I bet I could get published in Analog...

...If I did a story about Stupidevil Youth plotting to defund Social Security in order to pay for government handouts. Like subsidized video games.

Toss in defunding NASA to make it SF, and maybe some disparaging comments about modern culture and the fall of civilizations and it should be a shoo in. Also, there should be alien. Because SF.

The only flaw in my clever plan would be if I get back a reply saying "Thanks, but we already have three or four stories on this theme."