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Common sense spending cuts can save taxpayers hundreds of billions

By Jason Russell
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Common sense spending cuts can save taxpayers hundreds of billions

Congress could balance the federal budget in one year if it adopted all the spending cuts recommended by Citizens Against Government Waste in their annual “Prime Cuts” report.

Combined, the report recommends 618 spending cuts, totaling $644.1 billion in their first year and $2.6 trillion over five years. If implemented, that would mean the federal budget would have a $110 billion surplus, its first surplus since the Clinton administration.

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