programs first defense. we are not safer when we try to police the world. we could cut military spending by hundreds of billions if we limited the military s mission to the intended roll protecting americans. and finally social security and medicare. we have to do things like raise the retirement age. turn medicare into an insurance plan that is self sustaining. that means if i want the latest in fancy medicine i have to pay for it myself. there is much more than could be cuts and down sizing government.org, kato institute, analyst detail hundreds of ideas. no they can t there s a chapter where i cut all of the way to a fat budget surplus. but to save america from bankruptcy we don t even need to make all those cuts. we could grow our way out of debt if congress simply froze spending. won t do that either. even if they limited spending growth to 2 percent per year, we