# How are you going to fix the United States? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 11, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474 "2010-01-11T04:03:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474/41 "2010-01-13T16:36:36Z")
All legislation must have a sunset clause of length not to exceed _n_ years, where _n_ is decided by popular vote among eligible citizens. This vote shall be held during presidential elections. ---
**Author:** ![kevlaw](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kevlaw/32/2281_2.png) [@kevlaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevlaw)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474/42 "2010-01-13T17:51:05Z")
> [@erislover](#): > > All legislation must have a sunset clause of length not to exceed _n_ years, where _n_ is decided by popular vote among eligible citizens. This vote shall be held during presidential elections. Or, how about: All legislation expires in 5 years but can be reinstated - without amendment - through a fast track process for 10, then 20, then 40 (etc) years. If the legislation is amended, the clock gets reset to 5. This makes it easy to get rid of the laws that were passed in haste but saves faffing around with laws that have passed the test of time. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474/43 "2010-01-13T18:01:14Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > A few items: Excellent. Mostly minor changes, but I think they’d have far-reaching effects. IMHO, there should also be something clarifying corporate personhood (actually, \*\*non-\*\*personhood). Perhaps also something that takes a right to privacy out of its Constitutional penumbra and makes it a bit more explicit. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474/44 "2010-01-13T20:01:01Z")
> [@kevlaw](#): > > Or, how about: > > All legislation expires in 5 years but can be reinstated - without amendment - through a fast track process for 10, then 20, then 40 (etc) years. If the legislation is amended, the clock gets reset to 5. > > This makes it easy to get rid of the laws that were passed in haste but saves faffing around with laws that have passed the test of time. I may concede linear growth (+ 5 rather than \* 2) though I am not sure it would have the effect you suggest, even though that is precisely the effect I desire. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474/45 "2010-01-13T20:27:12Z")
> [@PunkyPoo](#): > > I like the idea of public financing for political campaigns. Get out the special interests. Worst.Idea.Ever. “Get out the special interests?” The biggest special interests in any election are the incumbent politicians. And you want to turn over to them the entire funding of the election? Crazy. You want to make citizens wholly responsible to the government for getting the funds they need to replace people in the government? What happens to fringe candidates? What happens to independents? The conflict of interest here is crazy. I guarantee you that government-funded elections would rapidly turn into a mechanism for incumbents and the two major parties to cement their hold on the government even further. You have it exactly backwards. There should be NO government regulations on campaign funding, other than one - you must fully disclose where you got every dollar of campaign funds. If you know the source of all the funding, you can figure out if the candidate is compromised too much by special interests, and vote for someone else. All campaign finance reform has done is make funding even murkier. Now you have ‘bundlers’ who go around and collect individual contributions and pool them together on behalf of special interests. You have rich people like George Soros influencing elections by setting up political action committees and funding ‘non-partisan’ organizations dedicated to putting a certain person in power. And the limits on outside funding give an even bigger advantage to the ultra-rich who can finance their own campaigns. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474/46 "2010-01-13T20:54:45Z")
What happens to fringe candidates and independents _now_? ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474/47 "2010-01-13T21:15:59Z")
> [@A.Selene](#): > > I second that. My ten commandments would probably all clarify the constitution, make laws simpler, and make the country more free. Here they are in no particular order. > > 1. Reform the tax code: taxes are equal to X% of your income, regardless of how much you make. I think about 5% should be sufficient. > > 2. Abolish all federal social services. Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, all of it gone, as well as the department of education. Instead, provide vouchers for the parents of all student aged children. Publicly _funded_ education, but not publicly _run_. A minimum of social services will be provided by states, but it would be limited; people would have more money and things would be cheaper, so better standard of living + private charity should be enough. > > 3. No more US bases abroad. We have the Navy to project our power; we are not the world’s police, and they can take care of their own. > > 4. Legalize prostitution, drugs, etc. Pretty much any activity between consenting adults is fine, and you are free to do with your body as you please. > > 5. Overhaul the immigration system. Make it easier to be here legally, by increasing the number of green cards available. Hell, I might even make it completely open immigration. > > 6. Drastically reduce the power of the federal government. I’m not sure how best to do this, and it’s a huge one, but I’d try to clarify the constitution to make it much clearer as to what the Fed can actually do. I’d probably remove the general welfare clause, as well as interstate commerce clause, and just write