[raybbr]

Some good ideas. Basically get govt out of the way...

[Diana in Wisconsin]

BUMP for later...

[Zathras]

My first suggestion, not have the meeting in Beverly Hills... or DC...or NYC...or Boston...or Chicago.

[98ZJ USMC]

Some good ideas. Basically get govt out of the way...

Unless you can gut the Federal Bureaucracy, forget it.

[kabar]

Recruit more immigrants. There are two types of immigrants: Those who sneak in illegally and those who come for work, school or other legitimate reasons. The two tend to get lumped together in the stymied immigration reform effort in Washington that’s turning a U.S. economic advantage into a liability. Legal immigrants have always been good for the U.S. economy. They open businesses and earn patents at higher rates than natives. Yet the United States has strict limits on the types of talented, well-educated immigrants who would most help the U.S. economy. Canada, by contrast, works hard to lure immigrants and even has an immigration minister who must meet a stretch quota or face the consequences. “We need to stop linking [legal immigration] to illegal immigration,” said Edward Conard, bestselling author of Unintended Consequences, at the Milken conference. “We could skim the cream of the world.” Raising immigration quotas or eliminating them altogether might do the trick.

I stopped reading it after this idiot proffered this idea. We have just had the two highest decades of LEGAL IMMIGRATION in US history. Since 1990 29 million LEGAL immigrants have entered this country.

We don't need 1.1 million LEGAL IMMIGRANTS a year. The numbers should be reduced drastically to around 250,000 a year. Yes, we should go to a merit based system, but with 21 million Americans unemployed or underemployed, we don't need more immigrants.

[wetphoenix]

1) Drop welfare state.
2) Drop political correctness and affirmative action.
3) Stop immigration of uneducated savages.
4) Stop moving industries abroad.
5) Stop meddling abroad.

It is that easy.