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URADIMWIT wrote:

Gloom and Doom Gloom and Doom - that's what I'm sick of hearing from the GOP - and just incase you missed it - that's what the majority of the voting American people are tired of too. Come up with a viable plan that doesn't include ignoring the problem.

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URADIMWIT wrote:

Gloom and Doom Gloom and Doom - that's what I'm sick of hearing from the GOP - and just incase you missed it - that's what the majority of the voting American people are tired of too. Come up with a viable plan that doesn't include ignoring the problem.

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Scribe wrote:

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OK. Fair enough. Here's 35 ideas.
1. Let Free Markets work.
2. No bailouts.
3. No borrowing from unsuspecting children.
4. Dismantle the Departments of Education, Commerce, and Agriculture.
5. Balance the Federal Budget with nothing "off the books."
6. Raise the retirement age on Social Security.
7. Repeal Medicare Part D
8. Get Social Security and Medicare on a sound actuarial footing.
9. Phase out "The Farm Bill" over three years.
10. Replace the income tax with a national retail sales tax.
11. Eliminate government "insurance programs" (e.g., Flood Insurance, Government-insured student loans, and Crop Insurance). Let the farmers, students, and people living at the water's edge buy insurance in the private sector.
12. Eliminate foreign aid and let churches, service organizations (e.g., ROTARY) and charities assess who is and who is not deserving, and deliver the aid based on voluntary contributions.
13. Eliminate the Ethanol program. It is, and always has been, a boondoggle.
14. Turn education over to the world of private enterprise with all students getting school vouchers.
15. Eliminate lotteries. The government has no business in the gambling business.
16. Term limits for members of congress.
17. Require that congress state its constitutional authority for any proposed legislation.
18. Require that members of congress read legislation before voting.(The "Read the Bills Act" is available at www.downsizedc.org ).
19. Let's remind ourselves that just because the majority of the voters think something is a good idea, doesn't make it a good idea.
20. Eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the taxpayer subsidy for NPR.
21. Audit the FED, and then dismantle it.
22. Eliminate Fannie and Freddie and repeal the Community Reinvestment Act.
23. Get the government out of the business of lending people money. These decisions are based on politics and not credit-worthiness.
24. Reduce the number of Federal Holidays to: July 4th, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving and then add one: make David Crosby's birthday a national holiday (just checking to see if you were reading).
25. Eliminate bilingual education and bilingual government forms
26. Enforce our borders and prosecute illegal immigrants.
27. Eliminate disability payments for people with ADHD and bipolar disorder.
28. Repeal legislation that makes you a registered voter, simply because you got a driver's license.
29. Limit the census questions to the original two or three.
30. Repeal asset forfeiture laws.
31. Repeal warrantless wiretapping and sneak-and-peak.
32. Walter Williams for Secretary of the Treasury
33. Atlas Shrugged is required reading.
34. Nancy Pelosi has to fly commercial or a plane she owns/hires from her own money.
35. Free those people who are in prison because they were caught with small amounts of marijuana.
35. Never again let Rosie O'Donnell sing The National Anthem.

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Just a thought wrote:

Scribe,
While I agree with most of your policies, you skipped the step which is causing the political problem. The American people have not agreed on the goals of government.
The free enterprise system is the best economic system devised so far; but, it does not meet the economic needs of all the citizens.

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Scribe wrote:

<quoted text>
OK. Fair enough. Here's 35 ideas.
1. Let Free Markets work.
2. No bailouts.
3. No borrowing from unsuspecting children.
4. Dismantle the Departments of Education, Commerce, and Agriculture.
5. Balance the Federal Budget with nothing "off the books."
6. Raise the retirement age on Social Security.
7. Repeal Medicare Part D
8. Get Social Security and Medicare on a sound actuarial footing.
9. Phase out "The Farm Bill" over three years.
10. Replace the income tax with a national retail sales tax.
11. Eliminate government "insurance programs" (e.g., Flood Insurance, Government-insured student loans, and Crop Insurance). Let the farmers, students, and people living at the water's edge buy insurance in the private sector.
12. Eliminate foreign aid and let churches, service organizations (e.g., ROTARY) and charities assess who is and who is not deserving, and deliver the aid based on voluntary contributions.
13. Eliminate the Ethanol program. It is, and always has been, a boondoggle.
14. Turn education over to the world of private enterprise with all students getting school vouchers.
15. Eliminate lotteries. The government has no business in the gambling business.
16. Term limits for members of congress.
17. Require that congress state its constitutional authority for any proposed legislation.
18. Require that members of congress read legislation before voting.(The "Read the Bills Act" is available at www.downsizedc.org ).
19. Let's remind ourselves that just because the majority of the voters think something is a good idea, doesn't make it a good idea.
20. Eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the taxpayer subsidy for NPR.
21. Audit the FED, and then dismantle it.
22. Eliminate Fannie and Freddie and repeal the Community Reinvestment Act.
23. Get the government out of the business of lending people money. These decisions are based on politics and not credit-worthiness.
24. Reduce the number of Federal Holidays to: July 4th, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving and then add one: make David Crosby's birthday a national holiday (just checking to see if you were reading).
25. Eliminate bilingual education and bilingual government forms
26. Enforce our borders and prosecute illegal immigrants.
27. Eliminate disability payments for people with ADHD and bipolar disorder.
28. Repeal legislation that makes you a registered voter, simply because you got a driver's license.
29. Limit the census questions to the original two or three.
30. Repeal asset forfeiture laws.
31. Repeal warrantless wiretapping and sneak-and-peak.
32. Walter Williams for Secretary of the Treasury
33. Atlas Shrugged is required reading.
34. Nancy Pelosi has to fly commercial or a plane she owns/hires from her own money.
35. Free those people who are in prison because they were caught with small amounts of marijuana.
35. Never again let Rosie O'Donnell sing The National Anthem.

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Just a thought wrote:

The free enterprise system does not meet the economic needs of all the citizens.

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marcaurelius wrote:

<quoted text>Read number one!!

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931abc wrote:

We can always tax the rich more ... til we run out of rich people.

931abc wrote:

We can always tax the rich more ... til we run out of rich people.