Most of this I do not disagree with this, but the fact that you do not even mention cuts in defense spending stands out to me. It may be "unrealistic", but then

Most of this I do not disagree with this, but the fact that you do not even mention cuts in defense spending stands out to me. It may be "unrealistic", but then so are cuts to social security, medicare and medicaid. Defense spending is not just a "pet peeve". We spend more on national defense than China, Russia, India, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Germany, France, South Korea, Japan, and Ukraine — combined. There is ample scope to reduce our defense spending by massive amounts without threatening our national security.