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February 17, 2024

Imagine, if you will, a country before Covid, before the mass border invasion, the violence in the streets, the Marxist drift of the regime and the failing economy, creeping communism, and population replacement, all leading to one world government. What time and place would be good? How about the United States in 2018? We had a booming economy, energy independence, a strong dollar…and a president who was respected on the world stage.

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What could have been done then to make it even greater and stronger, less in debt and stronger militarily? Or—and here’s an encouraging thought—could still be done even now? How about this:

Eliminate or privatize various government agencies and departments. The Post Office and TSA should be privatized and removed from government operation. They have become colossal, inefficient losers and money-wasters. Horror stories coming out of airports are widespread, and the post office is nothing more than a branch of the Democrat party aiding and abetting mail fraud in the elections.

The Department of Education is a farce. Before its creation in the 1970s, our education system was the best in the world. In 2017, it staggered in at 24th place and it’s surely lower now thanks to remote learning and wokism. Teacher unions should be eliminated as they only promote discord rather than learning with such programs as CRT and rainbow flags, gender switching, and on and on. As a result, no one is learning the basics to a passable level, and states such as Oregon are even lowering standards rather than improving student performance.

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Other departments also need to be examined as to their current worth and eliminated if deemed unnecessary. Departments such as Agriculture should be moved out to where they actually grow things, perhaps to Iowa or Kansas. This would also help to break up the good old boys’ club in DC and those cocktail parties at which so much backdoor dealing takes place. With modern communication systems, there is no need for them all to be gathered in one spot, as one nuclear bomb could wipe out the entire government under the present system.

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The federal payroll should be cut drastically, much as Elon Musk did at X. After the mass filings, the company runs the same as or even better than before. And what is the worth of the EPA? How much money does it waste?

There are far too many hangers-ons in the government, ones that can’t be fired. Many people now work at home, so why not federal employees? And the nonsense that they can’t be fired has to go. In any business, if you don’t perform, you’re fired. The government should be no exception. Vacation time must be set, as with any other job, ending presidents or congressmen on vacation for 40% of their term. They were elected to work, not lie around on the beach.

Term limits must be set for all federal elected personnel. This should include term limits on Supreme Court justices and other federal judges. When the Constitution was drafted, the lack of term limits was to ensure their freedom from political pressure but no one envisioned them having forty-year terms—and they’re not free from political pressure in any event. Moreover, once judges leave the bench, they must be barred from entering politics, directly or through lobbying (including posh lobbying law firms),  or working for any corporation that has government contracts.

Balanced budgets need to be passed with no pork or secret items hidden inside, and Congress people must read bills before passing. Heck, there could even be quizzes so that they don’t cheat. All saved monies from department eliminations and employee reductions should be applied to the national debt until it is paid off.

Social Security needs to be raised to a living level, and government money now spent on frivolous or nefarious research redirected to it. There seems to be plenty of money for everything but caring for our seniors in the last stages of their lives. And absolutely no money for those who haven’t paid into it such as illegals.