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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	Question for you Hound
	Date:	11/11/2011 11:31:44 AM

For one thing, I think there needs to be a balance in cuts and increases in revenue. I believe that SS and Medicare needs to be restructured in some serious way. If it is the desire of the people of this country to use SS as a "retirement" program, then it needs to be rethought and changed to that end. As it stands it makes no sense. Social Security disability needs to be restructured and the eligibility narrowed.
Obama care should be repealed and replaced by some kind of universal health care benefit that people can subscribe to with several different levels of coverage, and on a sliding scale for payment.
The current welfare system should be discontinued and restructured with a program with limitations as to the length of time one can be eligible, and $$ benefits tied to previous earnings. Food stamps should be available only for the most basic of food items, no convenience foods.
The whole tax code needs to be simplified. People should not have to have a degree in accounting or tax law to understand it.
Any legislation that is passed must state how it will be paid for. For major expenditures, like wars, health care systems, education benefits, there should be special referendums for people to vote -- not relying on the political interests of their representatives.
*Term limits* Members of Congress and their staffs should be prohibited from working for lobbyists, PACs or other special interest groups for 10 years.
A national immigration law should be a top priority. Let U.S citizens vote on several proposals.
Reexamine all of our commitments for special funding to foreign governments to see if they still support US National Security goals. IF not, they should be discontinued. All $$ spent should directly support US National Security. No tickee, no shirtee.

Reduce the overall number of political appointees, advisors, and others in government.
In the government, reduce the ratio of "managers and executives" to the number of actual working level employees. I have no problem with reducing the size of government agencies and reducing their missions. The people of the United States should vote on which government agencies exist.

Totally revamp the system of government acquisition. It's based on some model that was developed around WWII and makes no sense in today's environment.

Those are some of my ideas.