Thread: What would your plan be for getting the US out of its economic down spiral?

When Bush first took office the media was asking if he would be able to keep us from recession. This was his first day in office on CNN. So the problem existed at the end of the Clinton Administration. By the end of the Bush Administration the problem had worsened, leaving it even worse than during the previous. With as many administrations that have known we were in economic trouble should the US be in the economic state it is in?
And what is a sound plan for changing our economic direction?

1.) End all private enterprise bailouts IMMEDIATELY.
2.) Close the Dept of Energy and split their budget among the states.
3.) Close the Dept of Education and split their budget among the states.
4.) Privatize Social Security - Market investment alone would crank the DOW.
5.) Make the Bush Cap Gains tax cuts permanent for small business owners.

Edit: Bush didnt 'worsen' the economy because presidents neither cause nor cure recessions. Bush didnt cause it, Obama cant cure it. The American capitalist economy is unique unto itself and always cycles up and down.

Legalize drugs.
It would cut spending massively and generate revenue massively while also curbing illegal immigration without any additional allocation of funds or manpower.

Republicans have no plan except cut taxes!

1) Get the government out of the way and let the free market work
2) Lower taxes on businesses to allow them to grow
3) Abolish labor unions

These three simple things will bring immediate turnaround to this nation.

Edit: Add to my list vinny's above as well.

Same as Reagan, GHW Bush, and Clinton, raise taxes.

No more bailouts. No more pork. Streamline government agencies. Enforce our current immigration laws. Investigate welfare fraud. Create jobs through grants to repair roadways and tear down abandoned buildings and install mass transit systems in larger cities that need them. Stop offering incentives to ship jobs overseas. etc...
Obama has been promising jobs for 18 months now and all he has delivered are some temporary census jobs that are created every 10 years when we have a census. Other than that he's only been doling out our tax dollars (and then some) to the "evil" corporations. What's wrong with this picture?

When Bush took office, we were in a recession. Then 9-11 happened. The most devastating blow to our economy in history.
During the Bush term, although taxes were cut, tax revenue was at an all time high, 78% of the population were homeowners and the stock market was in a boom.
All that changed when it became apparent that the Democratic party would secure a majority in congress and that Republican congressmen would hitch their wagon to the spending spree to line their pockets and bankrupt the treasury to get money into their respective states.
We have been in an economic death spiral ever since.
There is only one way to 'CHANGE' this 'direction'.
Vote against every single incumbent, regardless of party.

In 2015 the debt will rise $19.6 trillion. Thanks to obama and his polosi and reid gang. obama is ridiculously spending like np President ever spent! So to ur question I will Vote the obma and his idiots OUT 2012

Zero corporate income tax for zero carbon emission for vehicles and energy creation.