Medicare, medicaid, social security and other Government social programs should be opt-ins

Govt should have a seperate body where people can buy these services from. Only people who buy into those services should be taxed. If Govt wants to tax people on a sliding scale for those services, it can.

The fact is many people are going to object.. Why not all government services, including defense, military spending. Defense and military are absolutely essential for everyone. People don't have a consensus on if they want medical care from Government. A Govt hospital is going to be managed no differently than DMV. I , for sure, don't want to go to such a hospital.

Make all these social programs opt-in. If you opt-out even once in your life, you don't get the benefits. I think that's a fair model.

Power saving remote strips need to get smarter

I recently bought a Belkin power strip which helps save power by switching off power supply to all electronic devices (TV, VCR, PS3, Wii, DVD player, Bose audio system, cable receiver). The power strip comes with a remote. Instead of 10 devices listening for remotes, I just have one.

But, most electronic devices were never made to work very well with this kind of model. Here are some problems I have with this device

(1) My PS3 is a full fledged computer, which works better if I don't cut-off power supply regularly. PS3 would like me to shut it down before i cut off the power supply

(2) Bose does not have hard-state memory..So,i have to reconfigure it every time i restart it

(3) My Direct-tv cable receiver box has a 10-minute startup time if i reboot it.