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Solution 1: Cut any unnecessary government spending involving the state invading the private sector, such as Obama-care, that creates a big-government quasi-socialistic atmosphere. The government does not have sufficient funds to provide everything for everyone, so we should just leave things that belong to the private sector in the private sector. Pus, communism is entirely inefficient, the Chinese only being supported by the fact that we rely on them so much.

Solution 2: Stop using stimulus packages as a means of stimulating the economy, as we have spent billions of dollars for stimulus' without any return whatsoever. It's time to stop using failed policies in the hope that they will eventually work. More spending helps nothing.

Turner, Grace-Marie. "Grace Marie-Turner: ObamaCare—Flawed Law, Flawed Policy - WSJ.com." //Business News & Financial News - The Wall Street Journal - Wsj.com//. The Wall Street Journal, 9 Nov. 2011. Web. 09 Nov. 2011. .

*Obamacare is expected to be made a reality by 2014. *Is already increasing taxes. *Causing millions to lose current healthcare coverage. *Will destroy any hope of fixing the deficit through the massive spending required. *Unconstitutional.

Johnson, Gary. "Government spends too much because it does too much." //The American Spectator// June 2011: 8. //Infotrac Newsstand//. Web. 26 Oct. 2011.

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*Spending problems arise from inability to accept limited government. *Turn energy over to the private sector, and it will probably result in an outcome leading to better electricity. *Get the government out of the housing market, which makes no sense for the government to be involved in anyway. *Disband the department of education, or at least cut the budget. *Better to disband than cut the budget because the department would eventually spend the same amount of money anyway, just delayed over a longer period of time.

Sanchez, Humberto. "Hatch, Cornyn Seek Balanced Budget Amendment." //Nationaljournal.com// 12 Jan. 2011. //Infotrac Newsstand//. Web. 10 Nov. 2011. Document URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA264320107&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w

*Republicans have created an amendment that hopefully would control government spending. *Total spending could not exceed total receipts. *Total spending would not be able to exceed twenty percent of the preceding year's GDP. *A two thirds majority vote would be required to increase taxes. *Must be approve by two thirds of congress and ratified by three fourths of state legislators. *Two thirds majority vote must also be made to remove any other restrictions. *Limits may be removed if war is declared.

"United States Government Spending History - Charts." //Government Spending in United States: Federal State Local for 2011 - Charts Tables History//. Web. 11 Nov. 2011. .

*Defense spending has risen sharply over the past few years. *Education has also risen extremely in the past few years. *Before the mid 60's government did not even involve themselves in healthcare. *In 1965 Medicare for the elderly and Medicaid for the poor were enacted. *Since then, healthcare spending has risen greatly. *Healthcare currently takes up 7% of the GDP.

"Another Study Shows Stimulus Spending Doesn't Work - Peter Roff (usnews.com)." //US News & World Report | News & Rankings | Best Colleges, Best Hospitals, and More//. 14 Nov. 2011. Web. 17 Nov. 2011. .

*Unemployment is higher than if the stimulus hadn't been enacted. *The debt to GDP ratio is one-to-one. *Government spending has zero effect on the economy. *Private investment is the solution. *Lower tax rates with no special interest loopholes, regulatory reform, and a reduction in capital gains tax all encourage private investment.