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Old 11-11-2011, 12:06 PM   #5 (permalink)
Andrew Gubb
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As for cutting spending: people talk about "waste" and "fat" in US budgets, and it's there, but it makes up a very small percentage of total spending.
I don't know about that - what of the absurd subsidies e.g. to corn, meat, etc? In Spain bullfighting is estimated to take up 47€ of each family's yearly tax contribution. This is a sport that 60% of Spanish people either don't support or are against.

I can't make a list of all of these absurd expenses - and lack of transparency in government spending very much assures that - but the scale of it I believe is staggering.
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