Iowa must save the Republic.
Do you have recurring negative thoughts about the past or the future? This reframe teaches you how to quickly escape them.
How about a system instead of a goal to reduce/eliminate the national debt?
Warren Buffett's proposed system: “I could end the deficit in five minutes,” Buffett said. “You just pass a law that says that any time there’s a deficit of more than three percent of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election.”
My proposed system: Members of Congress (House and Senate) all get paid no more than minimum wage, but they get very large bonuses for every $X of national debt reduction - say $10k for every $1B in debt (actual, not theoretical) reduction measured at the end of each calendar year. Reduce the debt by $100B, make a cool $1M in bonus. Staff get treated similarly - minimum wage, with a bonus structure tied to the debt.
The more I think about it, I see no reason not to embrace the power of "and."
