How to Save America

[The Anti-Wisemon]

As it is, Wal-Mart employees don't make enough to get off welfare. I'm not saying it should be raised right now, but certainly don't cut it.

Well, first of all, many of these jobs are part-time. Second of all, they may have to be on welfare because of the expense of many goods, caused by government intervention.

Right now, drugs aren't regulated enough, and as I've explained, drug companies have more than enough profit to through around. For instance, did you notice the multiple Super Bowl penis pill ads?

The penis ads were because penis pills are in demand, nothing more. As for your other points, most of the regulation helps drug companies. It bars companies except for the biggest from continuing to run. Even local competition would still be important competition.

'll agree that we seriously need to decrease military spending. First, let's stop building new weapons (shit, I'm an engineer). Second, let's call it a semi-victory and start pulling troops (if Iraq fails with U.S. troops gone, it wasn't a real democracy anyway).

It's not that simple. We need to gradually exit, decreasing more troops, while putting in UN peacekeeping forces in Iraq. We cannot do it in a month, or maybe even a year. It takes time.

As for stop building of new weapons, technology is essential in case we get involved in a defensive war (which just might happen very soon with Russia), we are already somewhat outdated, especially in the Air Force.

Privatizing government programs doesn't work, plain and simple. It's just an excuse to abandon funding. If they were profitable, there would already be private companies. Nobody wants to insure just the elderly for health insurance (Medicare). Nobody wants to give them handouts (social security). That's why the government has to do it.

You're right, privatization doesn't work, but it sounds nicer than cutting programs, which is the real ends to the problem.

As for such programs of Medicare and Medicaid, once the government stops the monopoly on such programs, the private industry will still be able to cover many of the people.

As for Social security, with all the expenses being cut, they could save for retirement privately.