Energy, something we all need
to build enough solar & wind farms in the United States to produce enough electricity for everyone to receive it will cost the nation 3.9 Trillion dollars. If the previous mentioned plans were put into effect, then the nation could use 200 Billion of its annual savings to invest in Solar and Wind farms. Each year we would be able to build enough farms to produce energy for a 20th of the nation, or a total of 2092 zip codes each year will be able to be taken completely "off grid" and will be provided with free renewable energy.
After 20 years, we will have brought 100% of the nation off grid.
Power will be provided completely for free to everyone in the nation. Eventually this will lead to being completely 100% off of coal, gas, oil and other nonrenewable resources.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
National Medical Program
In conjunction with my tax proposition layout the medicare/medicaid programs will be eliminated. To replace them we will be inputting a national medical program. Below are the outlines.
There is roughly 313.2 Billion People in the US.
The average doctor will work 10 hour days, will see an average of 20 patients per day, and work 260 days per year. They will be able to see an average of 5200 Patients per year.
There is 41,810 US Zip codes, this is a combined number of all zip codes, including general, po box, military, unique and business zip codes. The Average population per zip code is 7473
If we estimate that every american will need/want to visit a general practitioner, dentist, eye doctor, chiropractor, and one specialist once each year then this means that we would need to supply 2 general practitioners, 2 dentists, 2 eye doctors, 2 chiropractors and 2 specialist in various fields per zip code, a total of 10 doctors. per zip code, and a overall total of 418,100 Total Doctors. Since 2 professionals could handle 10,200 patients per year, and only 7,473 patients per zip code, this will allow for additional visits per patient, or additional time needed to see them, helping to increase the care each patient receives.
Yearly Salaries for doctors are listed below
General Practitioner - 60,000
Dentist - 80,000
Eye Doctor - 40,000
Chiropractor - 80,000
Specialist - 100,000
This equates to a total professional salary expense per facility of 720,000, and an overall US cost of 30.1 Billion.
The federal government will have a special fund created to pay for all medical school bills, this will be similar to our current financial aid program. With an average cost of $120,000 for a 4 year medical program this will equate to 50.2 Billion. This funding does NOT need to be repaid, however to get the funding you must sign a contract to work for the above salaries in a national medical facility for a minimum of 6 years. Once four years if over you may move on if you so choose. If you quit working, get fired, fail school classes, or any other matter in relation to this you will be required to pay the funds back in their entirety minus $20,000 per year that was worked in a national medical facility. Professionals will take typically 4 years of undergraduate programs before entering into a medical program, this portion as well as any further continuation of their degrees would need to be covered by themselves.(however this is under the assumption that 418,100 new professional students will begin schooling every year, therefore the actual numbers may be significantly less depending on the actual number of new students each year)
We would need to build a national medical facility to house each of the professionals, one building per zip code will be built, each of the 10 professionals will work in the same building. 3 waiting rooms per professional will be provided plus an office, for a total of 40 rooms. 100 square feet will be provided for each room, plus an additional 1500 square feet for a waiting area, and another 1500 square feet for hallways, storage rooms etc. there will be 15 Rooms set aside for procedures, and another 15 set aside for specialty operations. Each room will be 100sqft. This equates to a total facility size of 10,000sqft. At the average cost for building hospital facilities in the US at $336 per square foot, each facility will cost roughly 3.4 Million to construct. The overall cost of construction for all facilities will equate to $142.1 Billion.
Each facility would need to be stocked with equipment, each facility would be given 4 million during the initial build to stock the facility with needed supplies and equipment. This would equate to an initial cost of $167.2
Each facility would need to be supplied with with 2 nurses(RN's) per professional, they will assist the professionals in paperwork, procedures and other matters (20 per facility). A total nurse count of 836,200 They will be given a salary of $35,000. a total overall cost of 29.2 Billion per year.
