- Aug 16, 2005
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I originally posted this in that particular discussion, but it seems to me I'm being ignored through the flame wars. If you're interested in seeing a good plan for the United States to remain strong and be an excellent place to live, read on.
Our economy's in shambles. It's time to fix it. How about a plan?
1. Withdraw from Iraq. Large scale, in less than one year. It's time to cut our losses, it's a lose-lose situation. If we're there, we lose $5 billion per month and 1,800+ soldiers so far. This is unacceptable.
2. Take away Bush's tax cuts to mainly the wealthiest 1% of Americans. It's time to forget about stupid Reaganomics and use real economics that really work. We could take the money from the taxes that the wealthy would be paying and put it towards education. In the next ten years, we could see the future leaders of America better prepared and the general public more informed to make the decisions of the country.
3. Cut government spending. Iraq- $5 billion per month, $500 billion so far. Enough is enough. NASA needs to go. Money is very much so wasted by our space endeavors. Nothing important has been yielded from space in the past thirty years. We need to take care of our own world before looking to other worlds. Also, we can get rid of the "goodies" that senators and politicians get. Tax write-offs, free money for vacations, etc.
4. Increase relations with foreign countries. Many superpowers of the world are beginning to doubt the United States greatly. It's time to lift trade restrictions with China and get on their good side. By 2020, China will have the second most powerful economy in the world, barring that the United States screws up more. Russia also doubts us, France really doesn't like us, and many other countries feel pretty strongly against us.
5. Increase trades with foreign countries. China predominantly needs to be traded with more. However, our neighbors, Mexico and Canada, could do with better trading with the US. If we help to improve Mexico's economy and standard of living, we wouldn't have to have such high restrictions on border control. Mexicans would want to stay in Mexico. It's also time to lift the embargo on Cuba. Enough is enough, Fidel even helped us with Katrina relief. Let's do them a favor and lift the embargo and give their people a better standard of living.
6. Finally, we need to get rid of the fallacies in our government. Man, are we getting corrupted. This whole "Liberal-Conservative" bs is getting out of hand. It's time to vote people into office that are qualified, not those who are labeled by a party. We need to get rid of corruption in the form of cash under the table and payoffs to political icons. President Bush, like it or not, is buddies with the oil companies. They're in his pocket. This isn't right. They have more power than the average American citizen, and that's not the basis of our country. It's out of hand, buying off politicians is unethical and must be done away with.
Today, we have some major problems that have to be fixed. I don't see Democrats nor Republicans aiming to get rid of them, they're not really that different. They only care for themselves and their image, greed and status. This has to end.
Part two: social security and medical costs.
Social security will have to be dealt with later rather than now. Our economy must be restrengthened before we can worry about social security. 6-8 years from now, we can worry about social security.
Medical costs: a shame upon America. Our healthcare system is terrible. Millions uninsured, millions who can't afford their medicine, millions under Medicaid that will soon be unable to get any kind of insurance help on their prescriptions. Going back to trade relations, we could up trade with Canada and get rid of the $200 per pill that some prescriptions carry. Unacceptable. I was uninsured for years, in a middle class family. How is it right that only the people that can actually afford the medical care and prescriptions can get insurance without giving out half their paycheck? Unacceptable. $200 per month for a family of three to be insured, maybe $50 per month that the insurance pays to us. But, be uninsured and it'll come back to bite you in the rear end. Unacceptable.
Our economy's in shambles. It's time to fix it. How about a plan?
1. Withdraw from Iraq. Large scale, in less than one year. It's time to cut our losses, it's a lose-lose situation. If we're there, we lose $5 billion per month and 1,800+ soldiers so far. This is unacceptable.
2. Take away Bush's tax cuts to mainly the wealthiest 1% of Americans. It's time to forget about stupid Reaganomics and use real economics that really work. We could take the money from the taxes that the wealthy would be paying and put it towards education. In the next ten years, we could see the future leaders of America better prepared and the general public more informed to make the decisions of the country.
3. Cut government spending. Iraq- $5 billion per month, $500 billion so far. Enough is enough. NASA needs to go. Money is very much so wasted by our space endeavors. Nothing important has been yielded from space in the past thirty years. We need to take care of our own world before looking to other worlds. Also, we can get rid of the "goodies" that senators and politicians get. Tax write-offs, free money for vacations, etc.
4. Increase relations with foreign countries. Many superpowers of the world are beginning to doubt the United States greatly. It's time to lift trade restrictions with China and get on their good side. By 2020, China will have the second most powerful economy in the world, barring that the United States screws up more. Russia also doubts us, France really doesn't like us, and many other countries feel pretty strongly against us.
5. Increase trades with foreign countries. China predominantly needs to be traded with more. However, our neighbors, Mexico and Canada, could do with better trading with the US. If we help to improve Mexico's economy and standard of living, we wouldn't have to have such high restrictions on border control. Mexicans would want to stay in Mexico. It's also time to lift the embargo on Cuba. Enough is enough, Fidel even helped us with Katrina relief. Let's do them a favor and lift the embargo and give their people a better standard of living.
6. Finally, we need to get rid of the fallacies in our government. Man, are we getting corrupted. This whole "Liberal-Conservative" bs is getting out of hand. It's time to vote people into office that are qualified, not those who are labeled by a party. We need to get rid of corruption in the form of cash under the table and payoffs to political icons. President Bush, like it or not, is buddies with the oil companies. They're in his pocket. This isn't right. They have more power than the average American citizen, and that's not the basis of our country. It's out of hand, buying off politicians is unethical and must be done away with.
Today, we have some major problems that have to be fixed. I don't see Democrats nor Republicans aiming to get rid of them, they're not really that different. They only care for themselves and their image, greed and status. This has to end.
Part two: social security and medical costs.
Social security will have to be dealt with later rather than now. Our economy must be restrengthened before we can worry about social security. 6-8 years from now, we can worry about social security.
Medical costs: a shame upon America. Our healthcare system is terrible. Millions uninsured, millions who can't afford their medicine, millions under Medicaid that will soon be unable to get any kind of insurance help on their prescriptions. Going back to trade relations, we could up trade with Canada and get rid of the $200 per pill that some prescriptions carry. Unacceptable. I was uninsured for years, in a middle class family. How is it right that only the people that can actually afford the medical care and prescriptions can get insurance without giving out half their paycheck? Unacceptable. $200 per month for a family of three to be insured, maybe $50 per month that the insurance pays to us. But, be uninsured and it'll come back to bite you in the rear end. Unacceptable.