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Health & Fitness

My Plan to Save America

  1. Reduce our standing armed forces by 50% and institute a universal draft upon the later of attaining age 18 or graduation from high school (assuming you are a full time student). Draftees not needed for active duty at the time they are drafted can be placed in Reserve/National Guard units. [Note: this will change the political dynamics so much that draftees will never be needed for active service].
  2. Convene a commission of laymen (not pols or military men) to order the closure of any military base not shown to be vital to national security.
  3. Immediately cancel contracts on defense systems and hardware which DOD has previously said it doesn’t want or need.
  4. Place a $1 per gallon tax on gas and levy a tax on passenger autos that exceed a specific weight.
  5. Tax all forms of income equally and eliminate all deductions, exemptions and tax credits.
  6. Drop the cap on earnings subject to the Social Security tax.
  7. End domestic agricultural subsidies and other forms of “corporate welfare”.
  8. Institute a “single payer” universal health care system with annual lifetime caps on coverage [caps to kick in after a person attains a certain age]. People can supplement this coverage via private insurance. Replace the current “fee for service” system which promotes excessive and wasteful testing and treatment.
  9. Get the tort bar out of medical malpractice.
  10. Amend the Constitution to allow a line-item-veto - and use it to get the pork and earmarks out of the budget.
  11. Amend the Constitution to allow a President one six year term only.
  12. Get the money out of politics by (i) barring former government employees above a certain level from doing business with or working for companies doing greater than a set amount of business with the government for five years post their government service; and (ii) Limit contributions to politicians and parties.
  13. Legalize and tax the sale of marijuana. End the wasteful, corrupt and losing “War on Drugs”. Release non-violent drug offenders in jail only for possession and pass mandatory federal criminal sentencing without parole for anyone selling drugs to persons under age 21.
  14. Ban the sale of assault weapons and large capacity magazines. Institute mandatory background checks and waiting periods for all gun sales.
  15. Use the military to seal the borders. Pass an immigration bill that deals with the  12 million illegal’s here who cannot be rounded up and deported.
  16. End “high stakes” testing in public schools and institute a program that allows any high school graduate who has attained a minimum GPA to attend a community college free post mandatory military service.
  17. Triple the size of the IRS to attack and tax the “underground economy”.

 

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