Set your sites higher.
Eliminate the Income Tax.
All:
Yes, of course cutting spending is the largest challenge. The big three (military, Medicaid, and Social Security) cannot continue uncut without bankrupting the USA. The math is obvious.
I personally think a low flat tax like the one Steve Forbes proposed is the best answer to the necessary evil of taxation.
The article is targeted to one of hundreds of deductions that must be eliminated to get to that goal.
I’m disappointed it took a half-hour and 18 posts for someone to make that point.