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[quote=Myriad]What’s going to drive the system to the breaking point is in order:
1. Medicare/Medicaid
2. SS
3. Interest Costs
4. Defense.
But if you look at the projections, even if discretionary spending is stable, we have a huge problem. Defense is something like 50% of discretionary, but more than 50% of the defense spending is for manpower since US labor is expensive.

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It’s hard to imagine a scenario that will maintain the debt at relative GDP level (no increase in debt) without cuts and increased taxes.[/quote]

Can’t we just conscript illegals at $5-6/hour instead of deporting them?