instead: “States cannot tax or otherwise impede the flow of US goods into their territories.” The Fed’s should be providing courts, the military, and protect civil rights. > > 7. Clarify the second. This one is small, but I think it deserves it’s own rule. All persons shall have the right to keep and bear arms. In those cases where a person is considered ineligible by reason of insanity or past criminal behavior, the proof of burden is on the state. > > 8. I would clarify the purpose of the constitution and my new rules: “To secure the right of all people to live in ways that they desire, the federal or state laws shall not abridge a persons right to life, liberty or property, nor abridge their right to act in a way that they wish, if such way does not infringe on another’s life, liberty or property. Revenue in the form of income tax will be assessed to provide courts, police, military, education, and roads, but for no other purpose shall these funds be used.”\* The idea being that if someone wants to live in a communist utopia, they can in my US - but they have to do it with consenting adults, and they can in no way force that vision on others. The default is absolute freedom (minus stealing, hurting, or killing others): the only way to lose that absolute freedom is through voluntary cooperation with others. > > \*This would probably need to be clarified, is in no way exhaustive, and would probably need to be changed before it’s written into the stone tablets I will carry down from the mount - but I hope you get the gist of it. > > 9 and 10) I would hold these until the 10 years have passed and I have returned. After assessing the success of my first 8, I would then decide upon my last 2, retire to my villa, and party. _dreamy sigh_ I want to move to your U.S. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474/48 "2010-01-13T21:25:59Z")
-crap- ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474/49 "2010-01-13T21:27:02Z")
\*\*Sam Stone \*\*, you rock. When can you sart? ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474/50 "2010-01-13T23:07:45Z")
Everyone must learn to count to ten. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474/51 "2010-01-13T23:18:04Z")
Okay, I guess I should provide a serious answer. 1. Repeal all censorship laws created by the ACLU and restore religious freedom to America. 2. Repeal all prohibition of drugs, except for those proven to cause death or severe harm in the short term. Release all persons currently in prison only for drug crimes. 3. Restrict the United States from foreign deployments, in a way similar to how Japan has been restricted since WWII. 4. Reduce the military budget to ten billion dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Cap the size of the military at one hundred thousand individuals on active duty at any time, plus an additional one hundred thousand in the reserves. Abolish the compulsory draft. 5. Eliminate the CIA. 6. Pay reparations to every country that has been victimized by American foreign policy in the past 65 years, in the amount of $100,000 for every person killed or tortured. 7. Outlaw torture, with lifetime imprisonment for any person in the government or military who commits it or contributes to any act of torture in any way. 8. Abolish all corporate welfare. 9. Mandate that carbon dioxide emissions must be reduced by 10% of current levels every year until they reach insignificant levels. Provide subsidies for the creation of an emission-free power grid and automobiles. 10. Create a single-payer health care system modeled on those in place in every wealthy country except the United States. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474/52 "2010-01-13T23:42:10Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > What happens to fringe candidates and independents _now_? They get frozen out by the myriad rules set up by the two major parties. For example, it’s damned near impossible to get included in the major televised debates. Ross Perot managed it - but he’s a wealthy billionaire, and that was before a lot of the current rules were set up. Also, campaign finance rules benefit politicians who can receive funding from their major parties, and federal matching funds for the front-runners make it harder on the 3rd party candidates. Incumbents have immense advantages - so many that in a year when approval of Congress is in the 20% range, and disapproval in the 50-60% range, 95% of them will be re-elected. Gerrymandering and campaign finance reform have given them a lock on government. That’s why they feel free to ignore the wishes of the people as much as they do. The answer to incumbents having too much electoral control is _not_ to give the incumbents more power to control elections. That should be an obvious insight to just about anyone, but for some people their willingness to believe that government is always the answer to any problem trumps common sense. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474/53 "2010-01-14T04:37:49Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > What happens to fringe candidates and independents _now_? You’re supposed to look at the pure ideologically driven crusader and say "Hey, he’s only go $5, but _it’s a clean $5_. More seriously, it’s a great idea, but it presupposes that most people are going to be involved enough to look at where the money comes from, rather than just looking at what the money buys. ---
**Author:** ![Cesario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@Cesario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cesario)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474/54 "2010-01-14T04:46:46Z")
> [@ITR\_champion](#): > > Okay, I guess I should provide a serious answer. > > … > > 1. Pay reparations to every country that has been victimized by American foreign policy in the past 65 years, in the amount of $100,000 for every person killed or tortured. This was your serious answer? Where is this money coming from, exactly? While you’ve been given the power to control US legal policy, I don’t think you’ve been granted the powers of Alchemy. Unless of course your plan involves just printing money and throwing everything into hyperinflation… ---
