National debt is why we have to cut military spending

[BKDotCom]

So how do you decide which end of government to start cutting?  No matter where you cut, you create more unemployment and there's usually a trade off in losing a government service or cutting it back.

A government paycheck is just a big unemployment check to begin with.

[Conan71]

A government paycheck is just a big unemployment check to begin with.

That's a good way to put it  

"I'm not employed.  I work for the government"