Yes, but there already exists a tech solution for that ancestral problem. It’s called the guillotine.
“…and the Engineer says, wait a second! I see where the blade is catching!”
I describe myself as a fiscal conservative and I’m well to the right on this board. Personally, if I was in charge, I’d reduce military spending by 50% within 4 years (with a target of defence spending at 2% of GDP within a decade) and pull 20% out of the rest of discretionary spending which will save us about $450 billion per year and leave us about 350 billion short annually. To raise that difference I’d bump up all personal tax rates by 20% so the top rate would be just over 46%.
Thanks for answering, Oredigger77 ! Not to start a fight, but Discretionary Spending is already cut to the bone. — and there’s very little of it anyway, outside VA (and Medicare if you consider that discretionary). A 50% military cut is also rather drastic.
But I still appreciate the answer! 
I disagree that we’re any where near the bone. First off we’re spending 20 billion per year on ag subsidies and 15 billion on housing subsidies and 15 billion in fossil fuel subsidies. Without even trying I just cut 50 billion out of the 100 billion in discretionary spending I proposed. I could get into specific programs and write out the full detailed proposal but it’ll never be enacted and totally isn’t worth the work.
As far as the military goes. I’ll just assume you and I disagree that the purpose of the military is to defend the US and only the US. I’d cut their budget further if we didn’t have treaty obligations to NATO at the 2% of GDP level. I’f I’m elected president our military excursions would be extremely limited to the bare minimum that we’ve agreed to and I’d be working to cut back our treaty obligations. We can more then deal with our eighth of the world with have of what we have.