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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm with you.  I lean more Republican than Democrat but issue by issue I'm split.

Abortion and Gay marriage, I'm a republican
Gun control, environment and general energy issues, I'm a democrat

The big budget, defense and entitlement spending issues I'm generally more republican but even then believe that there's lots of room for compromise.[/quote]

Despite a PP claiming I'm a redneck essentially, I'll try to answer Jeff's question.

To me, less federal spending means cuts across the board.  I'm a defense contractor and I see kajillions of dollars in wasteful defense spending.  Same goes for just about any earmarked or pork barrel project across all government agencies.  Military family but I believe that Tricare premiums should be raised and retired military and civilians shouldn't be able to double-dip by earning a pension while returning to government service in a different role.

Attacking these issues absolutely needs to also be balanced by the ridiculous amounts of spending on entitlement programs and other wasteful spending.  Subsidies to oil companies making billions in profit? No.  Continuing to fund Medicare and Social Security in ways that are unsustainable? No.

As an aside, I'm also of the party that wishes we could have a recall vote on Congress, that we could scale back or eliminate the ridiculous life-long benefits that Presidents and members of Congress receive.  [/quote]

Would you be willing to reduce the role of the United States in world affairs in order to make more drastic cuts to defense?  Personally I don't think going after waste is enough.  I think we need to focus on our own security and let other countries spend more to take care of themselves.[/quote]

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