Stewardship and value with taxpayer money

With the end of the year situation with sequestration and many tax cuts expiring the government, country and the defense budget faces many issues and hard times over the next several years.  However, as tough as it will be, this might be the best medicine this country could have have at this time.  No matter who is President and the make up of the congress, this is time to put long term fixes in to structure, model and procedures on the way this country does things and how they do business with the individual states.  Tax laws must be streamed lines.  Corporate welfare must end as we know it.  If we assist corporations in anyway, there must be a return on the assistance.  If federal research is used for commercial reasons, then the government must be compensated at the market rate.  Rules and regulations must be in place to insure honesty, integrity and compliance with the law.  Enforcement and Judicial mechanisms must be in place to properly handle enforcement and investigations on a timely manner.  All laws that have been and will be passed, must have the means identified and put in to place to be in forced properly.  All government entitlement programs must come with the capability to be regulated, monitored and all unlawful usage identified and prosecuted aggressively. 

the governors of the 50 states must come together on how they want to conduct business with the federal government as it deals with rules, regulations, mandates and funding for various projects.  Mechanisms must be put in to place that trigger changes immediate changes to programs when revenue amounts are below what is need and programs can be adjusted.

The department of defense needs to streamline acquisitions and purchasing.  Congressional earmarks must not be for military equipment or aircraft.  If they are stilled allowed then the earmark must be for the initial purchase, long term maintaince and modifications that can be project.  Department of Defense must be allowed to do another base closure commission. 

Mainly what I am getting at their must be better stewardship and value in the taxes that are collected from the people of this country.