‘Cut entitlements, then cut entitlements and then cut entitlements some more’

The Institute for Humane Studies released this short video today, titled "How to Fix Our Fiscal Crisis," featuring Harvard econ professor Jeffrey Miron.  In it, Miron explains how entitlement spending is increasingly taking over our national budget.  Without serious cuts to these programs, he says, there's virtually no hope of getting our fiscal emergency under control: