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(09-02-2023, 12:18 AM)HarleyDog Wrote: Without bringing up Trump and Biden, Repubs and Dems. How does the United States end poverty within our borders? How do we end homelessness? Let's not blame, but what's your solution?


For me, We need to funnel our resources into that goal. There are great people out there who are being left behind. As a nation, we give so much money to other countries. We have to take care of our own before we take care of others. Can't buy shoes for the neighbor kid and let your kid go to school barefoot.

What are your opinions? Please let this make it further than post 3 before ignoring the rules or else you may be part of the problem.

It is fair to save we have a major spending issues in our government and both sides have played a role. I see us spending a ton of money to support Ukraine for example while the federal government does little to help the middle class.

I would love to see our government downsize at the federal and state level. We waste so much money on things we get little or no return. I would like to see the government take a portion of the savings to pay down our national debt. I would like to see the government take a portion and give it to the lower income and middle class.
I love incentives versus just giving away free money. The lower class pay little to no federal income tax now, but incentivize them over the next 4 years to allow them to ear a bonus like 15% for any adult who can claim head of household on their gross wages of $40,000 or less. This would incentivize them to attempt to earn money in their current job or dd a second job as many of us did in our early years of trying to get ahead.

For those adults who claim head of household who make $40,000 to $80,000, give them a bonus of 10%. For those who make over $80,000 to$125,000 a 6% bonus. Last for anyone making $125,000 to $150,000 a 3% bonus.

I know it is pie in the sky, but find the waste in our budget, in some cases eliminate federal and state departments (they should be given a 3 month severance package, and they would be incentivized to find employment sooner than later versus living off unemployment money (i would this not be incentivized so no bonus money) to get back into the workforce.

Last and maybe the most important, we have to stop illegal immigrants flooding into our country with no money, no vaccinations and not legally permitted to work in the U.S. This is a drain on our economy as federal, state and cities are forking out massive dollars to take care of the illegal immigrants. This is money we should be using to help our homeless, our low and middle class. I hope everyone agrees illegal immigrants should never be a bigger priority than a YS citizen.