The hard part is getting my plan through Congress

[gridlore]

Another fix the deficit tool. I made my fixes through a mixture of tax increases and spending cuts. Mostly, I allow Bush tax cuts on the top brackets to expire, add a national sales tax and add a "millionaires tax" above the highest current bracket. I gut the defense budget.

Playing with this thing shows one clear fact: you simply cannot solve the deficit with spending cuts alone.

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[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

It's a lot harder to get useful work out of draftees, slaves, or other unwilling workers.

[seawasp]

Anything that prevents politicians from acting should be a good thing though, right?

My other idea would be to simply make it illegal for any lawyer to be a member of the legislature. I don't want doctors making diseases, why do I want lawyers making laws?