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Finance Reform. Greatly reduce amount allowed by special interests to donate period.

Submitted by Edard in Government & Elections Jan. 16, 2015, 10:09 a.m.

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Demand that legislative lobbyists register (all levels: city, county, State, federal; all branches: legislative, executive, bureaucratic, court), with a fee - substantial - to be applied except for 3% administrative fee to any debt carried by lobbied agency. This is anyone wanting to 'talk,' other than answering a summons or completing a required form. Does not apply to someone applying for assistance under mandate of agency.

Submitted by RoundHouseJim in Taxes & Budget Jan. 16, 2015, 10:02 a.m.

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Any Congress member that votes to shutdown the government should be immediately prosecuted for treason, fired immediately, sent home immediately at their own expense, no benefits. 'treason' is defined as an act against the government.

Submitted by clneill in Economy & Jobs Jan. 16, 2015, 9:07 a.m.

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Aggressive progressive Minimum Alternative Tax on personal income starting at 10% on income over $250K and going to 90% on incomer over $25 million. And a corporate MAT. Leave the tax code alone. It is so complex for a reason. Just add and simple MAT.

Submitted by Joe Everett in Taxes & Budget Jan. 16, 2015, 9:56 a.m.

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Spend $300 Billion to create 10 Million new jobs paying $15 an hour, for all the people still out of work from the 2008 job crash.

Submitted by Ed Musgrave in Economy & Jobs Jan. 15, 2015, 4:43 a.m.

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STOP THESE OUTRAGEOUS TRADE PACTS THAT USURP OUR POWER TO GOVERN OURSELVES AND THAT CONTINUE TO ENRICH A GLOBAL ELITE THAT IS ACCOUNTABLE TO NO ONE AND HAS UNPRECEDENTED MILITARY AND FINANCIAL POWER. ...BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. IT MAY ALREADY BE TOO LATE!!!

Submitted by BeFree in Economy & Jobs Jan. 16, 2015, 11:23 a.m.

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Congressional compensation, both Senate and House, should be a multiple of the median US household income. This is called "incentive pay". It ensures that their interests are the same as ours. As it is now, to serve in the US congress, you have to either be a millionaire, or beg one for money.

Submitted by Grover in Government & Elections Jan. 16, 2015, 10:50 a.m.

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Put federal/state sales taxes on bullets - something like $5 per bullet. Still allows gun owners to own and use guns and doesn't require any registration or collection of personal data.

Submitted by Liz in Society & Community Jan. 16, 2015, 10:02 a.m.

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Start a National campaign to teach people how to prepare healthy food for themselves. The skill of food acquisition and preparation is necessary for healthy populations. Early childhood education for appreciation of home cooked food and food ambassadors at grocery stores to teach adults are good places to start.

Submitted by Suzan in Health Jan. 16, 2015, 10:50 a.m.

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Use transitioning military personnel to reduce the overall cost of public infrastructure while at the same time providing on the job training and providing introductions to prospective employers. The project funding should supplement the military pay such that the transitioning military personnel's pay would be relatively commensurate with private sector workers in comparable positions.

Submitted by bscinor in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 16, 2015, 3:18 a.m.

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Congress should pass a bill funding & our President sign into law an Acto to acquire lands, planning, design, construction & equipment for safe breeder nuclear reactors including funding for controlled matter-antimatter fusion electrical power generation.

Submitted by Bruce Bennett in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 15, 2015, 1:18 p.m.

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Have one in four or so people on welfare trained in good child care, then employ them as government paid child care for those in poverty to allow them to get better jobs without worrying about how they will pay for child care while they work. This gives good jobs to ~25% of them, and frees the others to get jobs knowing that their children will be well cared for.

Submitted by Titania B. from OR in Economy & Jobs Jan. 16, 2015, 10:40 a.m.

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More money for CPS Services to protect children from abusers; a national database of abusers and their victims; better follow up by CPS workers to homes of children who have been designated as victims of abuse. There are way too many children being abused and killed because of lack of resources for CPS Services.

Submitted by JoAnne C. from TX in Health Jan. 16, 2015, 10:32 a.m.

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Government Overhaul: All leadership should answer to civilian review boards; demand those who were bailed out to reimburse the tax payers; equal rights; voting rights; equitable affordable healthcare; equitable & preserved incomes and earned benefits not for just government officials but for all citizens; education and job opportunities for all citizens; small business support; equitable tax burden; eliminate tax-exemption and non-profits; livable wages for all citizens; environmental quality

Submitted by joejarr in Uncategorized Jan. 16, 2015, 10:40 a.m.

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Restructure corporate income tax so that the companies that made over 200 billion dollars will pay a fair share, instead of nothing. If the Republican party is being honest about debt reduction being a priority, then they can close the tax loopholes and reduce the debt while saving Medicare, social security, and repairing the infrastructure.

Submitted by Gregory Smith in Taxes & Budget Jan. 16, 2015, 8:15 a.m.

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show that Hydro-Fracking is not sustainable, way too toxic,wastes millions of gallons of fresh water per well, per day, fills up the groundwater with 600 plus, volatile,hormone disruptors, and cancer causing chemicals, skirts the Clean Air, Clean and Clean Water Acts, by way of ,the Halliburton Loophole ,written by the extraction industry, and Dick Chaney,leaks large amounts of "Methane" that is 80 times worse than C O2. Ruins farms, and property values, it will never pay for itself. Treason

Submitted by george d. from WI in Environment Jan. 16, 2015, 11:26 a.m.

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Allow online taxpayers to itemize not only their tax deductions, but their tax expenditures as well. Want to fund only the Forestry Service? Go ahead! Have a fondness for the Navy? Make it your 50% priority! Those who choose not to itemize will have their tax dollars allocated by the formula Congress passes; and if no one steps up for the NSA, well, too bad so sad!

Submitted by FairBal in Taxes & Budget Jan. 16, 2015, 1:31 a.m.

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Forget Drug Test for Gov't Programs Require enrollment in educational program for entitlement to unemployment or any welfare program. Require proof of satisfactory attendance, not grades just as filing of seeking employment. Exemptions that make sense.

Submitted by hakeson in Economy & Jobs Jan. 16, 2015, 8:45 a.m.

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5-term limits for the Senate.

Submitted by npettet in Government & Elections Jan. 16, 2015, 9:45 a.m.

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Remove financial incentive and break up families and create fatherless children. Stop paying women to be single and making financial incentive to divide up a household. A family should not be able to divorce, not marry, or split up for the sole purpose of getting more assistance income.

Submitted by Michael T. from GA in Society & Community Jan. 16, 2015, 10:44 a.m.

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