Good luck Taco! You'll be missed.

I'd appreciate one too please

shanebush at gmail dot com

I'd like one too please...

shanebush at gmail dot com

Lets cut federally mandated services, while both increasing and decreasing taxes.
I'd love for some politician somewhere to run on this:

20% federal flat tax, no deductions/reductions
The problem with that is non-profits and such would no longer get funded through tax deductions.

Solution:
10% of said tax goes to fed gov't.
remaining 10% goes into a pool for the citizen/household to allocate percentages or dollar amounts to State registered non-profits

Most government services and social programs get privatized into heavily regulated non-profits and registered as "officially sanctioned" services. (open to competition by other startup "officially sanctioned" service providers) Citizens use the 10% pool to donate to registered non-profit organizations. Churches, schools, healthcare, social security, roads, bridges etc. People can choose to allocate, or not. If they choose not to, the other 10% goes to the fed. gov't as well. The federal gov't would be restricted from funding these services itself. (no bailouts)

Advantages: Non-profits and social programs that should die won't have funding, and will die. Popular programs useful to the people would flourish. In the end, the people would choose. The non-profits would be forced to compete for your allocation.

Disadvantages?