1. Sleeping control tower attendants. Why not just have two people and allow them to take naps? (not at the same time, duh!). This would solve the problem and will have the added bonus of lowering the unemployment rate a tad.
2. Japan. Use the money we are wasting on all the wars in the Middle east and instead help Japan fix its little nuclear mess. I mean come on people.. do you really want to glow in the dark? how important is it to keep bombing and killing people anyway.. which leads me to
3. The Middle East. We can solve our involvement in 2 simple steps. One, pull all our troops out (the next one will tell you where they ought to go) and two, develop oil alternatives so that we dont have such a vested interest in such a volatile area of the world. This has the bonus of saving the planet as well as American lives!
4. The Mexico Problem. Send our troops to the border and get rid of all those drug cartel issues once and for all. Its really messed up what they are doing down there and we are not helping even though it is RIGHT NEXT DOOR!! I have theories but i wont go into them here (maybe another day when i need a break from doing what i am supposed to be doing).
5. Old and decrepit bridges and roads. Use the other soldiers to fix them. Real simple and nobody has to die..
Are these solutions too simple? Why does everything have to be so complex in order to be acceptable? Really folks.. common sense could do this country some good.