How about cutting the BILLION dollars in MRA's? $604,000.00 just for bottled water. BTW..MRA's are Members Representational Allowances. 1 BILLION of the tax payers dollars. We should all have such an allowance.
Is this really a good time to compete with private business? The real estate market is already hurting. All you will do is force prices of competing real estate down some more by flooding the market.
With all due respect, with half the buildings in this country either for lease or for sale, and most at 50 cents on the dollar, who are the buyers for these properties? With the real estate market in the toilet, who would want these? Why not look at the 31 billion of tax payer subsidies that are ...
Are these "gifts" considered income and are they taxable?