TSuxs Cheatsheet to Saving America:Abolish Income Taxes. Before 1913, there WAS NO INCOME TAX, and US was already a great nation then. It accounts for 42% of government revenue, but Bush spending is up 75% from 2000. So cut spending back to that level. Focus instead on import, sales, excise, and property tax. It's easy to calculate and hard to cheat. Allow Generic Drugs with some kind of royalty system. The current system encourages Big Pharma to just sit on their ass and milk it 10-20 years. As Andy Grove said, what have they done in the past 50 years given all the spending and patent protection. In 40 years, Parkinson's disease went from L-dopa to . . . L-dopa. And stuff that cost a fortune here, generic $.03 in India. Stop the Dollar freefall buy cutting spending. Contrary to government spin, a low currency really sucks. It costs more to mooch off other countries, buy their stuff, hire their best people. Do they want it to sink to Peso or Rupee? Find the real terrorist. Seven years and 500 Billion dollars after 9/11, the vaporware al Qaeda hasn't been caught. The twin towers collapsed. Ok, fine, but what about WTC 7, the tower that was TWO BLOCKS away, never got hit by plane, and imploded 7 hrs later in 10 second. Will anyone in the government ask WTF? Why was the press release 20min before the actual WTC7 collapse? Cultivate friendly countries and their citizens instead of enemies. Stop trash-talking Iran and China. Name me one Internet app that has "add me as Enemy". It's all about friends. Friends look out for friends. Friends are good. Some good examples are Russia, France, China, Britain who are wary of US Imperialism. Better Urban Planning. Increase density. The car and freeway culture and suburban Kubla Khans have to go. Oil at $100/barrel won't hurt me: I drove 1500 Miles on my car last year. I walk to work. Allow Stem Cell Research. If government values life, what about saving the people who are living? Maybe it is possible to grow another heart, liver, arm or leg. Raise the Average car mileage from 21 to 50 MPG. It can be done today maybe a small engine, electric motor and ultra-capacitor (no nickel batteries... thats bad) The ZENN get 245 MPG Bring troops home. Just like Vietnam and Korea, there is no winning and no easy way out other than just getting out. -- Peace. |