Government budgets, sacred cows, and jobs.

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Even though everyone says they want the state or federal budgets to be balanced, few people really mean it. In fact, most people really don't care how much the government spends, as long as their sacred cows get the lion's share of the money. To the Democrats, the Defense Department seems to be the first place they would cut. To the Republicans, the welfare programs. Most of the defense budget goes to working people. The military, Dept of Defense Civilians, people who work for defense contractors... etc. So how is cutting the defense budget helping workers? While there are many people who just can't work (for whatever reason), most of the people on one form of government aid can... and probably most would rather work. However, our government programs have infiltrated our very psyche so deeply that most of us can't think of a way for unemployed people to get money without the government. Then there is the problem that so many of the federal and state jobs are a waste in the first place. But there's that problem again.. defining "waste". There is the obvious waste, money being spent on lavish expense accounts that go further than the simple performance of the job. But a lot of what I would consider waste could easily be justified by someone else. Then there is outright fraud. You would think that everyone could agree that fraud should be eliminated, but from the comments I've read in fraud related discussions.. well, you would be wrong. So really, the only way to really cut spending is to cut it across the board. No sacred cows, no special interest groups, no picking and choosing. Every department, bureaucracy and branch of the government. The minute you come up with an exception, you admit you don't really want the spending brought under control, you just want your political pet projects protected.