Well, one man's pork is another man's livelihood. And while I agree with you in principle that there's much pork that can be eliminated, even if you eliminate "millions adding up to billions" my point remains the same--cuts totaling in the "billions" still won't come close to making a dent in the tax rate. As has been widely discussed, the only way of obtaining meaningful cuts in spending-the type of cuts that would have a tangible impact on what you and I pay in taxes each year, would involve reductions in entitlement programs, since they make up the overwhelming majority of the fiscal budget. Sorry-but it's not the illegal immigrants that's blowing up the budget, it's social security, medicaid, medicare, etc. So if you're willing to take a cut in your social security entitlement (current or future) by all means, please speak up. We need to hear from folks like you who are willing to do what it takes to tame this out of control entitlement beast. And if you are also willing to forgo any Medicaid or Medicare benefits (like those you or perhaps your elderly parents depend upon to help pay for their medical care and prescription drug bills) again, by all means please speak up and get your friends and relatives to do the same, cause that's where the meaningful entitlement cuts would come from.
And as to your suggestion about rounding up and deporting illegal aliens--sorry, but the costs associated with that would bust the budget!