The Apache helicopter fiasco is a fitting metaphor for our problems that are associated with our failure to restructure the military to meet post-Cold War challenges. As President, restructuring of the military would be one of my highest priorities. What would you do to change the tax code. Good luck in the future. First you must realize the tax code will not be simplified until we have campaign finance reform.
Special interests obtain special tax breaks and they are too powerful.
On tax reduction, I would first repeal the marriage tax, which penalizes young Americans for getting married. I would repeal the earnings test, which is a tax which unfairly targets seniors when they reach age 65, and is a disincentive for them to keep working if they want to. I would dramatically reduce the inheritance tax or the death tax so that more Americans would be able to pass on what they have worked to earn for their children, if they want to. Finally, I would raise the minimum income level for eligibility for any taxation. The whole issue that you raise is one, along with Social Security, that is our greatest challenge.