McRocket
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Instead of a government shutdown, think about a "big f'ing deal" (big funding deal)
1. Top tax rate increases by 7% above 2016 level, and add a new 3% or so Fed sales tax [Big give by GOP]
2. Trump gets wall funding and immigration reform [Big give by dems]
a. No catch & release
b. No diversity lottery
c. No asylum claims unless pre-approved
d. No chain migration
e. Only merit based immigration for who the US needs
f. No birthright citizenship, i.e. no cottage industry for anchor babies
g. DACA kids get green cards but NOT citizenship
This would solve the Budget Deficit and start paying down the Debt. They should also fix SS by adding a year & Medicare. Those funding and entitlement fixes would set the US on a sound fiscal course for many years. Healthcare is a tougher thing to fix.
Forgetting everything but 1....
I applaud SOMEONE trying to balance the budget.
But I am TOTALLY against doing it with an increase in taxes. Taxes are already too high as it is.
Politicians MUST be disciplined enough to cut spending - NOT raise taxes.
And the federal government brings in WAAAAY more than enough to do what government SHOULD be doing as it is.
The Federal budget - in just the last ten years - has gone up over 1/3 from about 2.9 trillion to over 4.0 trillion.
THIS IS FUCKING RIDICULOUS!!!