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To the conservatives, be careful what you wish for. The big money, which would have to be cut, is in the military and corporate subsidies. The money necessary for a federally balanced budget doesn't exist in the so called entitlement programs. Picking the low hanging fruit, Medicare, Medicaid, SS, etc., sounds good to conservatives, but the only way to actually balance the federal budget over the long term is to trim the tree from the top. The top of the federal budget tree is the military, big oil subsidies, big ag subsidies, big pharma subsidies, etc.