On April 11, 2007, Citizens Against Government Waste released the 2007 Prime Cuts of the Federal Budget. Prime cuts "arms citizens, legislators, and the media with a specific, rational, and achievable menus for downsizing the government." This is the type of weapon the Conservative Movement needs to wage a war on our large and secretive federal government. One can find CAGW's Prime Cuts at this website (http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=reports_primecuts).

Prime cuts makes 750 recommendations that would save American taxpayers $280 billion a year and over $2 Trillion over the next five years. Prime Cuts includes examples of agencies, programs, and policies that are plagued by fraud or negligence, serve political or parochial interests rather than the general good, do not demonstrate results, duplicate efforts in the private sector, circumvent procedural checks for transparency and accountability, or exceed their original mandate.

The notion of politics as a war is rarely given kind attention, especially in a city like Washington, DC driven by collectivism, compromise, and cronyism. But, the truth of the matter is that politics is a war. Transparency is a weapon for Conservatism, and Prime Cuts might as well be our AK-47. Easy to use, reliable, and straightforward. So much so, that a child can use it and understand the importance of the task at hand. Frivolous overspending is a problem facing the United States of America, and Citizens Against Government Waste is here with solutions.

For more information please visit www.CAGW.org.

David A. Ferguson is President of the American Conservative Student Union. He can be reached at President@ConservativeStudent.org.