Threat

Everyone seems to have a different view as to what are the greatest threats to the country. At different times the president has expressed different threats. His latest is the threat to democracy by MAGA's. Earlier he talked about climate change and white supremacy. In my mind the two biggest threats are income inequality and education gap. This first can be helped by raising the minimum wage, increasing the tax rate on high earners, promoting private unions, paying social security tax on all wages, decreasing social security benefits with upper income groups, increase the child tax credit, increase the earned income tax credit, increase Medicare surtax and getting rid of capital gains tax. The second can be helped by setting up programs that provide transportation to students who want to move from poor inner city schools to the suburban schools. The schools should specialize in the 3 R's with a minimum of extra curricular activities and a rule that if you misbehave you go back to your old school. The students would be chosen by lottery and teachers would line up to teach at such a school.