Nurses will be offered a tuition program similar to professionals but with a funding of $60,000, approximately 2 years of school. Again they will be offered these funds under a contract that they will work for at least 6 years in a national facility, If you quit working, get fired, fail school classes, or any other matter in relation to this you will be required to pay the funds back in their entirety minus $10,000 per year that was worked in a national medical facility This equates to 50.2 Billion a year. (however this is under the assumption that 836,200 new nursing students will begin schooling every year, therefore the actual numbers may be significantly less depending on the actual number of new students each year)
Each facility would need to be supplied with with 2 other various workers per professional, they will assist the professionals in paperwork, procedures, janitorial work and other matters (20 per facility). A total worker count of 836,200 They will be given a salary of $35,000. a total overall cost of 29.2 Billion per year.
An assumed operating and maintenance cost per national facility of 50,000 per year, and an overall cost of 2.1 Billion per year for all facilities.
Currently we use between 5 million to 50 million pints of blood per year in the US for Transfusions. To help encourage donations of blood to keep our blood banks full and each facility stocked with their own supply, each facility will offer $40 per donation of 1 pint of usable blood. This equates to an additional 2 Billion per year.
An average estimate of $175 per american per year will be used to estimate supply usage such as bandages, sutures, prescriptions, glasses etc. Expenses beyond this number must be paid for by the consumer, these will be charged at cost, not marked up.
Totaling these numbers shows that we will need roughly 247.9 Billion per year to provide these services, and an additional 309.3 Billion to build the facilities, but this is a one time expenditure.
All visits are free of charge, it does not matter if you are a US resident, or not, all medical visits are covered, all supplies are covered up to $175 per year, all additional supplies are charged to the consumer at cost. There is no cost for any procedure that does not use supplies, nor is there any cost for blood as it is supplied through the donation/payout program. Any and all procedures are given freely so long as the facility has the ability to provide the procedure.
The facilities would only be open Monday through Friday from about 9am to 6pm. So the need for private hospitals and private practices would still exist.
There is roughly 313.2 Billion People in the US.
The average doctor will work 10 hour days, will see an average of 20 patients per day, and work 260 days per year. They will be able to see an average of 5200 Patients per year.
There is 41,810 US Zip codes, this is a combined number of all zip codes, including general, po box, military, unique and business zip codes. The Average population per zip code is 7473
If we estimate that every american will need/want to visit a general practitioner, dentist, eye doctor, chiropractor, and one specialist once each year then this means that we would need to supply 2 general practitioners, 2 dentists, 2 eye doctors, 2 chiropractors and 2 specialist in various fields per zip code, a total of 10 doctors. per zip code, and a overall total of 418,100 Total Doctors. Since 2 professionals could handle 10,200 patients per year, and only 7,473 patients per zip code, this will allow for additional visits per patient, or additional time needed to see them, helping to increase the care each patient receives.
Yearly Salaries for doctors are listed below
General Practitioner - 60,000
Dentist - 80,000
Eye Doctor - 40,000
Chiropractor - 80,000
Specialist - 100,000
This equates to a total professional salary expense per facility of 720,000, and an overall US cost of 30.1 Billion.
The federal government will have a special fund created to pay for all medical school bills, this will be similar to our current financial aid program. With an average cost of $120,000 for a 4 year medical program this will equate to 50.2 Billion. This funding does NOT need to be repaid, however to get the funding you must sign a contract to work for the above salaries in a national medical facility for a minimum of 6 years. Once four years if over you may move on if you so choose. If you quit working, get fired, fail school classes, or any other matter in relation to this you will be required to pay the funds back in their entirety minus $20,000 per year that was worked in a national medical facility. Professionals will take typically 4 years of undergraduate programs before entering into a medical program, this portion as well as any further continuation of their degrees would need to be covered by themselves.(however this is under the assumption that 418,100 new professional students will begin schooling every year, therefore the actual numbers may be significantly less depending on the actual number of new students each year)
We would need to build a national medical facility to house each of the professionals, one building per zip code will be built, each of the 10 professionals will work in the same building. 3 waiting rooms per professional will be provided plus an office, for a total of 40 rooms. 100 square feet will be provided for each room, plus an additional 1500 square feet for a waiting area, and another 1500 square feet for hallways, storage rooms etc. there will be 15 Rooms set aside for procedures, and another 15 set aside for specialty operations. Each room will be 100sqft. This equates to a total facility size of 10,000sqft. At the average cost for building hospital facilities in the US at $336 per square foot, each facility will cost roughly 3.4 Million to construct. The overall cost of construction for all facilities will equate to $142.1 Billion.
