MOVE spending back to the level that it was in 2005 immediately. This would instantly put the government in the black. ANY money left over should be placed toward paying down the deficit. Now that spending is under control for the moment, then do the following:
Do away with the Department of Education. Education belongs at the State level and below. The Department of Education is just another government entity that sucks in billions of dollars and produces nothing but waste, mismanagement, and over reaching beaurocracy. If you want to give money to education, then block grant it to the state. If the state doesn't want the money, it doesn't have to play, does it? There is absolutely NO logical reason why education should be the purview of the Federal Government. Besides, we all KNOW that the Federal Government is the poster child for ineffectual, over-priced, programs.
Revamp the tax system so that companies like General Electric have to pay SOMETHING in federal income tax. I am a conservative evangelical Republican, but the fact that multi-billion dollar companies pay NOTHING in federal income tax is appalling. They shouldn't pay 35%, but 10% wouldn't kill them.
Pass a law that says that companies who have call centers in India, Pakistan or some other foreign country must pay a federal PENALTY that will make that 'business decision' more expensive than a call center in the United States. Do you know how many Indian tribes in Oklahoma would LOVE to train their tribal members to work in a call center? Companies like Intuit, Sears, Dell, etc. who have call centers overseas should feel the pain for this stupidity.
Immediately SEAL THE BORDER with Mexico. How many billions of dollars do we waste with give-aways to people who came here illegally? For those who have been here for some time, I'm going to have to go with Newt's suggestion that we begin to use local 'boards' to look at each case individually. For those who came here illegally, but have worked and done what they are supposed to do, I say they have earned a right to begin that path to citizenship. You can't load 12 million people onto flatbeds and send them back. Those that have chosen criminal activities, then those CAN and SHOULD go back.
And Congress should immediately pass a law that says that Congressmen, Senators and others should NOT get a pension for spending just two years in office. If you pass it, then Congress should be subject to it. I swear, the perks that Congressmen give themselves is obscene. Congress enjoys a whopping 8% approval rating. Can you say "out of touch"? I know you can.
Congress should appoint a committee of Democrats AND Republicans with the sole intent of finding and SHREDDING government regulations and directives. Last year, over 600,000 pages of completely NEW REGULATIONS came out of Washington. Really? Don't the people in Washington have something better to do, like leave us alone? Businesses have to pay for people to sit there and read that crap. And if it's like Obamacare, NO ONE KNOWS what it is supposed to do. Not even those who wrote it.
People who don't know the energy industry, want to rely heavily on wind, solar, and other 'genie's' for energy. You and I both know that is wishful thinking at best. Build the pipeline and let Conoco-Phillips and Exxon-Mobil do what they do best. Not only would you increase revenue but you get us out from under the thumb of those people in the middle east.
That's a start... a very small start.
