One thing not talked much about during the ongoing deficit reduction charade is the low-hanging fruit. A business faced with cutting costs looks first for the waste and efficiencies in its operation. But government can never seem to pick those easy-to-reach savings. So you had the silly spectacle of Republicans and Democrats hammering each other bloody over insignificant cuts to a few programs that produced a total savings of $38 billion — or $340 million, if you accept the Congressional Budget Office analysis. And when they were done, they danced across the Capitol declaring a...
Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/04/17/fight_over_spending_misses_the_easy_stuff_253946.html
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