The new congress should propose a MANDATORY MINIMUM 20 YEARS in jail for any government fraud (including vote fraud), with a one-year amnesty period (with or without mandatory restitution - can can go either way on that because knowing it and preventing it is the main goal) and then a 10% reward for anyone who turns in evidence of fraud.
And to fix the budget? Any department that decreases their spending get so keep half as a bonus to be distributed, but that becomes their new budget. I bet in year 1 we get a huge decrease. This eliminates ‘spend it or lose it’ mentality.
“...then a 10% reward for anyone who turns in evidence of fraud.”
This clause would be “overworked” by the lazies! I like it! Rats will inform on each other to survive.