It’s time to figure out how we are going to make ends meet in case we don’t have a debt ceiling increase by August 2nd. Since it is unlikely that we wouldn’t pay the interest on our debt, we need to come up with about a 50% reduction in spending on everything else. I’m thinking that if all of my list were enacted, we would be just about there.
Top 10 ways the government can save money in the event of the no debt ceiling deal
10. Freedom Fries in Congressional cafeteria served raw
9. Encourage seniors to switch to generic brand cat food
8. Outsource Congressional staffer jobs to Indian H1B workers
7. Soldiers to buy their own bullets like teachers buy their own supplies
6. Strategic oil supply to be secretly replaced with Folgers crystals
5. Congresscritters that sleep in their offices are billed for their stay
4. CIA replaced by Pakistani intelligence agency
3. Federal corn subsidies to be paid with Treasury bonds
2. War on Drugs outsourced to highly effective Mexican Fedarales
1. 1% of Federal budget to be spent making jobs wishes at wishing wells
Any more ideas (ya know, in case some of mine aren’t adopted)?