How could we change history to prolong the Clinton/early Bush era surplus? I'm guessing Gore wins in 2000, enacts fewer tax cuts, and proposes a different Medicare Part D which allows the Federal government to negotiate drug pricing with pharmaceutical companies. Perhaps he would have the political clout, as a democrat, to attempt bi-partisan social security reform, as pre-Lewinsky Clinton had hoped to do.
We've gotta prevent the war on terror too... perhaps a relatively low-key airplane bombing is conducted by a domestic terror group in America sometime in early 2001, with about 10-15 people killed. The casualties lead to calls for greater airport security, which prevents 9/11, and subsequent wars.
With all the best case scenarios, how long could the US govt. stay in the financial black?
We've gotta prevent the war on terror too... perhaps a relatively low-key airplane bombing is conducted by a domestic terror group in America sometime in early 2001, with about 10-15 people killed. The casualties lead to calls for greater airport security, which prevents 9/11, and subsequent wars.
With all the best case scenarios, how long could the US govt. stay in the financial black?