1. Return Defense spending to pre-9/11 levels. We are currently spending at levels not seen since WWII. More than during the Cold War when we actually faced an existential threat. Even a lot more than during Reagan's huge defense buildup.
2. Raise the Social Security and Medicare eligibility ages to 70 and index to 9 percent of the population going forward. We are living longer, we should be working longer.
3. Ban all tax expenditures. Over $1.2 trillion a year is being spent on them. That is nearly the same as our federal deficit.
With these three simple solutions, we would not only balance the budget, we would have several trillions of dollars of surplus cash over the next decade with which to not only pay down the debt, but to also lower everyone's tax rates.
See? That's how you offer solutions instead of just being a whiny *****.
You gotta be Reaganesque in your approach. Instead of crying and moaning and attacking the other guy all the time, come up with three top priorities and hammer away at them in the public arena. Let the small shit work itself out.
