What progroms are you willing to give up?

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We're getting to the point where everyone talks about making cuts in government spending and it's going to have to happen sooner or later. The government keeps talking about cuts to social security and things that would make a huge uproar. So my question is, what cuts would you be willing to make to save the government money? Bonus points if you can give accurate estimates as to how much it would actually save. I try and choose the route that will do the least harm to the last people. Half of what the FCC does. Regulating something people can do using their TV remote seems like a bad investment. Could make the war on drugs cheaper. Maybe legalize and tax weed. Don't pass SOPA, just gonna cost more money. Cut back on a lot of research funding. Most important research can get private funding. Cut back on education. A well educated workforce is beneficial. But not if it's unemployed. I'd keep welfare and social security because mass poverty is more expensive to deal with, but some sort of reform is still needed. Reduce military operations overseas. Sometimes its necessary, but not to the point we do it. Disband or reform agencies that do jobs already done at the state level. There's a ton of agencies to regulate food and water supplies, tons more than overlap for law enforcement. Agencies need to either to do specific jobs or combine into the agencies they overlap on a regular basis. That could probably get us out of the hole if done right. Can also do away with bailouts. Since they have yet to have a single positive outcome. The last one alone would have saved 770 billion. Not sure if that's enough but it's a good start.