Manifesto 2.0

1. The proper role of the government in the economy is to regulate it without taking part in it. The government needs to be able to have some sort of control over companies and organizations but should not effect the economy so drastically with regulations. The government should also not be able to cause major fluctuations in the economy and should let it remain a product of our nation, not their control.

2. I support the sources of money for the federal government. As much as I do not enjoy paying taxes, I realize that it has become a critical part of running our nation. I also believe that there is no better source for income to the federal government and expanding any areas would cause their downfall. I believe that the government could take some of the burden off of each American from tax cuts, however, there is no better source of money in my opinion.

3. I would criticize the way money is spent by the federal government, essentially due to the deficit that they run each year. I do not support growing our 16 trillion dollar deficit anymore and therefore almost all government spending seems ridiculous. However, since our country cannot run properly without this spending, I would like to see our government cut defense and discretionary spending. Both areas could lower their budget without having to be completely cut and I believe that cutting these would impact our country less than cutting other programs.

4. My major choices in helping to reduce the national debt included cutting in almost all areas of spending but not raising taxes at all. For investments I cut the federal subsides for AMTRACK, because it will force it to because less reliant on the government and can drive them to become more efficient and profitable. I chose to cut the funding for the arts and humanities, because will this deficit, our government does not have the luxury of funding projects like this one. I chose to cut overall spending which would help our budget stay in balance and would force the government to look harshly at what is necessary. I chose to cut war spending as well, because I believe we can afford to shrink our military and we already spend more than any other country and I would like to cut in areas of defense that deal with developing our missile defense system, because it is no longer necessary due to our international relations. The last cut I would make is cutting part of the Medicare budget, because it can lower the health care costs across the country and we already spend enough of our budget on Medicare.

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Source: http://www.agricorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/kalabagh-dam.jpg

A dam is essentially a structure that can stop something until it is ready to be released and go back to normal. This is essentially the system I would suggest for our government's spending, because I believe they need to hold back on many of their different programs until the deficit is going down and we are running a balanced budget again. I personally just do not want to see the deficit increase any greater and I think that if the government can hold back on their spending for a little while, we can get our budget back on track.