Reducing Government Spending

Open email to Sen. Cornyn (Texas):
Dear Sen. Cornyn,
    Thank you for your alternate form letter concerning the federal budget and sequestration, and in which you also again mentioned your balanced budget amendment.
    In your discussing the sequestration, you seem to have the impression that it was not properly done. In fact, it well accomplished its purpose, which was to obtain consternation among spendthrift congressional members and particularly in the Administration. In fact, I regarded it as a very successful endeavor, except for the fact that it financially did not accomplish much. The cuts were too small to be significant. As you know, it did not come anywhere near balancing expenditures with federal income, and we continue to assume more debt.
    The most important point of our society now is its financial integrity. Terrorist problems are peanuts by comparison.
    I continue to encourage you to convince your congressional associates that all forms of federal spending must be cut to the bone. Once we have made that basic accommodation, we can then start to properly allocate the remaining funds to those areas which are most significant to the health and welfare of the Union.