(Poll created April 26, 2010)
Submitted by editor

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If you think Federal Government spending is too high, where do you think the cuts should start?

War on drugs (DEA) ($2 billion)
Social Security ($730 billion)
US Census ($1.2 billion)
Government employee pensions
National Weather Service/NOAA ($5.5 billion)
Amtrak
Interest on the debt ($251 billion)
National Institute of Health ($32 billion)
Salaries of Congress
State Department (Foreign "Aid") ($53 billion)
Veteran's Pensions ($60 billion)
Unemployment insurance ($130 billion)
Section 8 housing vouchers ($19 billion)
Military aid to NATO
CIA ($ is classified)
Border enforcement ($15 billion)
Airports (FAA) - ($15 billion)
Grants to black colleges ($186 million)
Mass Transit Subsidies ($11 billion)
Indian Health Service ($4 billion)
College (Pell) Grants ($28 billion)
Highway Construction ($41 billion)
Equal Employment Agency
Protecting the Environment (EPA) ($9 billion)
WIC (dairy products for poor women & children) ($7 billion)
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) ($59 billion)
Center for Disease Control ($6 billion)
Jobs programs ($2 billion)
Drug safety (FDA) ($6 billion)
Revenue Sharing
Nuclear Safety ($11 billion)
Transportation Security Administration ($6 billion)
FDIC
Post Office
NASA ($19 billion)
School lunch program ($11 billion)
IRS ($12 billion)
Medicare ($491 billion)
SEC enforcement
FHA & VA mortgage subsidies
Title 1 school aid
National Science Foundation
Medicaid ($297 Billion)
Peacetime Military Spending ($548 billion)
FEMA ($7 billion)
College loans ($132 billion)
PBS
Food Stamps ($50 billion)
National Park Service ($3 billion)
War in Afghanistan and Iraq ($159 billion)
Small Business loans ($2 billion)
AmeriCorps ($1.4 billion)
FBI ($8 billion)
Federal Court system ($3 billion)
Corps of Engineers (Dams, Levees) ($4.9 billion)
Food Safety Inspection
Community Public Housing ($9 billion)
Farm price supports ($24 billion)
Federal Prison system ($8 billion)
Veteran's hospitals ($48 billion)
Coast Guard ($8 billion)
I don't agree that we need to cut spending
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