Each facility would need to be stocked with equipment, each facility would be given 4 million during the initial build to stock the facility with needed supplies and equipment. This would equate to an initial cost of $167.2
Each facility would need to be supplied with with 2 nurses(RN's) per professional, they will assist the professionals in paperwork, procedures and other matters (20 per facility). A total nurse count of 836,200 They will be given a salary of $35,000. a total overall cost of 29.2 Billion per year.
Nurses will be offered a tuition program similar to professionals but with a funding of $60,000, approximately 2 years of school. Again they will be offered these funds under a contract that they will work for at least 6 years in a national facility, If you quit working, get fired, fail school classes, or any other matter in relation to this you will be required to pay the funds back in their entirety minus $10,000 per year that was worked in a national medical facility This equates to 50.2 Billion a year. (however this is under the assumption that 836,200 new nursing students will begin schooling every year, therefore the actual numbers may be significantly less depending on the actual number of new students each year)
Each facility would need to be supplied with with 2 other various workers per professional, they will assist the professionals in paperwork, procedures, janitorial work and other matters (20 per facility). A total worker count of 836,200 They will be given a salary of $35,000. a total overall cost of 29.2 Billion per year.
An assumed operating and maintenance cost per national facility of 50,000 per year, and an overall cost of 2.1 Billion per year for all facilities.
Currently we use between 5 million to 50 million pints of blood per year in the US for Transfusions. To help encourage donations of blood to keep our blood banks full and each facility stocked with their own supply, each facility will offer $40 per donation of 1 pint of usable blood. This equates to an additional 2 Billion per year.
An average estimate of $175 per american per year will be used to estimate supply usage such as bandages, sutures, prescriptions, glasses etc. Expenses beyond this number must be paid for by the consumer, these will be charged at cost, not marked up.
Totaling these numbers shows that we will need roughly 247.9 Billion per year to provide these services, and an additional 309.3 Billion to build the facilities, but this is a one time expenditure.
All visits are free of charge, it does not matter if you are a US resident, or not, all medical visits are covered, all supplies are covered up to $175 per year, all additional supplies are charged to the consumer at cost. There is no cost for any procedure that does not use supplies, nor is there any cost for blood as it is supplied through the donation/payout program. Any and all procedures are given freely so long as the facility has the ability to provide the procedure.
The facilities would only be open Monday through Friday from about 9am to 6pm. So the need for private hospitals and private practices would still exist.
Tax Proposition
Please keep in mind while reading this that the math at the end is off some as not all my programs were written out completely at the time of making this.
The countries tax system is screwed up, its biased, unfair, complicated and downright unproductive. It creates criminals were criminals should not exist and complicates matters when there should never be complications. It entices political pushes, changes, and bribery, should I go on?
In 2012, the federal government had a total Tax Revenue of just under 2.5 Trillion Dollars. $1.4 Trillion in Income Taxes, .8 Trillion in Social Security Taxes, .1 Trillion from Ad Valorem taxes and .1 Trillion in Business and other Revenue. The total revenue between Federal, State, and local taxes from all sources was just under $5.1 Trillion
The average person in america spends just under $50,000 a year, remember this is an average, so some spend far less, while some spend ten thousand times that amount. According to the US Census in 2012, the US had a population of 312.8 million people. This equates to a total spending per year of $15,640,000,000,000.00, or $15.6 Trillion Dollars. According to the IRS and other government entities, the GDP or gross domestic product for 2012 was $15.1 Trillion Dollars. Therefore the estimates on spending per person is very very close to reality.
