Here is the thing that I don't get..be it Republican or Democrat no one seems to want to solve this problem. We need to put all partisan politics aside and figure this shit out.
I don't see why they can't just lock the best minds that the country has to offer in a room and let them solve this issue. Right every now everyone has the "my side must win" mentality.
1. Cut entitlement.
2. Freeze military spending.
3. Promote local production of all goods.
4. The US government should never buy anything foreign for use.
5. Figure out a way to make American save more.
6. Add a $3/gallon surcharge on petroleum. This is the fastest way to get Americana to use alternative means of transportation.
7. Higher education should be free.
8. Turn welfare into workfare
9. Legalize drugs, we are spending too much resource in this area. We have lost this war.
1. A no-brainer, however the leftists will NEVER let this happen. Not in a million years. The majority of their power/voting base is dependant upon entitlments.
2. I would disagree, but the amount of waste in defense spending is unreal. Lets just quit spending on pointless wars in third world cesspools.
3. Of course, but unions ruined this long ago.
4. Like what?
5. The LAST thing government wants is for people to start saving. People who live hand to mouth (and there are a lot more than you would think) are easy to control and dependent. And if you're not spending money, the government isn't getting revenue. Gvy makes money on the transfer of wealth.
6. Fuck that. This is textbook neo-liberalism. Control things via taxes and fees instead of free-market and basic economics.
7. No, it shouldn't. Higher education is a business like any other. If you can't afford it you shouldn't get it.
8. Of course, and drug test as well. The left has cried 'neo-slavery' every time this has been tried on the local scale.
9. If drugs are legalized, then there needs to be a provision in the law that prevents druggies from getting any free health care or other benefits/relief from their own decisions to use them