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Originally Posted by Freiwillige
Can you do better?
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Perhaps.
Here's my plan. I claim the same fiat powers you use.
0) Amend Constitution to cap Federal budget as a percentage of GDP (5% ot so) within 40 years. Include provisions for emergency spending and annual quotas towards the goal.
1) Phase out Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Any benefits that are not collected in the next 20 years are lost. Scale back DHHS funding proportional to need as we phase these out.
2) Privatize 25% of defense spending. Cut total funding by 10%
3) Cut funding to the following Federal Agencies by at least 50% over 8 years: Depts of State, Commerce. National Science Foundation, NASA.
4) Cut funding to the following Federal agencies by at least 90% over 8 years: Depts of Agriculture, Education, Interior, Labor, and Transportation. EPA, FDA, DEA(Legalize all or most drugs) ATF, OSHA.
5) Abolish the following Federal Agencies: Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Homeland Security,Energy, National Endowment for the Arts, probably a bunch of others.
6) Amend Constitution to more strictly limit federal regulatory powers over interstate commerce(and ban subsidies!), promotion of general welfare, tariffs(ban!), within 8 years.
7) Abolish federal business taxes over 8years
8) Cap federal income tax(10%) and universalize rate within 20 years.
9) Amend Constitution to abolish the Central bank and return to backed currency within 40 years.
10) Make it a felony to afford public benefits to illegal immigrants under constitutional defense provisions.
11) Amend constitution to require 66% majority for passage of legislation and 75% for veto override, include line-item veto.
Naturally, any and all savings will have to be applied towards the goal of (0). Rather than relying upon cunningly crafted legislation and a politically astute populace to control the state, we'll just starve them out of power.
They certainly won't be founding(or re-founding) any new agencies with their budget capped at 5% of GDP, and if 11) can be passed, we'll be more insulated from insidious political goals than ever. There won't be any incentive for anyone to lobby the federal government, because it will be almost totally neutered.
As the tenth amendment intended, all they powers they will no longer have will have to be surrendered to the states, or the people.