**Author:** ![YoureBeingABinkyBoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e0b2c6/32.png) [@YoureBeingABinkyBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoureBeingABinkyBoo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474/55 "2010-01-14T06:24:11Z")
1. Compulsory military service from age 18-22. Honorable discharge earns you four years tuition, room, board, books at any state university in the country. Liberals may serve in a non-combat role (cleaning latrines, doing hair, etc…). Since nobody actually parents their children anymore, Uncle Sam will provide them with that much needed boot in their ass. This will help them gain some appreciation for their own country when they see how much of a shithole the rest of the world (eg Canada) actually is, and go a long way towards reversing the general pussification that plagues our country. 2. Secure national borders. Amnesty for illegals already here who have no felony record. Deportation for illegals with felony conviction to country of origin. Mandatory national ID card replacing passport, state licenses, and SSN card. 3. National sales tax replaces all other federal taxes. States can do whatever they want. Dont like your state’s taxes, move. 4. Legalize prostitution, cannabis, and Napster (Napster was the shit - remember how fast that thing was?). 5. Presidential line item veto. 6. Shut down Social Security. Replace with mandatory participation but self directed investment program similar to 401k but with appropriate safeguards and risk limitations. No more ponzi scheme. You fund your retirement, not someone else’s. 7. Make organized labor and collective bargaining illegal. Make it illegal to do business with any foreign country that restricts US imports in any way. 8. Withdraw from United Nations, World Bank, and cease all foreign aid. I don’t care what sort of sob story tsunami bullshit happened. Go ask a Scandinavian country for a handout - since all we ever hear about is how great it is there, I’m sure they’ll be happy to help you. 9. Provide all citizens with same health and dental insurance coverage that Congress gets. Pay for it with #8 10. Vehicle restrictions: No non-commercial passenger vehicle may be manufactured, imported, purchased, sold, or operated that weighs more than 3,500lbs and gets less than 45mpg. Kiss your SUV’s goodbye yuppies. GM will be directed to produce a car meeting these requirements and provide low interest financing to all citizens so they may immediately comply. Fuck you very much Saudi Arabia, but we don’t need your oil anymore. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474/56 "2010-01-14T07:54:37Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > Worst.Idea.Ever. > > “Get out the special interests?” The biggest special interests in any election are the incumbent politicians. And you want to turn over to them the entire funding of the election? Crazy. But if it’s constitutionally mandated or the equivalent, how do these pols have any say in it? > [@](#): > > You want to make citizens wholly responsible to the government for getting the funds they need to replace people in the government? What happens to fringe candidates? If they’re too fringe, they don’t deserve public support. If they’re fringe, but still have a support base (I suggested something around 1% but that’s an ass-pull) then they get _the same funding_ (not proportional, the same) as any other incumbent - the campaign budget for that election split X ways. And _the same_ access to public venues and media. And political parties aren’t allowed to channel funds to “their” candidates any more than private citizens or corporations or lobby groups are. If someone wants to donate money to political efforts, they do it to the general pool, not specific campaigns or even parties. If you’re running for public office, you declare your interest, show that you have the constitutionally-mandated minimum support in the form of signatures/some biometric survey (I prefer the latter) and you then become eligible to: a) Use the government printers for campaign materials b) Book public venues for rallies and meetings c) Book time on the public broadcast systems d) Book such reasonable public-funded travel as is necessary to reach constituents e) Other facilities such as internet, minimal campaign offices etc. All this within an appropriate budget for that level of election. I envision there being a State Department of Election Finance that oversees national elections, with similar offices at the state, county & city levels. The aim being to _prevent_ people (_especially_ incumbents, but see my opinion on term limits) from effectively _buying_ elections by buying the media access and travel time that overwhelms their opponents. The only way an incumbent or other person with potential large warchest has an advantage is that they probably will find it easier to get the minimum signatures to get into a campaign in the first place. After that, they are on an equal footing with everyone else. They are not even allowed to spend their _own_ money on electioneering. I think it goes without saying that I’d be stopping any sort of non-public election advertising, including, but not limited to, attack ads and blind phonecalls. No TV/Radio/internet ads, no partisan radio spots, no general mailers. Posters, pamphlets to be handed out to people willing to take them, scheduled debates - these are the ways I’d mandate people reach their audience. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474/57 "2010-01-14T08:05:16Z")
