For America's Future

Some random thoughts I wrote a few weeks ago...never blogged before, so seeing how this works... 

1.  To vote, you MUST be a taxpayer, if a person is not a taxpayer, they are a “ward of the state” and their opinion is nice, but irrelevant to the management of the state.  Also, if one is not a payer, that person would naturally vote for those who are paying to subsidize their lifestyle… to the point of the society becoming a group of non-workers.  Everyone who expects to vote should be asked to pay at least something, even if only a dollar.  There is a part of me that is in favor of a “flat tax”.  Speaking of taxes.  Get rid of loop-holds and make the form simple.  Should not take more than a page, using a minimum of 10-Pt font, 1” borders around the edges!  Since I mentioned voting, all voters have an untamperable “national card”.  No card, no vote.  The card would have the required information on it to indicate that the person is indeed a tax PAYER, and of course, a citizen. 

2.     Get rid of unnecessary departments.  What was the Department of Energy’s charter for example?  (http://management.energy.gov/documents/Summary_History.pdf) So, what has been its record?  What is the measure of merit, measure of success?  In a few years I will happily flush my toilet and have great pressure behind that pull, likewise for when I take a shower!  How about the Department of Education?  Why is that at the Federal level rather than the State level?  Are our children smarter since its inception? How would we grade that department?  I’m thinking about a fat “F” but I don’t have facts to back that up.  Whole departments could be eliminated or drastically reduced…

3.     Get rid of Obamacare…’nuff said

4.     Shut down Fannie and Freddie…singularly the agencies responsible for the heinous homeowner situation, which bolstered our economic demise.

5.     Get rid of CZARS.  There are elected officials that should be able to handle the jobs these appointees are doing…and the elected individuals are subject to the will of the people (or should be)…the Czars are subject to the will of the person who appointed them…the President…not good.

6.     Raise the retirement age by 2 years for those within 10 of the present retirement age, 5 years for those outside 10 years.  We are living longer, that doesn’t mean we should be “on the dole” longer.

7.     Reclaim ALL unspent TARP funds. 

8.     DO NOT…DO NOT cut the military any more than we have already… “provide for the national defense” is the primary role of the federal government…we can not fail at that task.

9.     If there are to be subsidies, subsidize LIFE, not killing…not one penny to support abortion, and if we support an agency that supports abortion with our taxes, then we are indeed supporting abortion.  That is a misuse of my tax dollar, and a sin, since GOD knows us from the womb.

10.    I fully agree that Congress should pass no law that it does not hold itself to as well…therefore, those who have yet to become elected officials have a new standard than those there at present, and those at present have a “sundown” clause to achieve the new standard:  Elected officials (not the President…2 max for that position) serve for 3 terms maximum as a lifetime limit with 2 consecutive terms, then the person needs to “get a real job”.  They receive no (zero) retirement funds unless they have the pleasure of serving 3 terms, and then receive 50% of the top pay they earned while serving. 

11.    DRILL!!!!  Create nuclear facilities that services the large metropolitan areas.

12.    Encourage “MADE IN AMERICA” by not attempting to get deep in the pockets of those who are succeeding.