Problem solved.

[kpete]

Withdraw from Afghanistan and Iraq.
Cut all defense spending by 50%.
Restore all tax rates to 1981 levels — across the board.
Double the Estate Tax.
Pass a millionaire’s tax.
Eliminate the mortgage interest deduction >$500,000.
Eliminate mortgage interest deduction on vacation homes.
Eliminate corporate tax loopholes.
Eliminate tax breaks for Big Oil.
Eliminate Big Farm subsidies.
Pass a carbon tax.
Pass a bank tax.

Problem solved.
http://firedoglake.com/2011/04/05/a-response-to-paul-ryan-an-alternative-path-to-prosperity/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Yup.

And we all know why the fuck they won't do it.

Recommended.

Thank you, my dear kpete!

[L0oniX]

2. Consumption tax on all non necessary items...

except my sail boat ...of course.

:evilgrin:

Well actually I might need it to get away from the USA.

[Bandit]

5. Why go with Regressive Taxation when it is against the Core Democratic principle of Progressive Taxa

:shrug: Don't understand that one..

[FSogol]

3. Don't forget Cantor's "print on both sides of the paper" rule for the Pentagon. That'll save

$34.7 million! :eyes: :crazy:

[daleanime]

4. Maybe not completely solved....

would be a fantastic start!:applause:

[toddwv]

6. The HUGE problem with that...

is that it would work. It would work in a BIG way. Those in power don't want it to work. It would mean the end of easy money, the gravy train and the system of genetic inheritance of the nation's wealth.

[anarch]

7. and end the asinine "War on Drugs"

legalize at least pot, and tax the sale of it.

small change compared to cutting "Defense" spending, but still...I think it's something like $15-20 billion per year, at the federal level, not counting any cost of incarcerating the victims.

[drm604]

8. Can you add single payer to that?

I think that's a requirement for "problem solved".

[CrossChris]

9. Whose problem, ours or theirs? I think they are working on solving their problems.

We're their problems.

We, the problems.

[RC]

10. As usual everyone is diddling with the symptoms and doing noting to fix the problem.

The problem is corrupt politicians, mostly on the Right. All this other stuff stems from one root cause - corrupt politicians.
If we had reasonably honest politicians, there would be no wars^*, no person hood for corporations. The MIC would be under control.
Our economy would be good, unemployment would be low. We would have Single Payer, Universal Health Care. No upside down mortgages.

^* No wars because we would not be meddling in the internal affairs of other countries, as we have been doing for almost 200 years. Thus no need for the Military Industrial Complex.