emphasis added. Obviously you should have a plan, as such a cut should also come with programs being added if not done properly. There are 2 things that politicians hate doing.
Cutting Programs
Funding Programs
This would automatically do the first one, and before its passed, a bill would be passed alongside it that would state which programs congress decided to fund, and then the left and right wingers can duke it out to see which ones of their pet programs would get passed after it is all said and done.
This is just a terrible excuse for cutting swathes of programs because you don't understand their value, and not sensible policy by even the slightest margin.
What you're essentially proposing is the removal of every progressive measure that has been fought for tooth and nail since the foundation of your country if not before, and years of strife as all social services are removed. Important social initiatives like healthcare provision, education and military expenditure take years if not decades to propose, form and pass through legislative bodies. Furthermore, it's also fairly transparent in its aim to cut all programs and then attempt to block them indefinitely simply because you don't understand/like them.
honestly though, which programs would make that big a deal if they were cut?
Let's just list the basics for now, as we could be here for a while otherwise.
Government spending on healthcare for children, the elderly, and emergency treatment.
Welfare for the most destitute. (
Along with the above, this would result in the deaths of significant numbers of people)
The entire education system from teachers to pupils.
The military, especially procurement and training.
Disaster planning and response.
Infrastructure building.
Or, to put it another way, what have the Romans ever done for us?
