07 Jul Understanding Politics Health Sector Reform Political Sciene Discussion
Question Description
You are an advisor to the President tasked with cutting at least $300 billion from the budget. The president wants your recommendations to cut lines, not large categories. Explain why you chose those cuts.
Note: These are not true US budget numbers.
| DOMESTIC PROGRAMS AND FOREIGN AID | Cut some foreign aid to African countries | $17 billion |
| Eliminate farm subsidies | $14 billion | |
| Cut pay of civilian federal workers by 5 percent | $14 billion | |
| Reduce the overall federal workforce by 10% | $12 billion | |
| Cut aid to states by 5% | $29 billion | |
| MILITARY | Cut the number of nuclear warheads, and end the “Star Wars” missile defense program | $19 billion |
| Reduce military to pre-Iraq War size and further reduce troops in Asia and Europe | $25 billion | |
| Cancel or delay some weapons programs | $19 billion | |
| HEALTHCARE | Enact medical malpractice reform by reducing the chances of large malpractice verdicts | $ 8 billion |
| Increase the Medicare eligibility age to 68 | $ 8 billion | |
| Raise the Social Security retirement age to 68. | $ 13 billion | |
| EXISTING TAXES | Return the estate tax to Clinton-era levels, passing on an estate worth more than $1 million to their heirs would have portions of those estates taxed. | $ 50 billion |
| End tax cuts for income above $250,000 a year | $ 54 billion | |
| End tax cuts for income below $250,000 a year | $ 172 billion | |
| Payroll tax increase for people making over $106,000 annually contributing more to Social Security and Medicare. | $ 50 billion | |
| NEW TAXES | Institute a Millionaire’s tax on income above $1 million | $ 50 billion |
| Add a national 5% sales tax | $ 41 billion | |
| Add a tax on carbon emissions | $ 40 billion | |
| Tax banks based on their sizes and the amount of risk they take. | $ 73 billion | |
| Total gap covered by your budget plan | $_________________ |
Use evidence (cite sources) to support your response from assigned readings or online lessons, and at least one outside scholarly source.
Magstadt, Thomas M. Understanding Politics: Ideas, Institutions, and Issues. Cengage Learning, 2017
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