I recommend that the government stop spending 50% of its budget on defense. This country spends more money on defense than China, Russia, and the entire European community combined. We've spent 800 billion dollars in Iraq since the war began. All in the name of keep us safe. Meanwhile, our infrastructure crumbles (levees in New Orleans, I-35 in Minneapolis), our electrical grid is vulnerable, our public schools go wanting, we are not even close to energy dependent (we import 60% of our oil from unsavory countries like Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Venezuela), and we rely on foreign credit to keep us afloat. Our military cannot solve any of these problems. I don't mind paying taxes, but I sure as hell mind where the government spends my money.