Budget Puzzle: You Fix the US Budget
That wasn't too hard: http://t.co/Ex8OHv7In 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.Results? 56% savings from tax increase, 44% savings from spending cuts. Gives us a pretty clear surplus that we could invest in education, real 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.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.