Trillions of dollars in out-of-control entitlement spending cannot be remedied by cuts in NASA, or even in the entire discretionary budget, defense included. Rather, the financial bleeding needs to be staunched where the hole is and nowhere else.

The NASA humans-to-Mars program is all sizzle and no steak.

If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough.

Even with not having a balanced budget at this time, I support tax cuts. That will help limit spending.

In Congress, while the House's proposed defense budget calls for significant increases, it also cuts 11 billion dollars from veterans spending - including healthcare and disability pay. Be clear: we can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense.

The No. 1 purpose of the federal government is national defense.