Budget Puzzle: You Fix the US Budget
That wasn't too hard: <a href="http://t.co/Ex8OHv7" rel="nofollow">http://t.co/Ex8OHv7</a><p>In short, return taxes to Clinton era levels. Cut defense spending massively. Cut some gov't contractors. Cap medicare growth. Eliminate tax loopholes. National sales tax, carbon tax, bank tax.<p>Results? 56% savings from tax increase, 44% savings from spending cuts. Gives us a pretty clear surplus that we could invest in education, <i>real</i> healthcare improvements, infrastructure (trains), etc. With this plan, we could actually make the US #1 for many things in the world instead of just military spending.<p>It honestly wouldn't hurt me that much if my taxes overall went up by 10%. My income is probably low/average for the HN crowd.