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In an op-ed printed in a newspaper in Helena, in his home state of Montana, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D) came up with some stunning suggestions on reducing the budget deficit.

Here are the big ideas of the top tax law writer in the Senate:

1.    Stop erroneous tax refunds for prisoners
  
2.    Cut aid to Iraq, which is running a budget surplus
   
3.    Cut aid to Pakistan, which hasn’t spent last year’s aid
   
4.    Limit the number of government employee credit cards
   
5.    Cut unneeded Census funding
   
6.    Carry out the Defense Department’s plan to reduce reorganization funding
   
7.    Make NASA deliver on existing projects before funding new programs
   
8.    Cut millions of dollars for rehabilitating lakes in the desert
   
9.    Eliminate the duplicative federal agency ! that focuses on development for Alaska only
   
10.    Eliminate high-speed rail funding for East Coast cities

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