Stop building aircraft carriers.
Stop waging agressive wars of conquest against small countrys with oil.
Start funding education instead of idiocy.
Start embracing economic sustainability instead of fly-by-night, smash-and-grab, corporate insanity.
Auction off General Motors to whoever wants to buy it, and never bailout another missmanaged corporation again.
Start cleaning up the mess left by the 5 consecutive bad presidents before you.
You wont get your moonbase, but you will have laid the foundation for a better future where a moonbase can become reality.