I Believe that the government should be involved in providing the necessities that an economy requires to function but should not control how the economy directly functions. For example the roads and infrastructure must be maintained by the government and products needed for the production of other necessary goods, like oil, should have regulations that prevents the creation of a monopoly in that market. Also going along the same lines as above, the government should, in order to create more raw materials, be able to put taxes on some products in order to encourage private industries to produce certain products.
Taxes should be collected at a flat rate across the population. For example 12% of all incomes and property values, and sales (12% is just a random number, not necessarily what it should be). If more of a raw product is needed, like corn, taxes could be lowered on it to encourage farmers to grow more of it. Government should use these taxes to pay for education, education should like the British were a test is taken to determine who should continue at the age of 16, and the necessary infrastructure. Healthcare should be a privatized business. Job creation should be encouraged by the government by hiring private companies to complete necessary tasks in the country. Unemployment should be cut back and the amount of time that its supplied for should be drastically shrunk. Social service should be limited but the government cannot do that without risking a revolution. Infrastructure should be maintained by tax money by outsourcing to private industries.
The U.S. should maintain its military at its current levels and should keep all necessary emergency workers as government employees. This is because they need to be guaranteed a way for their families to survived when they are risking their lives every day.
