is broke.  Most of our state and local governments are broke.  Record numbers of Americans are going bankrupt.  Record numbers of Americans are being kicked out of their homes.  Record numbers of Americans are now living in poverty. The debt-fueled prosperity of the last several decades came at a cost.  We literally mortgaged the future.  Now nothing will ever be the same again. Some of you, have good ideas how to cut. But, we cannot make cuts to the most vulerable, the Elderly & The Disabled. Like the President stated, there will be deep cuts, but, there should be increases in Social Security & Medicare, not decreases. Next, some of the hardest workers and underpaid, are School Employees. If they want to Cap Property Taxes, I say, Cap them, but certain things should be exempt, like School Taxes, payments into State Pension Funds and so on. What would bring in boat loards of cash, a flat tax for everybody, but more importantly, all Businesses and big Corporations. No loopholes, no write-offs. Everybody pays 14%tax, except for those on Social Security, Disablitity, and Medicaid. Next, the number one things that has to be addressed, how to fund Social Security for the future. Easy, have a sliding scale FICA tax increase. Those 60-50 an 1.5% increase, 50-45 5% increase, 45-40 8% increase, 40-35 12% increase, 35-25 a 20% increase, and finally, 25-16 a 27% increase in FICA taxes deducted from paychecks, no increase of age elibility, no cuts in future benefits. Yes,