I know how to make America more secure

In response to Sec. Chertoff's claims that the 21st century will get more dangerous:

1. Reduce the size of government.

Our white elephant of a government can't do anything right because it's too damn big. If we reduce the size of government, that will enable tremendous growth, and our lean, mean government, coupled with a hot economy would be far more capable of dealing with threats.

The nanny state is supposed to make everybody safe, but imagine if a parent had to follow their kid everywhere they go, 24 hours a day. That parent wouldn't get much else done, and the same problem applies to the nanny state. Our government can't worry about security threats when it's wasting resources dealing with transfats and cigarettes.

How can any President be expected to be on top of Homeland Security, two wars, the rest of the War on Terror, health care, education, social security, the IRS, sticking his nose in business' business, illegal immigration, welfare, abortion, stem cell research, Congress, the press, the war on drugs, dealing with China and Russia, other foreign policy, and the crisis of the day? It's absurd. Get the government out of issues best left to the states and the free market, which is nearly every issue except national security.

2. Adopt the FairTax.

The economy will boom, the IRS will go away, Americans will have greater freedom, more wealth and more personal time. Better engagement by happier, wealthier people will help secure America.

Government won't spend so much time arguing about taxes. Lobbyists won't take up our representatives' time to change the tax code every other week. The President won't have to worry about puny tax cuts or the economy. That will allow the President and Congress to be smarter and more focused on security.

American will return to a great manufacturing country. With the income tax burden removed from American products, we'll sell more products overseas and at home, and therefore we won't be sending our money to our enemies and those who fund them, and the world will send more money to us instead of the same countries, like China.

3. End the War on Drugs.

Our War on Drugs finances the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Mexican drug cartels that control our border - assaulting and forcing American National Guardsmen to retreat. Both these enemies can be disarmed with one fell swoop - legalize and control drugs.

This will also free law enforcement to focus on actual threats instead of drug users and dealers. It will also disarm the frightening drug gangs, freeing up law enforcement even more. Freeing millions of Americans will improve the economy, and the government won't be distracted by our self-destructive war on drugs, and the size of government will shrink, allowing better focus on security.

4. Stop illegal immigration.

Get rid of the jobs and benefits. No fence necessary. With no jobs or benefits, the vast majority of illegal immigrants will go home so they can make a living. We'll catch the rest, and the terrorists with them. The southern invasion will stop because there will be no economic incentive to come here. It will be far easier to find the terrorists who have come here illegally in that environment.

Border control can focus on stopping terrorists from entering America instead of wasting their time on the hopeless task of stopping millions of illegal immigrants each year. Our financial resources will shift from trying to stop that human flood to hunting down and capturing terrorists.

The President and Congress can stop wasting their time on this issue, and focus more of their energy on security.