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Has the measure of GDP changed over the same period? There’s an old management saying “What gets measured gets managed” which is true in many ways, however in my experience “What gets measured gets manipulated” is more accurate.

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Here is my rant (I don't do many).

Want to restore the Constitutional Republic…

Start with the disbanding of the FBI, IRS and DOJ; return those activities to a rotating State Committee in charge that can cross check each others work for integrity and impartiality. Do away with the IRS COMPLETELY and input a straight tax built to cover the budget and start paying off the debt (Not the deficit, that should be illegal)! According to my calculations it would take a 14% flat tax income to make a reasonable attempt to pay off the debt while cutting the government and spending dramatically.

End the FBI and implement the same rotating state committee to investigate Federal crimes.

Remove about 80% of the useless desk sitting Federal government positions like the EPA and the NEA… State and Local governments know what their communities need a lot better than a faceless bureaucracy!

No need for 85,000 armed, corrupt IRS agents.

No more "Czars", people in power that have never been elected!

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Those darn plagiarizing Republicans!

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Feb 22·edited Feb 22Liked by Surak

That is why I took it to a higher plane; “drunken sailor in a Whore House”…. LOL

Or maybe in a White House!

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Of Course...

If it is addressed, then a solution would have to be proposed and neither candidate wants to be the one that proposes what is required to recover the health of our economy. To balance and turn the corner it will require us to be responsible; to quit spending money like a drunken sailor in a whore house. It will also require us to recover the work ethic that we have lost and reaffirm our faith in a free market economy.

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