As of 2012, the government takes 15.3 percent out of every paycheck no matter how rich or poor you are for social security taxes (this includes Medicare). Federal Tax for 2012 ranged from 10% to 35%. Which means If you made a $1,000 paycheck you would lose $153 to social security and medicare no matter how rich or poor you are, and then lose another $100 to $350 depending on how rich or poor you were. Which means the average american that brings home a $1,000 paycheck will actually only get to see between $497 to $747 of the original money. Or in percentage every american pays income taxes between 25.3 percent to 50.3 percent of every check. On top of that, you have to pay sales tax and fees at every location you spend your money, ranging anywhere from around %5 to %12, making you lose another large chunk out of your paycheck. In the end, every american, no matter how rich will lose anywhere from 28% to 63% of their paychecks. And yet even with such a massive amount of our payroll being taken in just income taxes we still manage to spend $15.1 Trillion every year.
Unfortunately many business, and other entities get away with paying little to no taxes because they will spend the funds during the year on so called "expenses" to get around having to pay any taxes on the funds at the end of the year.
The goal with this posting is to layout a more effective measure for collecting taxes and at the same time allow the american people to retain more of their hard earned money.
My method for taxes is very very simple and not only lowers taxes for every american, but it will actually increase the total taxes taken in for federal, state, and local governments.
The plan is very simple, Income tax, estate tax, sales tax, and all other taxes are eliminated completely. the only tax that will remain is business revenue Tax. Business pay 29% of gross sales paid to the federal, state, and local tax agencies on a monthly basis.
Tax revenue will be distributed according to the following chart.
This allows the majority of all americans to retain all their money and therefore spend more, the average american would now have 28% or more in income compared to what they have now. This would result in the GDP raising significantly because of the additional funds available to the public workforce, equating in an average increase in national GDP of 16.5% or an additional $2.5 Trillion spent each year at a minimum.
With this method, Federal tax revenue would equate to 3.28 Trillion, state at 729 Billion, and local at 1.3 Trillion. Compared to the current numbers, it shows increase in federal tax revenue and local tax revenue and a decrease in state revenue.
HOWEVER.
There are countless departments within the Federal, state, and local levels designed for regulated, collecting, and enforcing tax regulations, rules and laws. The IRS department of the federal goverment cost $12.4 Billion to operate in 2012 alone, not including any other tax departments between the different levels of government.
By eliminating income tax and other taxes and relying solely on sales tax, we can eliminated every single one of these departments and rely only on the individual state tax commissions to collect quarterly sales tax payments from each business. This would save tens of billions of dollars every year in expenses between each level, and would even allow the state levels to cut their tax departments down to only their sales tax portions of the department.
Enforcement would only need to made against business's not filing and paying their quarterly sales tax and no enforcement would ever need to be performed towards individuals, eliminating the creation of criminals, tax fraud, and all other costs involved with enforcement. Allowing law enforcement to focus on more pressing matters that truly effect society.
With having additional money to spend the overall welfare of the average american would increase, they would eat better, live better, and overall enjoy life better. And business's would no longer be able to avoid taxes, however in this method, the taxes are paid by the consumer not the business, allowing the business's to focus more on growth, it would eliminate their need to worry about tax's, and would significantly reduce the costs the companies incur in keeping track of and paying income tax.
Another issue facing america has always been the increase of internet sales and the lack of any of these sales being taxes. With a flat sales tax across the board, this would enable all sales, whether in person, or through the phone or internet to be taxed, increasing the overall amount of tax collecting even further.
This method also eliminates any arguments about who should pay more or less in taxes, with everyone paying the same percentage of sales tax, the amount you pay each year will be based on the amount you spend, therefore the more money you make and spend the more taxes you pay, making it so that top 1% will pay far more taxes then all the 99% combined.
With the increase in taxes, and the changes, there will need to be many additional changes to government to reduce spending and pay off the national debt. Which at the end of 2012 was roughly 16 trillion dollars.
