Here are a few modest proposals that would fix most of our problems

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1 Lift the cap on social security earnings to $200,000.

2 Raise the income tax rate on high earners to 50%.

3 Put a 50 cent tax on motor fuel.

4 Pull out of Iraq.

These simple actions would restore the dollar, improve our credit, shore up social security, reassure our friends around the world and reduce energy consumption while balancing the budget and providing capital for infrastructure, health care and large scale mass transit. Y'all can work out the details, I'm going to go have breakfast. Later I'll share my plan to solve the Israel-Palestine problem.