The Big Ideas Project

Establish a new forum for lobbying and view as a conflict in interest. Make lobbying more transparent and public. Televise their activities and let the people have a say in the process. Publicize their proposals through an independent process separate from our political leaders and reinstate “REAL” accountability when they fail to comply.

Submitted by Jed Grover in Government & Elections Dec. 24, 2014, 11:18 a.m.

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Abolish all current and former Student Debt. Part of making all education free for everyone. This not only includes forgiveness of all current debt to the banksters, but a refund of all tuitions and interest paid since 1980. This money will be deposited in a savings account with an 8% annual return paid from the inception of the loan paid by the banksters to students. Contrast this with the Citigroup proposal to require government guarantees for their speculation.

Submitted by John Z. from HI in Education Dec. 11, 2014, 9:33 p.m. 1

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Preserve jobs for Americans by mandating E-Verify and prescribing harsh jail terms for those who hire illegal aliens.

Submitted by Vinced in Economy & Jobs Jan. 5, 2015, 9:06 a.m.

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INNOVATION: without it we are dead, Institute an competition county by county, state by state, in 6 or 7 different areas. Make the prizes large enough that it will attract the best minds in the nation. I am an inventor, have been for over 40 years, people like me, and our talents are wasted. We as a Nation need NEW Manufacturing. existing corporations are not interested in anything "Truly New" their only interested in fine tuning their bottom line.

Submitted by GlennB in Economy & Jobs Dec. 10, 2014, 3:11 p.m.

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No person should be disenfranchised because they cannot provide all of the required documents "cooked up" for the sole purpose of limiting the vote from certain folks when those votes are perceived by a particular party (the Republicans) to disadvantage their candidates!

Submitted by thecatlady in Government & Elections Jan. 6, 2015, 10:47 p.m.

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Use technology (solar) from old highway emergency phones to power stoplights during power outages so police can help rather than direct traffic.

Submitted by Barbara H. from CA in Environment Jan. 13, 2015, 10:32 p.m.

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Recognizing that our governments' surveillance and covert/overt military actions around the globe are undertaken to support our lifestyles, We The People need to step up. Require a publicly transparent investigation into exactly what the impact of removing troops, spies and surveillance from each country would be, and exactly what the cost to each of us would be given the current economic structure. Then we can begin a serious discourse about the costs of peace, and vote on that.

Submitted by Kay M in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 10, 2014, 7:15 p.m.

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Show the right what a canard the idea the government can't create jobs by creating them. Not just public works, but in a new kind of TVA dedicating to producing green power through solar, geo, wind etc. and in creating new environmentally sound farming methods. The seed money can be obtained by creating a minimal (5%) flat tax for corporations (supposedly the right loves a flat tax) eliminating loopholes and tax give-aways

Submitted by Jack DeWitt in Economy & Jobs Jan. 4, 2015, 8:23 p.m.

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Online voting for electing politicians and for FIRING corrupt politicians on the spot!

Submitted by zorro69 in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 3:43 a.m.

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Provide 'tiny homes' for those who show a will to be responsible for a monthly rental for a new neighborhood adjacent to one which appears to be deteriorating consisting of a basic 5 Acre plot headed by a consortium of Architects, Engineers, and City Planners.

Submitted by artnouvo in Infrastructure & Technology Dec. 10, 2014, 4:01 p.m.

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I think we create a WPA-like program for what's now volunteer work (in the non-profit sector). Volunteers do real work in really important areas, often in financially strapped communities; I think a federal program should be created to give people good pay and benefits for it.

Submitted by SueT in Economy & Jobs Jan. 13, 2015, 9:51 p.m.

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Whether goods or services are provided by the private or public sector we pay for them & jobs are created.Complain about govt service but not Comcast & contractors who show up late (or not at all), leave early, don't get the job done. Etc. Medicare has 3^% overhead. Private Healthcare, 33%. Private sector has no mandate to create jobs & is not creating enough of them. It's killing them. Create a huge gov jobs program & full employment policy. STOP blaming the unemployed & working poor.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Economy & Jobs Dec. 19, 2014, 12:11 p.m.

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Invest in increasing cybersecurity (training investment, too) for updated (more investment!) electric grids, aqueducts, transportation, etc.

Submitted by Debi G. from WA in Infrastructure & Technology Dec. 11, 2014, 1:28 p.m.

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radically reduce or abolish income tax except for social security pre-payments (FICA) for anyone making under 100,000$ a year. Tax corporate profits instead, especially profits from non-value added activities like most high level and high-frequency stock trading.

Submitted by Doctor Whom in Taxes & Budget Dec. 21, 2014, 6:37 p.m.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M18HxXve3CM Stop killing whales and start helping the climate!

Submitted by Firebird in Environment Jan. 8, 2015, 12:43 a.m.

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IQ testing required to serve on Jury or Grand Jury. To make certain people have wherewithal to make decision based on intelligence not emotions.

Submitted by Joanne S. from CA in Civil Rights Dec. 24, 2014, 7 a.m.

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'TEXTBOOKAZINES' would beat textbooks in multiple ways: These magazine-like textbooks would be cheaper to produce and less costly to school systems, lighter in weight and less damaging to students' backs, each student's to keep and customize with underlining and highlighting, the probable nucleus of many young people's future personal print libraries, and more easily kept up-to-date with new information and more frequently revised. And a way to break the idiotic textbook "tyranny of Texas."

Submitted by Gregory Wright, ADA So Cal Board Member in Education Dec. 22, 2014, 6:39 a.m.

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Fine corporations $1000.00 per day and $100.00 per day for employing and housing undocumented employees. Allow the police 50% of the fine money and whistle blowers to get 25%, the fed and states get the rest. The immigrants will leave on their own. More blue collar jobs will open at higher wages.

Submitted by Charles in Economy & Jobs Dec. 26, 2014, 11:37 a.m.

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A national televised internet program to explain, to the American people, how every piece of legislation that is passed effects us. (i.e., The CRomnibus budget that gave Wall Street the right to gamble on the backs of tax payers .)

Submitted by Merle in Uncategorized Dec. 26, 2014, 12:56 p.m.

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Motivate people to move to more sustainable areas of the country, where basic resources (like water, building materials, food, etc) ARE. Stop moving resources to inhospitable places. Grazing animals, watering lawns & golf courses, swimming pools in the desert? Piping water hundreds of miles to LA, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tuscon? Constantly rebuilding coastal homes? Building directly upon fault lines? Tornado alley? Insane, destructive forms of liberty should be severely discouraged, if not outlawed.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Society & Community Jan. 1, 2015, 1:31 p.m.

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