Wednesday, February 3, 2010

The Hutchison Plan to Shave $2.7407B off the Deficit, Without Raising Taxes, in 5 Easy Steps.

The 2010 deficit is $1.56 trillion.

1. Pardon all federal prisoners convicted of nothing but simple marijuana possession. Savings: $1 billion.

2. Ground Air Force One and use Skype for Obama's little thinly-disguised campaign appearances instead. Savings: $68,000/hr, at least $200 million a year.

3. Cancel the National Endowment for the Arts. Savings: $161.3 million.

4. End "Don't Ask; Don't Tell." Savings: $29.4 million per year.

5. Halve the budget of the National Parks Service. Savings: $1.35 billion per year.

Now, if the other 304,059,723 of you can come up with 5 similar steps each, we've got this deficit problem licked.

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