US defense budget could be trimmed by 1 trillion $ over the next 10 years

[The Mikado]

If there's one program that totally needs to be eliminated, it's the failed National Missile Defense effort, which would be useless even if it worked.  Any nuclear threat we may face will be from bombs smuggled into the country (which the shield would be useless against), not from ballistic missiles.  (Don't even mention North Korea: a DPRK missile would be more likely to blow up on the launching pad than to successfully reach its target).

[The Mikado]

Can I be pardoned for repeating a fact that literally everyone knows, but our friend Dave Hawk needs to hear it:

Three quarters of the federal budget goes to Social Security, Medicare, and Defense.  If you're into fiscal responsibility, one of those must be cut. It's pure sophistry to support keeping all of these at their current levels and still say you're a fiscal conservative or budget hawk.