Currently The government spends $793.2 Billion each year on Pensions (Social Security Primarily), another $882 Billion a year on Health Care (Medicare and Medicaid primarily). 129.8 Billion on Education, 964.8 billion on Defense, 495.6 Billion on Welfare, 60.7 Billion Protection (Police, Fire etc), 94.5 Billion on Transportation, 33.2 billion on General government (IRS and other government employees and organizations), and 158.4 Billion on other spending (Housing development, agriculture, forestry community development, water supply etc). and we pay out 206.7 Billion in interest payments on our national debt.
This all equates to $3.8 Trillion a year in expenses, roughly 1.3 Trillion more a year then the federal government is currently bringing in.
With the new sales tax structure, that tax gap would be brought down from 1.3 Trillion to 1.2 trillion, Although this does not bring it positive yet, it does make a great step towards independence of the debt.
So with the new sales tax system we would need to eliminate another 1.2 Trillion (1,200 billion) Dollars a year in government expenses. Eliminating the IRS would bring that number down 12.4 Billion to 1,187.6 Billion.
There are several areas the federal government is putting money into that needs to left to state levels, or even the private sector, Transportation is one of those. Obviously the federal highways need to be maintained, states do not need to maintain them nor should they. But all transportation grants and other expenses should be eliminated, every one. This eliminates another 27 billion a year from expenses. bringing the number to $1160.6 billion. Air transportation needs to be handed over to the private sector, all security, maintenance and other costs involved need to be handled and paid by the private sector. This would eliminate another 21.6 Billion from expenses. bringing the number to $1139
Mortgage Credit should be eliminated and community development should be handled by the individual states and private sector. This frees up another 46.7 Billion bringing the number down to $1092.3 billion.
Foreign Military Aid should be eliminated completely and Foreign Economic Aid should be moved to the private sector. This saves an additional 55.2 Billion bringing the number to $1037.1 Billion.
The DODs budget should be reduced from $739.7 Billion to $350 Billion, lowering the number to $647.4 Billion. For comparison, the DOD spent only $287 Billion in 2001. We have more then doubled, nearly trippled our defense budget in the last 12 years. We will need to cut that back, I would propose $350 billion, this is nearly a $70 million increase over 2001 or 25% increase. More then enough to constitute larger defense projects.
Medicaid/medicare needs to be eliminated, medicaid/medicare will be eliminated for a national medical program outlined in a future post. Public health services such as CPSC, OSHA, FDA, FSIS will remain but do need reform. Health R&D will me moved solely to the private sector. These changes will eliminate 877.5 Billion a year. However there will be costs involved in creating a national medical program, which will be outlined in my other post. However those costs will equate to roughly 216 Billion per year. Bringing the total to a net profit per year of $14.1 Billion
135.9 Billion is being paid out through income tax returns for people with no tax liability or claim additional credits. This would be eliminated completely since there would no longer be any tax obligations besides sales tax. Bringing the number to $150 Billion per year in profit.
Social Security payouts equates to $793.2 Billion of the federal budget. Social Security would be eliminated since there is no longer any tax income. Instead a new program will be designed to support our old and disabled, this is outlined in another post. But the average cost per year will sit just around $608 Billion. Which brings our number to being positive $335.2 Billion per year.
Welfare payments for housing assistance, TANF payments, unemployment, and others equates to 495.6 Billion per year. This will be transferred to the state level and eliminated from the federal budget. Bringing the net profit per year to 830.8 Billion.
At this point we will be able to spend 750 Billion per year towards paying off our national debt. The other 80.8 Billion would be saved for future emergencies and unforeseen expenses. Adding the750 billion to the 206.7 billion we already pay each year towards the national debt, we will be able to have the national debt paid in full in roughly 21 years. At which point we will then have an annual net profit (savings) of just under 1.1 Trillion per year. Enabling us to save half for emergencies and unforeseen expenses and use the other 550 billion to increase expenses in other areas IF needed.
