easyt65
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Here's some better ideas:Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell blamed spending on these services for the growing budget deficit and wants to rein them in:
McConnell eyes cuts to Medicare, Social Security to address deficit"It's very disturbing, and it's driven by the three big entitlement programs that are very popular: Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid. That's 70 percent of what we spend every year," he said on Bloomberg News Tuesday when asked about the national debt. "There's been a bipartisan reluctance to tackle entitlement changes because of the popularity of those programs. Hopefully at some point here we'll get serious about this. We haven't been
Close the border.
No social program benefits for illegals.
No more 'pork' in bills.
-- Only bills directly connected / related to the main piece of legislation can be added on.
Pass legislation mandating an annual balanced budget.
-- Add a certain amount / percentage that must be towards the debt every year...
Start fining the crap out of politicians for ethics violations & use the $ to pay off some of the debt (the Dems would have eliminated the debt by now by themselves... )