LabGuy,
I'm on your side; my regard for Congress and admittedly, most areas of
"gov't", is slim to none and Slim's on the bus.

I thought you might have an angle that we/us had missed...

When I read Obama's remarks about the dire need to cut wasteful gov't
spending, (a registered redundancy, imo), I laughed out loud.

Every new Prez that I can recall, (going back to Ike), has bascially spouted
the same bs.

If I were King for a year, I'd have my band of auditors go through the "systems"
with a fine tooth lice comb. Then, I would send 25% of the "gov't" packing and
see if anyone really missed them.

Unemployement would be 10%+ by end of that year, so I suppose we would end
up spending tons anyway...no easy fix that I know of,
but there is little regard for gov't of any level, from my corner.
BR,mD