The countries tax system is screwed up, its biased, unfair, complicated and downright unproductive. It creates criminals were criminals should not exist and complicates matters when there should never be complications. It entices political pushes, changes, and bribery, should I go on?
In 2012, the federal government had a total Tax Revenue of just under 2.5 Trillion Dollars. $1.4 Trillion in Income Taxes, .8 Trillion in Social Security Taxes, .1 Trillion from Ad Valorem taxes and .1 Trillion in Business and other Revenue. The total revenue between Federal, State, and local taxes from all sources was just under $5.1 Trillion
The average person in america spends just under $50,000 a year, remember this is an average, so some spend far less, while some spend ten thousand times that amount. According to the US Census in 2012, the US had a population of 312.8 million people. This equates to a total spending per year of $15,640,000,000,000.00, or $15.6 Trillion Dollars. According to the IRS and other government entities, the GDP or gross domestic product for 2012 was $15.1 Trillion Dollars. Therefore the estimates on spending per person is very very close to reality.
As of 2012, the government takes 15.3 percent out of every paycheck no matter how rich or poor you are for social security taxes (this includes Medicare). Federal Tax for 2012 ranged from 10% to 35%. Which means If you made a $1,000 paycheck you would lose $153 to social security and medicare no matter how rich or poor you are, and then lose another $100 to $350 depending on how rich or poor you were. Which means the average american that brings home a $1,000 paycheck will actually only get to see between $497 to $747 of the original money. Or in percentage every american pays income taxes between 25.3 percent to 50.3 percent of every check. On top of that, you have to pay sales tax and fees at every location you spend your money, ranging anywhere from around %5 to %12, making you lose another large chunk out of your paycheck. In the end, every american, no matter how rich will lose anywhere from 28% to 63% of their paychecks. And yet even with such a massive amount of our payroll being taken in just income taxes we still manage to spend $15.1 Trillion every year.
Unfortunately many business, and other entities get away with paying little to no taxes because they will spend the funds during the year on so called "expenses" to get around having to pay any taxes on the funds at the end of the year.
The goal with this posting is to layout a more effective measure for collecting taxes and at the same time allow the american people to retain more of their hard earned money.
My method for taxes is very very simple and not only lowers taxes for every american, but it will actually increase the total taxes taken in for federal, state, and local governments.
The plan is very simple, Income tax, estate tax, sales tax, and all other taxes are eliminated completely. the only tax that will remain is business revenue Tax. Business pay 29% of gross sales paid to the federal, state, and local tax agencies on a monthly basis.
Tax revenue will be distributed according to the following chart.
| Federal Sales Tax | 64% |
| State Sales Tax | 12% |
| Local Sales Tax | 24% |
This allows the majority of all americans to retain all their money and therefore spend more, the average american would now have 28% or more in income compared to what they have now. This would result in the GDP raising significantly because of the additional funds available to the public workforce, equating in an average increase in national GDP of 16.5% or an additional $2.5 Trillion spent each year at a minimum.
With this method, Federal tax revenue would equate to 3.28 Trillion, state at 729 Billion, and local at 1.3 Trillion. Compared to the current numbers, it shows increase in federal tax revenue and local tax revenue and a decrease in state revenue.
HOWEVER.
There are countless departments within the Federal, state, and local levels designed for regulated, collecting, and enforcing tax regulations, rules and laws. The IRS department of the federal goverment cost $12.4 Billion to operate in 2012 alone, not including any other tax departments between the different levels of government.
By eliminating income tax and other taxes and relying solely on sales tax, we can eliminated every single one of these departments and rely only on the individual state tax commissions to collect quarterly sales tax payments from each business. This would save tens of billions of dollars every year in expenses between each level, and would even allow the state levels to cut their tax departments down to only their sales tax portions of the department.
Enforcement would only need to made against business's not filing and paying their quarterly sales tax and no enforcement would ever need to be performed towards individuals, eliminating the creation of criminals, tax fraud, and all other costs involved with enforcement. Allowing law enforcement to focus on more pressing matters that truly effect society.
