Plans that "distribute" pain kind of miss the point.
the root cause of much of the pain we are experiencing stems from an out of control government violating the basic precepts of a limited government and engaging in such hideous behaviors as: socialist policies, ridiculously high taxation levels (unevenly and unfairly distributed at that), absurd and unsupportable spending and "mandates" which combine many of the worst features of all of the above.
It is not a surprise that the mess is "unsustainable." But when the time comes to DO something about it (the only rational prescription, obviously, is the reversal of the irrational behaviors that got us to this debased point in the first place) THEN we are obligated to hear from dishonest whining libbies that the "pain" has to be distributed fairly.
Sure. **** that bullshit. The wealth producers have always paid disproportionately and always will, so lose the bullshit class warfare rhetoric. It's a huge lie and a massive fail at this point.
Those who produced got soaked in the past by the irrational policies of the government officials who did their thing
in violation of the precepts of limited government. EARNERS have ALWAYS paid vastly more of their dollars and a significantly higher percentage of their income to fund this intolerable situation. But now, to "fix" the mess which they were not responsible for creating but for which they were obligated to pay, the income earners will be told that they must pay even more. Libs like NYcarbuncle will insist that it's "only fair."
Bullshit.
You want a prescription to fix this dangerous mess we've landed in? Ok. REVERSE COURSE. Yep. that's the right answer.
**** the progressive income tax. Let's Constitutionally eliminate the income tax and repeal the 16th Amendment. When that takes effect, on that day but not one second earlier, let's institute a national consumption tax. It's kind of progressive so the libs shouldn't have a ******* heart attack. Those who have more and wish to purchase more will pay more. Those with less who consume less will PAY less in taxes. Viola!
Eliminate all unfunded mandate programs immediately.
Cancel immediately ALL TARP type programs.
Balanced budget amendment.
The PRIMARY route out of this mess is to STOP SPENDING so immaturely (and secondarily, to pay down our ******* debts). Cut taxes to give those who provide jobs a chance and some room to grow. Employment will follow along.
There are hundreds of related things we can and should tackle along the way. But our irresponsible spending, our unprincipled taxation policies and our ongoing violation of the precepts of LIMITED Government are the things that HAVE to be addressed most urgently -- and FIXED -- if we are to have a chance of coming out of this tailspin before we crash and burn.