re: #181 Simply Sarah

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.

I’d like to see the math on losing the Bush cuts for those over $250K plus eliminating the mortgage deduction.