Budget Cuts

Today I gotta tell ya about this neighbor lady I got.  She's a perty young thing.  Reckon you'd never guess she got growed younguns.  And you'd be equal surprised to find out she's a truck drivin' mama.  And that's the truth, Clyde.  She tells me there's a bunch of "down time" away from home cause of them "required rest breaks."  So, she puts the time to good use.

Seems she got tired of hearin' all that bullshit goin' 'round on TV and the internet.  She got real annoyed with stories about the President or Senators or government in general.  So she used that break-time to dig up some real information about what could be done to trim some of the fat in our federal budget.  She sent me some stuff here and even went so far as to say where she got it.  That way, I could see for myself.  Well, here goes neighbor.

    Governemt Salaries:
    US President            $400,000 + $50,000 non-taxable expenses
    Vice-President            $230,700 + $10,000 non-taxable expenses
    Speaker of the House        $223,500
    Majority/Minority Leaders    $193,400
    Senators & Representatives    $174,000
ref: http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/uscongress/a/congresspay.htm

    Average Teachers Salaries:
    Elemtary Teacher         $40,088
    High School Teacher         $43,389
ref: http://www.payscale.com/research/US/All_K-12_Teachers/Salary

    Salaries for Active Duty Soldiers (with 4 years experience)
    PFC (E3)            $23,400
    Sergeant (E5)            $29,380
    Staff Sergeant (E6)        $32,742
    2nd Lieutenant (O1)        $42,030
    Captain (O3)            $59,422
ref: http://www.goarmy.com/benefits/money/basic-pay-active-duty-soldiers.html

So what do think neighbor?  Where should we start cuttin' that budget fat?  'Course who's gonna believe a truck drivin' lady and me?  I am...
Justan O. Geezer