We should start by cutting the military budget, currently $858 billion. The military budget is a big get-rich-quick scheme for corrupt defense contractors. Then a ban on bail-outs and subsides to corporations. A ban on off-shore tax havens, and other tax dodging schemes used by the wealthy and corporations. And no more tax cuts for the wealthy, EVER! Take these actions and we will have plenty of money for domestic improvements.
@badminton you cut the military’s budget and you won’t have enough for anything! You would be conquered by our adversaries! Boy I’m glad Trump is here to protect us from our adversaries!
@badminton Boeing needs a waver now because they got caught defrauding the USAF and technically a company convicted of a crime cannot work for DOD. But since there are basically only 3 companies left the USAF basically has no choice but to deal with them.
First - abolish the BLM. They are making a mess out of the Federal Lands, and their listening to only certain interests, such as the cattle barons. At the very least, you need to abolish the millions of dollars being spent on rounding up the wild horses and burrows, which, according to law, are protected, yet, they put them in holding pens and/or send them to slaughter. The roundups cost many millions each, AND the cost to house the horses they round up cost us many more millions every year. In contract, doing some darts with birth control would only cost a small amount of money. Second: - you need to abolish ALL money given to any university, or contractor that engages in animals testing or any kind. Millions are spent to torture and kill dogs, cats, mice, monkeys, on outdated 'tests' or for completely ridiculous research that does nothing. This also includes the millions being sent to 'research facilities' in russia and yes, china. After all, this was what led to the wonderful covid outbreak. Lastly, Make the fed release all animals held in these facilities, as well as the breeding facilities that fueled them, to be adopted into a loving home.
@Lizfj the BLM exists to manage lands nobody wanted through homestead acts. I din’t think you can abolish it, but you can restructure how it is managed.
@Lizfj I'm 50/50 on BLM land. There is definitely some good. It's public land with few restrictions but that's also the downside. Mining is a big part of their budget but at least they try and do it responsibly unlike what goes down on private land. And in no way am I good with horse/donkey roundups. I don't buy the "ecological balance" line. It's the same one used for hunting and fishing and it's bullshit. Nature finds its own way. Less food...less animals.
@Reason10 I'm really curious what the "welfare state" means to you. Like Social Security? Medicare? Veterans benefits? Or are you talking about poor people? Literally welfare. Well, those are red states. That's who takes the lions share. By far. So maybe your issue is with white people who don't want to work. Or their leaders who fail.