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You reduced the debt to below 60% of GDP in 2018, and kept it at a sustainable level through 2030.
Dollars in Billions that you need to cut to get under 60% of the GDP by 2018.
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Adopt the Discretionary Spending $680B Growth Rates in the President's Budget Grow Regular Discretionary Spending with Inflation $0
Social Security
Raise the Normal Retirement Age to 68 Slow Initial Benefit Growth Gradually Reduce Scheduled Benefits (by 30% in 2080) Progressively Reduce Benefits, Protecting Low Earners Progressively Reduce Benefits, Protecting Low and Medium Earners Use An Alternate Measure of Inflation for COLAs Reduce Spousal Benefits from 50% to 33% Increase Years Used to Calculate Benefits Include all New State and Local Workers Institute a Minimum Benefit -$100B -$80B -$60B -$100B -$20B -$40B -$80B $130B -$110B
Cut Federal Funding of K-12 Education by 25% -$60B -$40B -$30B $70B $290B
Other Spending
Eliminate Certain Outdated Programs Freeze Federal Civilian Pay for Two Years Reduce Generosity of TRICARE Reform Federal Retiree Benefits Cancel NASA Missions to the Moon and Mars Reduce Farm Subsidies Expand Spending on Federal Research & Development Cut All Earmarks and Use Half of Savings for Deficit Reduction Increase Mass Transit Funding -$40B -$50B -$50B -$30B -$40B -$80B $100B -$80B $60B
Tax Expenditures
Tax Fringe Benefits as Regular Income Limit Mortgage Interest and Other Itemized Deductions for High Earners Curtail State and Local Tax Deduction Eliminate Life Insurance Tax Benefits Eliminate Subsidies for Biofuels Make Research & Development Tax Credit Permanent Extend $400/person Making Work Pay Credit Cut the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) -$190B -$130B Expand the EITC and Child Tax Credit Extend 'American Opportunity' College Tax Credit Begin Excise Tax on High-Cost Plans in 2013 Instead of 2018 Repeal Excise Tax on High-Cost Plans $270B -$90B -$20B Replace Employer Health Care Exclusion with a Flat Credit (In Place of Excise Tax) -$70B -$250B -$470B -$220B -$110B $80B $400B -$70B $90B $60B
Repeal LIFO Accounting Methods and -$90B Eliminate Oil and Gas Preferences in Tax Code Enact Carbon Tax or Cap-and-Trade Increase Gas Tax by 10 Cents per Gallon Enact Five Percent VAT With Partial Rebate Gradually Increase Dependent Exemption by $3,500 Impose Surtax on Income above $1 million Gradually Increase Payroll Tax by One Percentage Point Raise Social Security Payroll Tax Cap Raise Cap to Cover 90% of Earnings Institute Two Percent Surtax on Earnings Above Cap Reduce Corporate Tax Rate to 30% Index Tax Code to Alternate Measure of Inflation Improve Tax Collection (Reduce Tax Gap) -$420B -$190B -$330B -$80B -$630B $190B