In an effort to thwart wasteful spending, it is only a responsible act to end ALL US overseas occupations and war mongering. By occupations, it should not be limitied to the Middle East, but also the closure of US bases in Europe, Korea and Japan.
This does not only save billions of dollars, it would also bring thousands of US troops home. Those same troops could then be placed in a national infrastructure Corps. which would work to repair/replace our failing infrastucture and building the a High Speed Rail System in the US.
By not spending billions on unecassary military occupations (a few illegal ones of course) those funds should then be pumped back into Public Education as well as Medicare (which should then be open to anyone who wants to sign up for NHS "National Health Service".