@geius: 3) Health care: it is screwed up because of the economic model. A single payer system is much more efficient with the government overhead at 5% vs pr

@geius: 3) Health care: it is screwed up because of the economic model. A single payer system is much more efficient with the government overhead at 5% vs private at 20%. Allow the govt to negotiate drug prices. Currently it's prohibited by law. Streamline the FDA without losing effectiveness. 4) Social Security is in decent shape. Dont cut benefits. If necessary, raise the retirement age. That's a fair trade-off for improved health care. + Fix campaign financing to remove the "hidden" corruption that is distorting Congress. Roll back anti-trust a hundred years to the age of the trust-busters. Roll back Republican/Bush deregulation so that banks aren't too big to fail, so that Rupert Murdock doesnt own all news channels. Cone down hard on regulatory capture. (The govt gang that was watching BP should be in jail.) Edit: Oh yeah taxes. Roll back the Bush tax cuts. My share of the tax cuts was $300 on a 6 figure income. At the time I wished Bush has gone for deficit reduction. The $300 made very little difference to me. Close the loopholes. The oil companies dont need subsidies.