barrel" items to bills, use that extra money to pay down the Federal Deficit.
There is no reason why the United States can't be #1 again in its economy, education, health, business, military, safety, opportunity, etc. All it takes is the government getting out of our way.
Our government is listed as the fifth most corrupt government in the world....we used to not even be on that list. (Source: Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report)
This present administration has done more in the past two years to hurt businesses and the overall economy that all administrations before it (collectively). By now, it should be obvious to all of you that Obama is not only a Socialist but a puppet of those (Soros, Saudi Arabia, the Bank of England, etc.) that are dedicated to the collapse of America.
If we continue on the path that we're on, it is inevitable that this country will be plunged into another great Civil War from which it will take another hundred years to recover (if ever). Regardless, this administration has not only caused the next generation to be less successful than ours but has become instrumental in decreasing the lifespan of the next generation. If you want a detailed explanation of anything you've just read...ask me and I'm happy to make you aware of the great harm that Obama has done (and will continue to do as long as YOU let him) to this country. Ask yourself, "What has this administration done to reverse our decline and make your life better ?" "What, if anything has Obama done for the United States ?" It then becomes obvious that everything that he has done has hurt us.....