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Discontinue the program to build a repository for nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Savings in 2011: $197 million - dumb, where is the nuke waste gonna go?
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Yucca is so locked down in NIMBY/HIPPY lawsuits, it's probably not a viable option anyway. Maybe we could send it to the moon?
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End oil and gas company tax preferences. Savings in 2011: $2.6 billion. Over 10 years: $36.5 billion - thanks I blame expensive gas on you mr prez
End coal subsidies. Savings over 10 years: $2.3 billion - cool I'm down with this
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So high gas is bad, but you're OK with high electricity?
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Terminate program to develop an alternative engine program for the Joint Strike Fighter. Savings in 2011: $465 million - cool I'm down with this
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Seriously. Pick a fucking engine already.
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Terminate production of C-17 transport. Savings in 2010: $2.5 billion - no the DoD is hurting for transport capabilities, and you want what?
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The DoD has been trying to stop buying C-17's since 2007, but Congress people from California keep voting for the funding to make themselves look better at home. The Pentagon said they have plenty of cargo capacity with the C-17's they've already paid for, and the C-5's that are still in good shape. I think the Joint Chiefs probably know more about what they need, than Diane Feinstien.
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Cancel the Constellation Systems program intended to return astronauts to the moon by 2020. Savings per year: $2.5 billion to $5 billionRead more - Fuck you Obama, dipshitiest move, I think Palin just won my next vote
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Fuck. There goes my moon idea.
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Eliminate subsidies to student loan providers and increase the Department of Education's capacity to make loans directly to students. Savings over 10 years: $43 billion - hmmmmm interesting, so you want to cut the middleman, crazy idea
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Stop giving tax money to banks, so they can loan it back to us? Works for me.
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Terminate program to build EP-X manned airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft. Savings in 2011: $10 million - no opinion, its only 10mil
End grants to manufacturers of worsted wool. Annual savings: $5 million - ok, its only 5 mil
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Ten million here, five million there, pretty soon it starts to add up to real money.
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Eliminate grant program for inter-city bus security. Annual savings: $12 million - yeh you ride the bus now, tell me how safe you feel
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Too many buses to make them all "safe".
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End competitive grant program for local communities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Savings in 2011: $10 million - is 10mil there to make me feel good?
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I'm not sure what that's supposed to be.
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Terminate the Navy's Next Generation Cruiser. Savings in 2011: $46 million - i guess it could be good
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The CG(X) has no air or ballistic missile defenses, so it's fucked anyway. Do not want.
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End Corps of Engineers low-priority construction projects. Savings in 2011: $214 million - which bridge is gonna collapse next, trust me these folks are not the most efficient people, I'm one of them, bad idea
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Key words here are "low-priority".
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