A few silly similes, muddled metaphors, and addled analogies concerning weight loss and how the US government spends money.
If you think about it, the way the federal government taxes and spends is a perfect method for losing weight.
Taxation:
At the beginning of a health and fitness regimen you need to be thinking about running a deficit. This of course will mean running at a loss, which is what you want to do. The last thing you want is to collect more income (in the form of weight).
We have to be republican about things and lower our taxes (intake of food) but in an obverse fashion. We have to drastically lower our intake of taxes from the poor (fatty and carb rich foods) and increase taxation of job providers (protein and vitamin rich foods). These will create the jobs (more muscle) that will burn more fat in the future.
Spending:
Here you need to be democratic and be lavish on the spending of revenue (exercise). Make sure all the constituencies get some (exercise the entire body) but also fund some special programs to fund those job creators. Those muscles will later on scream for more revenue to spend (burn fat)
Each day will be your fiscal year. Tote up the losses happily as you recklessly spend your way down to nothing.
Striking a balance
Once you do get to your ideal weight you need to put the brakes on the spending and increase the tax revenue.
More importantly once you do get to that ideal weight you will want to become a libertarian and pass a balanced budget amendment to maintain your weight.
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