-Support DeFazio's take on need for balanced budget amendment
-Need to get corruption out first to insure bad stuff gets cut instead of good stuff
-Not wealth redistribution—no connection between revenue and expenditures
-Taxes should be based on ability to pay, expenditures based on need
-Calling stimulus a failure like not giving the purchaser of a TV enough money
-Reduce the deficit by getting more people working at decent-paying jobs
-Pro-business should consider USPS benefit pre-payment 75 years ahead insane
-Taxes are everyone being made to help buy services that benefit everyone
-Possibly allow tax deferral on money used for investing; tax when taken out
-Investors don't have to actually work (provide value) to earn their money
-Investing is often guaranteed and predictable, not like the lottery
-How much of Social Security shortfall is due to lower wages?