Originally Posted by
mnemia
Except that that isn't true when it comes to U.S. government spending. In reality what happens is that politicians cut a bunch of small projects so that they can brag about how they're cutting spending, while increasing spending on the big stuff. And voters fall for it.
Since the politicians use public tax dollars to buy votes (pork projects). Of course by far the biggest problem are the entitlement programs (not defense which is one of the few legitimate federal responsibilities) which represent the vast majority of the $100 trillion dollar unfunded liability (debt that has been placed on the books yet because of accounting games).
No one wants their piece of the pie cut, yet when the money runs out EVERYTHING gets cut. And frankly the money has run out... As a nation we are like the idiots who use one credit card to pay the minimum payment on another.