I am worried that we are all expecting too much improvement without paying any of the “costs”. Cutting taxes is good, but there is necessarily going to be a trickle down impact on all of us as we correct the horrible spending sprees of the past 16 years (back when the last federal budget was balanced!).
Yes, stop taxing Social Security but preface that with a STRONG WARNING that seniors need to take care to save a good portion of that money for the future. Just stopping the income taxes won’t protect us from the coming deficits in SS funding! We need a BIG public education targeting seniors to save some money every month if possible, ways to safely invest small amounts in index funds, for example, or way to learn how to effectively budget after a lifetime of just spending everything we get every month.
Expanding these public service announcements to interest younger people as well. Teach people that “shopping the perimeter of the store” (MAHA shopping!), cooking proper amounts, storing food well and not wasting food is something all ages can learn, and save money as well. Get people interested in learning budgeting. Get Dave Ramsey’s high school finance courses in every school. Teach civics again. Teach kids’ classes on restoring furniture and restyling clothing to keep waste out of landfills. There are a lot of old-time skills that can get us through the financial coming adjustment period (recession in the beginning before good financial health takes over). We will need these skills to stay positive about MAGA and to not let the progressive nay-sayers in MSM batter our progress.