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What ought to be done to solve the nation's economic problems? What is government's role in fixing them?

This is not an invitation to bash the policies of one President or another; or one party or another. It is an opportunity to offer your solutions to the current economic problems facing the United States and by extension, the wider world.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Cutting spending is the best solution. The five biggest expenses of the federal government are Social Security, Medicare, federal pensions, defense and interest on the debt. Which do you think the government could cut without pissing off a large portion of the American public?

  • 1 decade ago

    STOP the uncontrollable spending for things we don't need or need to expand!!!!!

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