Marriage

Why all of this talk of gay marriage.The discussion should be about marriage itself.Why do we need marriage.I have never considered marriage as necessary.Take away all of the legal and religious ramifications pertaining to marriage and what do you have?An agreement between individuals.We can have that agreement without all kinds of relative laws and regulations.We don't need all of the laws and punitive or beneficial regulations associated.

The talk should be about abolishing legal marriage
It will go away by itself,probably in the next generation,so why not do it now?Marriage,as it is now,simply perpetrates the complications it creates:divorce,unnecessary laws,religious animosity,tax regulations,ad infinitum.Keep an agreement if you like,but"divorce" it from all of the associated laws and regulations.Let's accelerate it's inevitable demise".

Size of government

In my opinion,the federal goverment is much too small.Yes,I said much too small!The U.S. has progressed to a point where we need more uniformity.We just don't need and shouldn't want all of the separate forms of government that we have.States should have much more unifomity.Why should states be like separate countries?Why do we have different speed limits from state to state?Why do we have different laws from state to state?It's ridiculous.

Why do we need state,county ,and local government-all different?We need more uniformity,not less.This obsession with competition impedes progress.We don't need govermment competition.We are one country,not 50 countries.Everything should start from the federal government.We need a  bigger,stronger federal government!

Entitlements?

Entitlements must be handled within the respective funds.They are separate entities and should be treated as such.Fund surpluses should be invested in retrievable assets that can be used be used by the fund.Social Security and Medicare have their own budgets so why should they be part of the general budget?Treat them as separate entities.

Social Security problems can be easily be solved.Simply apply FICA taxes to all incomes and all types of incomes.Many things could be revised in current pension plans,especially public plans,that could that could affect social security,but that should be discussed in a separate segment.

Medicare funding can be improved immediately by letting Medicare D negotiate with drug companies.Lowering the age of eligibility,strangely enough,would also be benificial.Eventually we will have a universal plan anyway.It's inevitable.I hope that we don't have to wait for a world plan.

Social Security and Medicare

With all of the talk about sequester,why do the conservatives keep referring to SS and Medicare as part of the budget problem?They aren't even part of the sequester and shouldn't be.They are both self contained programs that aren't supposed to be part of the budget and shouldn't be;so,conservatives,quit already!