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We need to get back to basics.  Government should pick up the trash and patch the potholes.

1) National defense is a basic duty of government. (Article I, section 8 of the Constitution)  It is obvious our armed forces are over-extended.  We need 100,000 more soldiers in the Army and Marine Corps.   Possible threats may require naval blockades of Iran or North Korea so the Navy needs more ships.

2) Fighting crime is a basic duty of government.  We should increase the budget of the FBI and forensic labs.  The FBI has new anti-terrorism duties, but its budget has not increased.  We need more DNA testing to link criminals to different crimes and to exonerate innocent prisoners.

3) The judiciary was established by Article III of the Constitution.  Judges’ pay has not increased with inflation.  We need to increase the pay of federal judges to maintain the quality of justice.

4) The Patent Office was established by Article I, section 8 of the Constitution.  The Patent Office is overwhelmed with a 2 year backlog of patent applications.  We need to:
- reform production quotas of patent examiners and open regional offices in locales with lower costs of living than Washington , D.C.
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impose user fees.  Like passports, if an applicant wants faster processing, she pays more.
- establish bonus fund for patent examiners to improve the quality of patents.  For each year a patent is not invalidated (up to, say, 5 years), the patent examiner gets a bonus each year.
- reduce frivolous lawsuits by amending the Federal Rules of Procedure to include an offer of judgment.  If a litigant offers a settlement, the other litigant rejects it and does not recover more than the offer, then the rejecting party must pay the legal expenses of the offering party.

5) We must update infrastructure.  We need to:
- repair bridges and roads.  Fund with gasoline tax.  Price of gasoline may increase but it would not decrease.  If actual cost of gasoline decreases, taxes increase to keep price stable.  High gasoline prices also discourage consumption.  Buying less gasoline reduces the funds flowing to Hugo Chevez of Venezuela and Middle East terrorists.
- update the air traffic control system with GPS technology.  Sign on at www.smartskies.org.  However, passengers must pay at least half of the user fees necessary to renovate the system.
- reduce traffic.  Use congestion pricing; if you want to drive during rush hour, you pay a toll.  Expand mass transit and reduce its cost for passengers.  Fund with gasoline tax.  This would reduce regressive effect of gasoline tax.  
- replenish the Highway Trust Fund.
- expand public-private infrastructure partnerships (toll roads).

6) We need rational immigration laws (Article I, section 8 of the Constitution) based on market principles. 
- There is a 5 year backlog to become a citizen.  We need to impose user fees.  Those who can afford to pay more get quicker processing, which shortens the line for everyone else.  The delay is caused by background checks required since 9-11.  User fees would pay for faster and more accurate background checks. 
- We need a guest worker program.  If unemployment is 5% or less, we allow more guest workers.  If unemployment exceeds 5%, we allow fewer guest workers.  Some argue that illegal immigrants drive down wages of American citizens and legal residents.  If the average compensation in a particular occupation decreases, we allow fewer guest workers or immigrants to fill positions in that occupation. 
- Mexicans won’t stop crossing the border until (1) Mexico adopts free market reforms, modernizes its economy, and creates more jobs, and (2) U.S. employers stop employing illegal immigrants. 
- We should abolish quotas on work visas.  If a business can’t find an American engineer and wants to hire an engineer from overseas, the business can pay a user fee for a work visa, with the user fee fluctuating according to demand and supply.