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Originally Posted by Ghostwriter
As I am what I consider a "true" conservative (social and fiscal), I can attest to the above. I was appalled with the spending that occurred under Bush. With the full employment we enjoyed and low taxes we could have easily maintained a balanced budget and should have been able to start paying off some of our massive debt. Look at the fiasco of "No Child Left Behind" and the prescription drugs program for seniors.
As a swerve;
If I were in charge or had the power I would propose:
- exempting the first $35K of wages from income taxes
- moving to a flat rate of 14% for everything over $35K for everyone
- remove all deductions except for charitable
- a 10% reduction in spending across the board for all departments in the Federal govt.
- do away with all czar's
- shut down the Surgeon General's Office
- return the Dept. of Educations duties to the states
- cut capital gains to 15%
- reduce the tax burden on small businesses (20 employees or less) by 1/2
- privatize Social Security for those under 55 years of age
- totally revamp Medicaid and Medicare
- do away with all earmarks
- do away with the inheritance tax
- require that everyone pay their taxes directly to the IRS themselves and not have them paid via their employer
- not allow congress to increase their own pay. approval by the voting public, only.
- term limits of 2 six year terms for the senate and 6 two year terms for the house
- require that for every law written by congress one must be rescinded. the less laws they write the better.
- require the budget to be balanced by law
When you get right down to it the root of most evil in Washington is via manipulation of the tax codes for self interest. The above would most certainly shut down a large portion of the IRS and yield further savings.
Off my "true conservative" soap box, now. |
I can't fault any of your ideas, but no one would ever pass them...lobbyists would have no power and that's just not the American way!
