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Originally Posted by Baasinator
Two quick things:
1) The war is not our biggest expense, and our budget is full of better opportunities to cut spending. We can balance the budget and lower everbody's tax burden if we had a government that believed in spending responsibly, but we don't.
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They won't cut spending because more spending buys them votes (look at Ted Stevens and Sarah Palin in Alaska for a prime example). It's the system that is corrupt, not necessarily the people. Money out of politics is the answer. No donations from anyone other than individual citizens and a low limit per person, like $1,000 max. No bundling. No corporate donations. No party or PAC donations. Just the citizens and their representatives, that's it.
And while they're at it they can ditch the tax code and institute a consumption tax that is simple and free from evasion.
That's what I'd do if I were President.
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