tax the rich
taxing the rich always sounds like a good plan. it hardly ever works out the way you expect it to. why? well the cynical explanation is that rich folks are big fat tax cheaters. well, not quite. they're greedy bastards. and they get rich because they're adept at maximizing the returns on their investments. so if you change the rules of the game. by say adding a tax on the most lucrative things those most lucrative things might no longer be the most lucrative thing. in which case the rich folks shuffle their portfolios to the new most lucrative thing. which means the guv'mint is left wondering where all their tax revenues are. which is a pretty good argument for taxing things you don't want people to do. then spend less than you bring in. ta da! timmer for president.