02-08-2005, 06:26 AM
Actually, since this is a thread on how to save America (or shave it, which would be a better thread I think), I think I should put in my own two cents.
Get rid of the minimum wage. Now, now, don't rial up against me in some fury, hear me out. If everybody lowers their paychecks, the deflation caused by it will increase their spending power (because their savings would be worth more), we will be able to pay back our debts as a nation more, and would also decrease unemployment.
Cut the budget. Now, this is going to be a dousy. First, we could cut legislation against such companies like the drug companies (also decreasing unemployment), therefore phasing out such programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, which would get rid of 17% of our government spending (roughly 308.5 billion dollars), secondly we could cut subsidiaries to such things as powerplants (which only serves to create monopolies, and don't really accomplish anything), we could (as Bush said) phase out Social Security, cutting another 22% of our budget, privatize NASA (it's going there anyway), decrease our National Defense budget (like, say, letting the UN in Iraq and Afghanistan, and not getting involved in any more wars. We can bring down Al Queda through the CIA, and the like). Oh, and we can privatize enviornmental programs (possibly the government would give them subsidiaries/tax exemption). This would make it much easier to pay off our national debt, drastically cut taxes, and, get this...HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET!
I know I'm going to get flamed for this one.
Get rid of the minimum wage. Now, now, don't rial up against me in some fury, hear me out. If everybody lowers their paychecks, the deflation caused by it will increase their spending power (because their savings would be worth more), we will be able to pay back our debts as a nation more, and would also decrease unemployment.
Cut the budget. Now, this is going to be a dousy. First, we could cut legislation against such companies like the drug companies (also decreasing unemployment), therefore phasing out such programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, which would get rid of 17% of our government spending (roughly 308.5 billion dollars), secondly we could cut subsidiaries to such things as powerplants (which only serves to create monopolies, and don't really accomplish anything), we could (as Bush said) phase out Social Security, cutting another 22% of our budget, privatize NASA (it's going there anyway), decrease our National Defense budget (like, say, letting the UN in Iraq and Afghanistan, and not getting involved in any more wars. We can bring down Al Queda through the CIA, and the like). Oh, and we can privatize enviornmental programs (possibly the government would give them subsidiaries/tax exemption). This would make it much easier to pay off our national debt, drastically cut taxes, and, get this...HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET!
I know I'm going to get flamed for this one.