Sunday, March 15, 2009

My ideas on how to fix America

  1. Term limits.
  2. All elected officials are subject to the same laws as the rest of the country. No more ridiculous pensions for congresscritters, they can depend on Social Security and Medicare. Bet those programs would get fixed within six months.
  3. Pay congressmen and senators $1,000,000 per year. Make bribery, public malfeasance, and any other form of corruption punishable by life in prison with no chance for parole.
  4. Tax money transfers from person to person out of this country at 75%.
  5. Proof of citizenship or green card for health services.
  6. Require all employed persons in this country to provide a valid SSN, tied into the E-Verify system. If a valid SSN cannot be provided within a reasonable time the individual is deported.
  7. Immediately stop all foreign aid going to non-democratic countries.
  8. Immediately stop all foreign aid going to countries that sponsor, support, or shield terrorists.
  9. Stop being the security blanket for Europe and Canada, with the exception of England. Remove our troops stationed in those countries. It's well past time they should pay for their own national security.
  10. Expand the amount of aid we give to Mexico and S America (from the savings in 7, 8, and 9 above). Help them build the infrastructure in their countries. Since they are also sitting on large amounts of oil, help them extract it and sell it to us at fixed rates. This is to our advantage because if there are jobs and money down there, there will be less of an incentive to come here.
  11. This one would require changing the 26th Amendment, but would have more impact than any other idea- limit suffrage to only those that have net payments into the system. I find it morally reprehensible that someone who has never worked or always has a greater tax "refund" than the amount they paid should have the same say in how my money is spent as I do. There would be exceptions for retired and disabled people.
That's it. There are my suggestions to fixing the country.

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