Before anyone gets ready to call me a democrat or a republican I'd like to state it plainly that I am neither! I think the government should stay out of our lives. I also think that those who think they are making a difference by voting for either a democrat or a republican are only fooling themselves. Democrats and Republicans are two sides of the same coin!
So how would I make it better? I'd start by getting rid of the corruption. The first out would be the Federal Reserve. Whoever thought it would be a good idea to have our money supply run by a corporation run by the banks was either crazy or crooked. My bet would be the latter! So step one is get rid of the Fed and bring back a currency that is backed by an asset that is hard to increase rapidly. In the past, people used gold and silver because it had to be mined and was easily divisible. Step two would be only allow foreign transactions with currencies that are similarly backed. The Unites States has the largest economy on the planet. Countries will want to trade with us. Thus, they will create an asset backed currency to trade with us. The third step is to simplify the tax code and to create a legal limit to the amount that the government can take from a person or corporation. I think a constitutional amendment that limits the take of all governments on our citizens to no more than 10% of income, would do wonders to turn the country around. Instead of social security we could legislate that each person would have to put away a certain percentage of his income each year for their retirement. Everybody would be responsible for investing their own money. By doing this, we would be taking government right out of the equation. For corporate taxes, I would make it so that only foreign sales could be taxed and I would levy a 25% tax on all imports. While this may sound extreme, It actually makes perfect sense. To avoid taxes, companies would open factories in the U.S. to sell products in our markets. While they could still manufacture things overseas, they will quickly find that they would be undercut by local manufacturers. We have the largest single market in the world. It's about time we use that strength to build an economy with full employment. The final steps that I think are necessary are to simplify laws so that people understand them and can obey them. Right now, there are so many laws on the books, and so many of them are so complex that most people don't even know when they are breaking one. The best thing to do here is to simplify the laws we have and take asinine ones off the books. Once this is done, we need to lower government employment to a level where less than 1% of the U.S. population is working for the government. Government should not be a career. Limit the amount of time that people can work for the government and you will limit the power of one group of people over another. Hopefully, this will be my one and only political rant. I am so tired of looking at Facebook and seeing people spouting for new ways for the government to redistribute other people's money. If you think the military needs to be paid more, then donate. If you think abortions should be free, then donate! Don't try and get everyone to pay for programs that favor one group over another! I think my thoughts above will benefit everyone without directly hurting anyone. The new jobs that my plan would create would be perfect for ex-government workers to move into. Work in the real world!
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