I think I’m going to keep here, and add many more items over time, all the things the local, state and federal governments need to do that they should have done a long time ago, but are too busy raising money for their re-elections, to actually do their jobs.
Free luggage carts at all airports. (Every other country in the world provides free carts, and some even go up and down escalators. In America, you have to pay $6.00 when you might not even need to use it for 5 minutes.)
Every business must have a phone number: Most customer service lines have been eliminated. It’s distressingly ignorant to assume and FAQ will solve every problem unless, and this is probably the case, they don’t care about the problems that can’t be solved, like a fraudulent charge.
Hire people at the social security office. I don’t know how badly Elon Musk and his DOGE twinks hurt social security, but if you can’t, again, solve your problem with their ridiculously incomplete FAQ/web site, you are directed to a national number where you have to wait possibly 4 hours to speak to someone.
Keep cash legal tender. In NY, to solve the problem of many places refusing to accept cash, the city council in its stupidity enacted a cash for card option, where you can buy a plastic credit card for the amount of your purchase, and then use that card to pay for your popcorn. This is just an enormous waste of plastic, gives someone a pointless fee for providing this service, and it does not address the issue of legal tender. “This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private.” It says so, right on the bill. They are, in my opinion, breaking the law by not accepting cash.