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Generously fund education pre-K through college for all American citizens that emphasizes science and encourages art.

Submitted by BtheBiggerPerson in Education Jan. 15, 2015, 12:12 p.m.

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Pass CEDAW and the International Covenant on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights. Support the UN in it's peacekeeping functions and work to make it a more effective organization.

Submitted by SIS Grad in Foreign Policy & Military Jan. 15, 2015, 1:46 p.m.

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Begin a student loan forgiveness program, it could be tied to community service or some other service. Our young people need help to get out from under this crushing debt.

Submitted by Judi A. in Education Jan. 16, 2015, 12:56 a.m.

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Privatize education and ban teacher's unions

Submitted by apv in Education Dec. 10, 2014, 11:04 p.m.

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Cost of living pay and pension increases should be percentage based on the lowest paid earners and that dollar amount should be given to everyone else. Higher earners do not need a higher increase in dollars than lower earners.

Submitted by Sara H. from NY in Society & Community Jan. 8, 2015, 3:25 p.m.

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Don't allow rich people to breed. Penalize them for every child they bring into the world. Allow them tax breaks for every existing child they rid us of.

Submitted by doctor faustroll in Economy & Jobs Dec. 18, 2014, 5:20 p.m. 1

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Allow a certain percentage campaign funding advantage for one candidate over the other. Also mandate that that any additional money, that advantaged candidate gets, has to be shared 50-50 with this opposing candidate.

Submitted by Bobwarren in Government & Elections Jan. 7, 2015, 10:39 p.m. 1

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Tax revenue on a particular activity ought to first go to regulating that activity or reducing the cost of that activity to the public (unless the point of the tax is to reduce consumption, such as sin taxes on cigarettes and alcohol). If there are funds left over or if there are no good related uses for them, then the revenues could be put to use on unrelated "needs."

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Taxes & Budget Jan. 9, 2015, 10:45 a.m.

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Hire scientists, engineers & laborers to build reservoirs around the melting ice caps to catch the melting water before it falls in the ocean & pipe that water to heavily populated drought areas, like California. Oil companies can find & pipe oil anywhere on earth. It can be done with water.

Submitted by Theresa D. from CA in Environment Jan. 9, 2015, 11:10 a.m.

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2013's Supreme Court decision weakened critical provisions of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), by rendering ineffective the requirement that certain jurisdictions with a history of voting discrimination get pre-approval for voting changes. Pass the Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 — a modern-day bill to strengthen voter protections nationwide. Remove all voting barriers currently enacted by Texas, Mississippi, North Carolina, Florida, Virginia, South Dakota, Iowa, and Indiana.

Submitted by Jeff Smith in Government & Elections Jan. 15, 2015, 1:37 p.m.

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Regulate the Regulators. Each gov dept/agency already has (or must have) an Inspector General (IG) who is responsible for investigating wrong-doing in its dept/agency. 1) Make these IG's elected officials by publicly financed campaigns. 2) Expand their duties & responsibilities such that they can & must (or be charged w/a felony w/mandatory jail time) prevent bribery, cronyism & conflicts of interest from interfering w/regulatory duties of the dept/agency. 3) Adequately fund IG offices by law.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Government & Elections Jan. 13, 2015, 10:29 a.m.

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Congressional Hearing for Chicago Housing Authority*** We must hold CHA and the City of Chicago Accountable as the stewards of safe & affordable housing. During the Summer of 2014 Major National Media Outlets reported that a non-profit organization via a FOIA discovered a secret reserve banking account with over 350 to 500 million dollars$$$ stashed away. Chicago Cranes Business Reported the most detailed coverage of the dangerous scandal. Patronage is Poison & a Threat to Liberty

Submitted by Elbert Tavon Briggs in Government & Elections Jan. 12, 2015, 10:25 a.m.

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Reduce corporate tax rates for corporations that the top salary is no more than 10 times the lowest salary, bonuses and profit sharing are are paid as an equal percentage to all employees, unequally paid bonuses and profit sharing are paid from retained earnings, acquisitions and merger costs are paid from retained earnings, political contributions and none employee entertainment are paid from retained earnings as are membership and other fees paid to business groups that are politically act

Submitted by ACM in Taxes & Budget Jan. 15, 2015, 2:05 p.m.

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A new, more fair way to tax capital gains should be implemented. 1.) Any capital gains accrued within one year or less shall be taxed at the next higher tax bracket. 2.) Amy capital gain accrued within one to five years shall be taxed as ordinary income, at the current, applicable tax bracket. 3.) Any capital gain accrued after five years shall be multiplied by the minimum wage in effect when the investment was made, divided by the minimum wage, in effect when the gain was taken.

Submitted by Bobwarren in Taxes & Budget Jan. 7, 2015, 11:35 p.m.

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Include teachers in the planning of curriculum. The testing that was developed and the common core that is being pushed was done with Pearson and Gates group with no input from teachers. The smater balanced test is designed to show failure and it has not been validated. Time for teaching not testing.

Submitted by sara E. from OR in Education Jan. 15, 2015, 11:42 p.m.

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Add preventative and spinal care to Obama Care

Submitted by Aaron Agassi in Health Jan. 15, 2015, 8:32 a.m.

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11 votes

Put the government (defense industry and similar )on a 6 day work week? Put the civilian work force on a 4 day work. Leave the take home pay the same based on 40 hours for both. 6/8's vs. 4/8's (same take home).

Submitted by ron_of_orange in Economy & Jobs Dec. 10, 2014, 2:53 p.m.

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If Jerusalem was like the Vatican (it's own little country, as I understand that), then there would be less fighting over it. Since it helped give birth to the faiths of Jews, Christians, and Muslims, it shouldn't have to suffer from politics.

Submitted by Michelle B. from LA in Foreign Policy & Military Jan. 11, 2015, 10:38 p.m.

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Deregulate health care by allowing those with a college degree to have autonomous health care by means of software, and allow self prescribing with a safety net. Clinics could have subscriber services that have a doctor monitoring in case they need expert intervention. It would be a limited license to practice medicine on yourself.

Submitted by Jacqueline S. from WI in Health Dec. 17, 2014, 9:25 p.m.

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Abolish the US Senate. This is a totally undemocratic institution made even more-so by its supermajority rules. Increase House of Reps terms to 4 years, half elected each year.

Submitted by jdmorris in Government & Elections Jan. 5, 2015, 9:24 a.m. 1

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