Ten Ways to Move the Budget Back Toward a Sustainable Path
The ten items are too long for me to excerpt with adequate description, but not so long that you can’t read through them pretty quickly, so go ahead and click through.
I can get down with most of them. Ending manned space exploration was an interesting suggestion. Two are about health care. The Bush tax cuts garner the longest explanation.
One suggestion is to eliminate the mortgage interest deduction. I have issues with the way home ownership is held up — via tax incentive and socialization — to be (a part of) the American dream. I’d say this is one of the most tangible examples your everyday citizen has of the government influencing behavior through taxation.