With having additional money to spend the overall welfare of the average american would increase, they would eat better, live better, and overall enjoy life better. And business's would no longer be able to avoid taxes, however in this method, the taxes are paid by the consumer not the business, allowing the business's to focus more on growth, it would eliminate their need to worry about tax's, and would significantly reduce the costs the companies incur in keeping track of and paying income tax.
Another issue facing america has always been the increase of internet sales and the lack of any of these sales being taxes. With a flat sales tax across the board, this would enable all sales, whether in person, or through the phone or internet to be taxed, increasing the overall amount of tax collecting even further.
This method also eliminates any arguments about who should pay more or less in taxes, with everyone paying the same percentage of sales tax, the amount you pay each year will be based on the amount you spend, therefore the more money you make and spend the more taxes you pay, making it so that top 1% will pay far more taxes then all the 99% combined.
With the increase in taxes, and the changes, there will need to be many additional changes to government to reduce spending and pay off the national debt. Which at the end of 2012 was roughly 16 trillion dollars.
Currently The government spends $793.2 Billion each year on Pensions (Social Security Primarily), another $882 Billion a year on Health Care (Medicare and Medicaid primarily). 129.8 Billion on Education, 964.8 billion on Defense, 495.6 Billion on Welfare, 60.7 Billion Protection (Police, Fire etc), 94.5 Billion on Transportation, 33.2 billion on General government (IRS and other government employees and organizations), and 158.4 Billion on other spending (Housing development, agriculture, forestry community development, water supply etc). and we pay out 206.7 Billion in interest payments on our national debt.
This all equates to $3.8 Trillion a year in expenses, roughly 1.3 Trillion more a year then the federal government is currently bringing in.
With the new sales tax structure, that tax gap would be brought down from 1.3 Trillion to 1.2 trillion, Although this does not bring it positive yet, it does make a great step towards independence of the debt.
So with the new sales tax system we would need to eliminate another 1.2 Trillion (1,200 billion) Dollars a year in government expenses. Eliminating the IRS would bring that number down 12.4 Billion to 1,187.6 Billion.
There are several areas the federal government is putting money into that needs to left to state levels, or even the private sector, Transportation is one of those. Obviously the federal highways need to be maintained, states do not need to maintain them nor should they. But all transportation grants and other expenses should be eliminated, every one. This eliminates another 27 billion a year from expenses. bringing the number to $1160.6 billion. Air transportation needs to be handed over to the private sector, all security, maintenance and other costs involved need to be handled and paid by the private sector. This would eliminate another 21.6 Billion from expenses. bringing the number to $1139
Mortgage Credit should be eliminated and community development should be handled by the individual states and private sector. This frees up another 46.7 Billion bringing the number down to $1092.3 billion.
Foreign Military Aid should be eliminated completely and Foreign Economic Aid should be moved to the private sector. This saves an additional 55.2 Billion bringing the number to $1037.1 Billion.
The DODs budget should be reduced from $739.7 Billion to $350 Billion, lowering the number to $647.4 Billion. For comparison, the DOD spent only $287 Billion in 2001. We have more then doubled, nearly trippled our defense budget in the last 12 years. We will need to cut that back, I would propose $350 billion, this is nearly a $70 million increase over 2001 or 25% increase. More then enough to constitute larger defense projects.
Medicaid/medicare needs to be eliminated, medicaid/medicare will be eliminated for a national medical program outlined in a future post. Public health services such as CPSC, OSHA, FDA, FSIS will remain but do need reform. Health R&D will me moved solely to the private sector. These changes will eliminate 877.5 Billion a year. However there will be costs involved in creating a national medical program, which will be outlined in my other post. However those costs will equate to roughly 216 Billion per year. Bringing the total to a net profit per year of $14.1 Billion
135.9 Billion is being paid out through income tax returns for people with no tax liability or claim additional credits. This would be eliminated completely since there would no longer be any tax obligations besides sales tax. Bringing the number to $150 Billion per year in profit.
