Good idea, but it won't happen and it's not even on the table. So let's deal in the realm of the realistic... I understand your frustration, but if suggesting a good idea that should be or could be on the table is beyond the scope of realistic discussion, then most everything done here beyond spectating is unrealistic.
No, there are political realities that suggest that extremely radical ideas---no matter how good---aren't going to get in the mix by this time of the debate. To muster a majority on congress now to get behind some of these types of things would not only be impossible, but it would certainly take away from what few incremental real "fixes" that still can be made.
Because understand this: the other side knows EXACTLY what they want to accomplish, and any wasted effort or diffusion of energy at all is going to result in them getting everything.