While the topic question is not directed at me, I'd like to point out that right-wingers never consider cutting the military, which could easily have its funding cut by 90% with no adverse effects to anything.
90%? So we don't fix sh**t when it breaks? We cut pay and benifits to active duty and vets? Nothing new again, ever. I can agree the military needs to cut a lot of sh**t out, but 90% is insane.
Components Funding Change, 2009 to 2010
Operations and maintenance $283.3 billion 4.20%
Military Personnel $154.2 billion 5.00%
Procurement $140.1 billion −1.8%
R&D, Testing & Evaluation $79.1 billion 1.30%
Military Construction $23.9 billion 19.00%
Family Housing $3.1 billion −20.2%
Total Spending $685.1 billion 3.00%
Good luck digging $600 billion out of there.