Well, I still want to hear an alternative plan other than this plan sucks.
What do you want to cut?
What and who do you want to tax?
That's about all there is to it.
For some reason, I don't think this will ever be fixed, but the utter government waste and beligerent spending from personal levels of government officials would be a great start.
Freeze federal govt. officials' (Senators and Congressmen especially) pay for 20 years. Cut their outlandish pensions and overall benefits to be comensurate to the average citizen. Actually, I'd cut their salaries by 15% off the bat. Then, rid of ALL security protection after they leave office. They're elected officials until out of office. It should be a service to the public, not a career....hear me, KENNEDY?
I'd propose some form of flat tax. Not absolute flat, but pretty close across the board whether you make $10k or $1M a year.
As much as I'm nearly 100% capitalist, I'd consider breaking up the oil companies like the gov't did the phone companies. In short, bust up the monopoly.
Quoted by Unregistered:
I disagree. It is in our national interest to use up the oil of foreign countries before we use up our own supply.
I'd have to say that if we can become independent from the middle east, the benefits far outweigh the consequences on many levels. Also, I don't think we're going to run out of oil before alternative fuels are in full swing. Just when the media uses the scare tactics of the US is running out of oil, I find it very convenient that all of a sudden in the past few years a "new" resource of oil is "discovered" in the Dakotas.
Also, the oil is under our soil. We just need to allow the oil companies to drill. The biggest reason, IMO, why crude oil is so high isn't supply. It's the utter lack of refineries in the US. When was the last time we built enough to keep up with demand?
The EPA is one of the biggest enemies as far as ruling and regulating building refineries and drillin that it isn't worth doing. Now, we're paying a stiff price at the pump. To me, this is the single biggest problem with gas prices. One of many, of course.
The most important thing we can do to help the economy is make the Bush tax cuts permanent, or even increase them, then quit spending so much on unnecessary wars and government programs, and then stay out of the way of private enterprise.
I agree with almost everything said here, Unregistered...
wildalaska, why are you always so rude in your posts? Almost every post you make is a negative comment without you backing it up in anyway with substantive commentary pertaining to the topic.
I guess you don't read very many posts of his, do you?
All I see is a simple request...