"“I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.” "

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of course that's assuming congress would approve the law...these days it is very clear the interests of the people and the interests of the elected officials are two very different things