Posted on 05/26/2025 3:55:01 AM PDT by RandFan
The only solution is fewer moochers and more workers.
Employers of illegals could be required to provide them and their families health insurance and otherwise uncovered health care costs, permitting the illegals to be kicked off of Medicaid.
The big, beautiful bill debt limit increase could be set to $2 trillion.
Any additional needed debt limit incease could be in the DOGE cut bill.
Changing $4 trillion to $2 trillion involves changing one character. Is that too hard for over 250 members of Congress to do?
I was about to post something similar.
Growth is 80% of the solution.
Even though their is massive corruption and ridiculous spending their is tremendous opposition by the political class to reduce the feeding trough.
Trump is doing all the heavy lifting while the Republican congress is nearly worthless. As usual.
If Pancho Villa walked around San Diego, he’d be pleased at the Reconquista.
We are spending $1 trillion a year on defense after the Reconquista?
Sorry. I don’t see that as a plus. Debt limit ≠ debt or maoney spent. Whe we need to raise the debt limit urgently to avoid bankruptcy we need Dems to vote to get it done. That is not a simple majority vote as this BBB is. President Trump asked for breathing room to avoid the extortion by the left to fund their agenda to get a debt limit done in regular house order later.
I think medical costs have to be brought under control.
Split most hospitals into two so the US hospital system is generally competitive.
Drug expenditures, at least at the federal level, have to be controlled say by a federal price schedule by drug type and volume. If sellers don’t sign up to the schedule, then patients will get issued purchase orders at the schedule price.
biologic, unique - $500/month/patient
biologic, me too - $400/month/patient
...
breakthrough, chemical - $200/month/patient
....
premiums by volume for unique, breakthrough drugs, to be cumulatively applied:
[for fast financial returns on new drugs]
under $10 million in penultimate year program purchases +50%
under $20 million in penultimate year program purchases +50%
under $50 million in penultimate year program purchases +20%
[for multi-year fast financial returns on newer drugs]
under $50 million in total program purchases +50%
under $100 million in total program purchases +50%
under $1 billion in total program purchases +20%
There would be co-pays by drug type, cut in half for children, Medicaid and under 65 Medicare (i.e. disabled) patients.
Each US licensed medical doctor and pharmacist would get to vote on say $4,000 to be allocated for schedule buy-ins for up to 10 biologic, breakthrough and orphan drugs, pending or approved, of their choice to be made by electronic voting with voted sums shown.
The voting would be done in July. The buy-in would have to be done before the third Friday in August (or 30 days after the drug finally gets approved).
“Sorry. I don’t see that as a plus. Debt limit ≠ debt or maoney spent. Whe we need to raise the debt limit urgently to avoid bankruptcy we need Dems to vote to get it done. That is not a simple majority vote as this BBB is. President Trump asked for breathing room to avoid the extortion by the left to fund their agenda to get a debt limit done in regular house order later.”
Totally eliminating Trump’s leverage over Congress, which is what the “big, beautiful bill” does, is a stupid idea.
The personal tax cut extensions need to be limited to one year and the corporate tax cut excluded so Trump retains some leverage.
Trump isn’t the only person who wants tax cut continuations. Tens of millions of Americans do, and every member of Congress knows it. And almost every member of Congress is a coward.
Trump is an old man. He has no political future. He can veto every tax cut bill that comes along unless Congress gives him want he wants.
What the nation truly needs is taxation limits in the Constitution.
An estate tax rate of 35% can be raised to 60%, or 90% by a future Democratic Congress.
A tax rate on income above $100,000 could be set to 70% by a future Democratic Congress.
Let’s beautify the big bill further.
Your suggestions would IMHO be a disaster. How you think Trump would have any leverage after throwing away his promises to the American people is beyond me. If you think Trump vetoing every tax bill until he gets one he wants is a winning strategy you are going to lose every bet.
Please don’t ever play poker with real money.
When I read you posts I begin to feel this is recreation to you. That you come over here to post totally off the wall ideas and see who you can get to respond. This is not the post of a serious thoughtful patriot.
Well gosh, golly, gee. Excuse me for not following all your posts more closely!
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