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They could let everyone in the US put something in the pot then slow down the increase in the rise of monies spent by all of these depts then slowly the debt would decrease.
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Make everybody pay at least 2% of their annual income in federal income tax - regardless of any deductions or credits, so that everybody pays at least 2 cents on every dollar in income in federal income tax. That would raise at least $65 billion (probably more because I based that number on the number of households not paying any federal income tax and assumed that the average income of those households is $25,000 - both of which are conservatively low in terms of the amount of tax revenue that would be generated). Reduce spending, too, and we would be a lot closer to stopping the borrowing that we can't afford.
Might also consider adding a 1% national sales tax on purchases across the country. That would generate another $112 billion in tax revenues, give or take. That's $177 billion from making sure that everybody pays at least 2% of their income in federal income tax and implementing a 1% national sales tax.
Furthermore, you tie any hope of illegals getting a path to legal residency or citizenship to paying income tax (as one component of the requirements).
