re: #177 wozzablog

Now is the time to cease all the third rails and just go for it under what should be a fairly nonepartisan agenda -

* Pentagon gets to close bases and programs.
* Taxes back to clinton levels for those indivudually over $250k
* Estate tax starting at $1,000,000
* Bottom up review of Medicare & Medicaid prescribing & treatment.
* Let medicare & medicaid negotiate drug prices
* Reduce overheads and startup costs on small businesses, including creating a federal fund for startups deprived of private capital.

I’m going to be completely honest here. While it would probably be a political nonstarter, I think the rates for *everyone* need to go back to Clinton levels, at least as a start. If we start removing exemptions and credits from the tax code, then we can consider lowering rates some for the lower brackets. But right now, the country needs the money.