3) Open up trade with Cuba (sanctions are needlessly impoverishing Cubans with no political success) 4) Quietly tell Israel and Taiwan they have 4 years to work out peaceful agreements as best as they can with their neighbors.  After which, we will openly withdraw protectionist support.  These countries currently serve as trigger points for another world war just as the Austrian archbishop did.  It's not worth the risk leaving these triggers in place. 5) Slash medicare, medicade and SS.  Also raise taxes on capital gains in line with income taxes.  Gonna fix this deficit. 2) Take money out of politics altogether. Each candidate per district gets the same (low) amount of money each for basic campaign infrastructure needs. This would be government funded. No one gets a billion dollars. Do you know how crazy that is, a billion dollars for a political race? We've lost our minds. 3) Eliminate the media hooplah -- every candidate gets a preset amount of time on national television to discuss their platform. It is the exact same for all candidates. No bus tours, no appearances on Leno, no rallies, no landing on aircraft carriers. You get your time, you get to say what you want to say, then you get to shut up and let people decide. No attack ads either. We would still have the debates, but no theme music, CGI planes flying across the screen, etc. Politics is not entertainment. 4) Shorten the cycle. It takes forver to elect a President, let's