Social Security payouts equates to $793.2 Billion of the federal budget. Social Security would be eliminated since there is no longer any tax income. Instead a new program will be designed to support our old and disabled, this is outlined in another post. But the average cost per year will sit just around $608 Billion. Which brings our number to being positive $335.2 Billion per year.
Welfare payments for housing assistance, TANF payments, unemployment, and others equates to 495.6 Billion per year. This will be transferred to the state level and eliminated from the federal budget. Bringing the net profit per year to 830.8 Billion.
At this point we will be able to spend 750 Billion per year towards paying off our national debt. The other 80.8 Billion would be saved for future emergencies and unforeseen expenses. Adding the750 billion to the 206.7 billion we already pay each year towards the national debt, we will be able to have the national debt paid in full in roughly 21 years. At which point we will then have an annual net profit (savings) of just under 1.1 Trillion per year. Enabling us to save half for emergencies and unforeseen expenses and use the other 550 billion to increase expenses in other areas IF needed.
Abortions
This post is about facts, plain and simple, not judgements, emotions, or opinions. The post makes a very straightforward, very specific fact.
IF you have an abortion, then it is a fact, that you are now the mother of a dead baby, AND if you gave consent for the abortion then you are also the killer of that baby (as are those performing the procedure). This is fact, not opinion, no emotions, and no judgement, just fact. That is all I meant by the post and all it means.
I have stated many times before, in this post and in others, that I am against abortion, BUT some circumstances still call for it, such as rape, incest or health concerns, none of these reasons are 100% ok for an abortion but they are the only reasons in which an abortion may be considered ok, It is not for me to decide if the choice of getting an abortion was a good choice or a bad one, so long as it is for one of those reasons. That is left for god to decide, not me.
But for any other reason besides those, it is wrong, the killing of a child is a very very serious matter, and should not be done unless it is absolutely necessary. But even when it is unavoidable and has to be done, it is still a very sad, very horrible thing. However, just because you have had to make that decision does not mean that you did the wrong thing, or are a horrible person yourself, only the loss of the child is the horrible matter. As LDS people, we understand and are taught that we will get the chance to raise that child again, whether it be now or in the millennium.
That is a huge blessing, if someone had to give up their child to stay alive or sane, then it is sad, I cannot imagine the pain and suffering someone would go through knowing that they had no choice but to kill their own child, born or unborn. But at least we can know that even if that situation occurs we will be given the chance to raise that child again in the future, so although it hurts it can at least hurt a little bit less.
I have never judged anyone for their decisions, I am friends with people from all walks of life, people that have made countless decisions that I do not condone, but I still love each and every one of them, and I treat them personally with kindness, charity and love. But just because I love them, and support them in life, does not mean that I have to agree with their actions or support their individual actions, nor will I ever do so if it contradicts my own standards or beliefs.
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I am a christian, a member of the LDS Church, and a priesthood holder, I have the duty and Obligation to spread the word of the lord and bring people to repentance. That includes telling people what actions they are taking are wrong in the eyes of the lord, it is not my duty or my right to tell the person that they themselves are bad, only that their actions may be bad.
I am very sick and tired of everyone telling me that I have no right to tell someone they have done wrong, that I must idly sit by and what them perform evil, unjust, or simply wrong actions and not say my peace. THIS IS WRONG.
Christ himself DID NOT sit idly by while people sinned around him, he told people of their sins, and not always in a kind voice either, he got angry at them, he flipped tables and yelled and screamed at the sinful. But he always forgave them for their actions if they seeked for it.
I will never sit idly by and watch people make decisions that are against the word of the lord. I will always spread his gospel, and I will always help those on the wrong path move towards the right one. I will express what people do wrong, and I point out what needs to be changed, because I have the duty and responsibility to do so.
But I will never judge a person for their actions, I do not know nor may I ever truly understand what has brought them to the point in their lives to make those decisions, so I have no right to say they are going to hell, or heaven, or that they are bad or good people.
BUT I have been given the right, obligation and guidance to know what actions are wrong and to point out to those that are making them that they are wrong.
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