Not from USA but the q’s seems strange imo: 1. Is spending as a % of GDP the metric used to determine whether spending is out of control? If so, 70’s was Vietnam and other things since, is that why the date starts there? Is all spending the same? If I had limited money and spent it on luxury cars where as before it was beans for food I haven’t changed spending but it’s not far off to say I’m out of control. The USA govt isn’t necessarily doing that though just an example. 2. If those are the categories, are the $ spent in those categories spent well? If a $ marked for the elderly category is spent badly, is stopping that taking $ from the elderly? 3. Why should it? Would I be wrong to expect that theoretical timeline to have 3. instead be something like why should healthcare be first in the chopping block? Kind of like 2. alludes? The chopping block is t/f sometimes good. 4. National debt isn’t included in 1. Is locking in CTR as a % of GDP what’s fair?

Seems that you want more taxes instead of spending cuts and to go after health insurance. Maybe that’s the right thing to do I don’t know but the q’s seem loaded.