> [@YoureBeingABinkyBoo](#): > > 1. Compulsory military service from age 18-22. Honorable discharge earns you four years tuition, room, board, books at any state university in the country. Liberals may serve in a non-combat role (cleaning latrines, doing hair, etc…). Are you making the mistake of equating liberal with pacifist? > [@](#): > > 1. Make organized labor and collective bargaining illegal. How? How exactly _can_ you outlaw CB? By outlawing the right of peaceful assembly? > [@](#): > > Make it illegal to do business with any foreign country that restricts US imports in any way. So you’re not going to trade with _anyone_, then? Because every country has _some_ restrictions on imports, I’m pretty sure. > [@](#): > > 1. Vehicle restrictions: No non-commercial passenger vehicle may be manufactured, imported, purchased, sold, or operated that weighs more than 3,500lbs and gets less than 45mpg. Kiss your SUV’s goodbye yuppies. What about people that live in areas like mountains and snow? Or people that tow boats etc? ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474/58 "2010-01-14T16:01:32Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > What about people that live in areas like mountains and snow? Or people that tow boats etc? Let’s be fair, he’s only got ten commandments. Before he goes off to Sweden for ten years, I’m sure he’ll fine tune some of these. It is interesting that he thinks Liberal = pacifist. I’m surprised at the degree to which the suggestions so far skew to the Right and Libertarian. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474/59 "2010-01-14T16:15:01Z")
> [@YoureBeingABinkyBoo](#): > > 1. Compulsory military service from age 18-22. Honorable discharge earns you four years tuition, room, board, books at any state university in the country. Liberals may serve in a non-combat role (cleaning latrines, doing hair, etc…). Since nobody actually parents their children anymore, Uncle Sam will provide them with that much needed boot in their ass. This will help them gain some appreciation for their own country when they see how much of a shithole the rest of the world (eg Canada) actually is, and go a long way towards reversing the general pussification that plagues our country. If this compulsory military service is going to involve “seeing how much of a shithole the rest of the world (eg Canada)” is, does that mean you’re going to invade? > [@](#): > > 1. Shut down Social Security. Replace with mandatory participation but self directed investment program similar to 401k but with appropriate safeguards and risk limitations. No more ponzi scheme. You fund your retirement, not someone else’s. No self directed investment program is “risk limited”. Investing involves risk. > [@](#): > > 1. Make organized labor and collective bargaining illegal. Make it illegal to do business with any foreign country that restricts US imports in any way. Every single country in the world has protective tariffs on certain goods and services. The fact that you don’t know this is really, really depressing. > [@](#): > > 1. Withdraw from United Nations, World Bank, and cease all foreign aid. I don’t care what sort of sob story tsunami bullshit happened. Go ask a Scandinavian country for a handout - since all we ever hear about is how great it is there, I’m sure they’ll be happy to help you. Nice guy. > [@](#): > > 1. Provide all citizens with same health and dental insurance coverage that Congress gets. Pay for it with #8 Perhaps unsurprisingly, you apparently don’t know that we spend about $20 billion a year on foreign aid _in total_. That’s about 1% of current Federal healthcare spending, which of course accounts for only the people covered by Medicare/Medicaid, Tricare and the federal employee plans. > [@](#): > > 1. Vehicle restrictions: No non-commercial passenger vehicle may be manufactured, imported, purchased, sold, or operated that weighs more than 3,500lbs and gets less than 45mpg. Kiss your SUV’s goodbye yuppies. GM will be directed to produce a car meeting these requirements and provide low interest financing to all citizens so they may immediately comply. Fuck you very much Saudi Arabia, but we don’t need your oil anymore. Ah, a cheap, lightweight and economical “people’s car”. You know who else built a people’s car? Actually, I’m kind of okay with this one. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474/60 "2010-01-14T17:42:48Z")
> [@Cesario](#): > > This was your serious answer? Where is this money coming from, exactly? While you’ve been given the power to control US legal policy, I don’t think you’ve been granted the powers of Alchemy. Unless of course your plan involves just printing money and throwing everything into hyperinflation… My reduction of the U. S. Military budget will save seven hundred billion dollars a year while the elimination of corporate welfare saves another three to four hundred billion dollars a year. That’s a total savings of over a trillion dollars per year. Now the country that gets the most reparations from the United States will be Vietnam. At one hundred thousand dollars per person killed, they’ll receive between two and three hundred billion dollars. Next would come Iraq, receiving roughly one hundred billion dollars. After that it trails off rapidly, with nations such as Guatemala, El Salvador, Chile, Laos, Cambodia, and Afghanistan all receiving between ten and fifty billion dollars. The total cost is less than the savings that we’ll receive _each year_ from reducing the military and eliminating corporate welfare, with plenty left over to provide tax cuts and rebuild necessary infrastructure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-fix-the-united-states/524474.md?page=4)