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to be saved by cutting off agricultural subsidies to the wealthy
and the big corporations is vastly greater than the money to be
saved by cutting off Planned Parenthood or National Public
Radio, much as they both deserve to be cut off.  If spending
cuts are to be done strategically, a good strategy to follow
would be that of General Douglas MacArthur in World War II.
General MacArthur realized that he didn’t have to attack every
Pacific island held by the Japanese. He captured the islands
that he had to capture, in order to get within striking distance
of Japan.  In peace as in war, there is no point wasting time
and resources attacking heavily defended enemy positions that
you don’t have to take.  Social Security and Medicare are
supposed to be among the most difficult programs to cut without
ruinous political consequences. However, it is not necessary to
attack all the spending on these programs in order to make
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