Sure, just be prepared for the resulting loss of jobs. Union workers build ships for the Navy, planes for all four branches, and ground vehicles for the Army & Marines. And let's not forget all of the ancillary jobs created around a military base... Close Fort Bragg, and both the fast food and sex industry will see a 5% drop in annual profitability.
Just think how much taxes could be cut if the government were out of healthcare altogether.....
That's actually reasonable.
Ah, yes, we should all want to help fund those who choose to live in concrete jungles...
How about sending welfare recipients to North Manhattan, KS, where they don't need public transport and can walk to work?
Works for me. I'd see my taxes cut in at least half, even without the deductions for kids.
So the guy who worked as a TSA screener to put themselves thru college should be barred from working for a company who happens to sell stuff to the Department of Agriculture?...
How about putting limits on how much the media gets to talk about elections instead? I'd rather here what the highest bidder has to say, and less about what the talking heads on the various three-letter networks have to say about them.
Too bad, because I know you find it offensive, but organized religion tends to picks up the slack where federal and state programs routinely drop the ball. When we were foster parents, it was the faith based organizations who had the resources available to actually train parents how not to abuse their children.... The state could barely fund getting investigations done, much less try to put any emphasis on avoiding having kids put into state custody in the first place...
But go ahead, take away the tax exempt status, and outreach programs will likely go away.
There are certainly abuses of the religion exemption (e.g. vast property holdings of a couple large organizations based in Italy and Utah) but for the most part, the return on investment far exceeds whatever incremental taxes you might get from taking away the exemption.
I don't think you'll need to worry about a first term...
I think the money saved on defense could go elsewhere in society to off set most of the job loss. Then there is the state of our infrastructure that could always use some of those minds and hands that may be displaced. I think a lot of the defense money saved could come from waste. The projects that are under bid and then then run into over runs. Projects that are not needed or out of date before they are off the drawing boards (B-1, Sgt York gun, SDI).
I don't want the government in health care, I just want it reformed so it is affordable and so that everyone is covered. I do not believe it is reasonable for someone to be faced with bankruptcy or a huge debt in order to be healthy.
I do not understand your concrete jungle reference.
I figure if everyone would pay the taxes, we would see an increase in revenue. Seems from most of what I have read, the middle/.lower class would see a tax cut while the richer/rich/uberrich would see a tax increase because they would actually have to pay taxes as opposed to the Warren Buffet's that get so many tax breaks and end up paying less. Also the GE's would end up paying their fair share. Hell, we might even have extra taxes left over.
I guess I should have elaborated. When I was referring to the Fed workers I meant high level folks. People like Congressional aids (may be not high level but they have access and know people), Cabinet members, members of Congress, officers, department heads ... People who were in a position to make decisions and who had connections in government. The revolving door needs to be welded shut.
I see your point but Im not sure how that would work. The SCOTUS already said my idea was a violation of the COTUS when they said corporations are people and can donate what they want to whom they want. I am pretty sure your idea definitely violates the COTUS. I would not mind seeing several groups prepare 'dossiers' on the candidates. Have the papers address policy issues, voting records .. etc. Debates would be mandatory and they would be real debates and there would be several. They don't know the questions and there would be, for example, economics experts there to deal with the economic issues that when the candidates state some BS, they can be address right then and there.
I said they need to loose their tax exempt status, they can still get deductions or exemptions for certain things. I fail to see why the .com church near one of the malls here in TX deserves a tax break for a multi million dollar church with video and audio equipment that any high school or college would envy. If they collect money for charitable work, there is no reason those funds should not be tax exempt. The G-V, not so much, the Crystal Cathedral, not so much. You get a deduction for your kids, so can they.
I recently read a study (don't have a link sorry) that suggested that only about 6% of the charity stuff comes from faith based out reach. The rest is done by government programs.
I know. No one from any side who actually wants to address the issues would have a chance at office. This is why we are stuck with the idiots we have in office.
