Two cool ways to reduce $4 trillion 2017 budget

Two easy ways to reduce $4 trillion 2017 budget

While the President's 2017 budget is only a tad larger than 2016's, the $4 trillion budget is still bloated; deserving of a go with Weight Watchers. A couple of items for quick trimming deserve mention. Coincidentally, the $11 billion tabbed to fight ISIS is lines up with what ISIS proposed the US spend to fight them. Why? Every dollar the US squanders fighting ISIS simply increases ISIS recruitment.They're ecstatic Uncle Sam budgeted their recommendation. It again earns America their ISIS Recruitment of Year Award.

And that $4.3 billion to fight Russian encroachment against NATO could similarly be cut to zero. Rather than fighting imagined Russian encroachment against NATO, we should end Western encroachment on Russia's borders by lobbying all Russia's neighbors to join NATO. We should also apologize for fomenting the February, 2014 revolt in Ukraine that deposed the Russian friendly and legitimately elected president Viktor Yanukovych. Cost of both measures? Zero.

You don't need an accounting or math degree to reduce our $4 trillion 2017 budget. Just a little common sense...and sanity.