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**exsmoker** · 12-21-2008, 08:26 PM

Step 1. Legalize drugs and tax them. End drug war spending. Release nonviolent drug offenders serving time in prison.

Step 2. Withdraw from NATO and close down all foreign military bases turning them into campuses for American University.

Save a few bazillion right there and make the world a more peaceful and cross-culturally educated place.

Social Security is going to be a freakin' mess though...

Maybe we could have a buyout program where people could 'adopt a senior' and opt out of paying any Social Security Tax - encouraging the re-extension of families and the re-knitting of communities.

Suburban foodscaping, edible landscaping and permaculture would go a great distance in cutting down on food expenditures and all those 'gardeners' would take the leaf blowers off their backs and get their hands back in the soil producing food. Put the green space to work!

Relax zoning restrictions on larger lots for things like chickens and goats and allow mini-farmsteads that will be manageable with the extra help available from the 'extended' family.

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Or Total War and global plunder...

Maybe secessionist movements to split the country up and just dissolve all Federal debts and obligations (or provide an excuse for this man from Illinois to 'thin out' the country a bit - perish the thought).

12-21-2008, 08:26 PM	#14
exsmoker Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 413 Senior Member	Step 1. Legalize drugs and tax them. End drug war spending. Release nonviolent drug offenders serving time in prison. Step 2. Withdraw from NATO and close down all foreign military bases turning them into campuses for American University. Save a few bazillion right there and make the world a more peaceful and cross-culturally educated place. Social Security is going to be a freakin' mess though... Maybe we could have a buyout program where people could 'adopt a senior' and opt out of paying any Social Security Tax - encouraging the re-extension of families and the re-knitting of communities. Suburban foodscaping, edible landscaping and permaculture would go a great distance in cutting down on food expenditures and all those 'gardeners' would take the leaf blowers off their backs and get their hands back in the soil producing food. Put the green space to work! Relax zoning restrictions on larger lots for things like chickens and goats and allow mini-farmsteads that will be manageable with the extra help available from the 'extended' family. ----- Or Total War and global plunder... Maybe secessionist movements to split the country up and just dissolve all Federal debts and obligations (or provide an excuse for this man from Illinois to 'thin out' the country a bit - perish the thought).
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