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BYRON YORK: Cut deficit without cutting services? Start here. Whenever a conservative suggests r?

By Glenn Reynolds

BYRON YORK: Cut deficit without cutting services? Start here.

Whenever a conservative suggests reducing the federal deficit by cutting spending rather than raising taxes, there’s always someone to ask: Well, what would you cut? Americans may say they want less government spending, the argument goes, but they don’t want anyone to touch their services and subsidies and monthly checks.

Fair enough. But there’s a persuasive counter-argument going around in conservative circles these days: You can start cutting government spending without cutting anyone’s services or subsidies or monthly checks. Just bring the pay of federal workers into line with pay in the private sector.

Well, the Obama folks have been saying that everyone is going to have to sacrifice.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on August 11, 2010 (boomark / email).