The Big Ideas Project

Think Global, Act Local: I will do a humanitarian gesture to three different individuals who are stuck and couldn't have done it by themselves. Each one of them will equally assist three other fellow humans in crossing a "bridge" that is beyond their reach. By so doing, this stimulus of positivity will spread and become very contagious-overwhelmingly global as a wind of change. This could involve feeding three malnourished children, even just once and inducing them to do the minimum for others.

Submitted by Tiegum! in Society & Community Jan. 12, 2015, 11:07 a.m.

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#2425

8 votes

Perhaps the biggest threat facing the country is climate change, yet we spend >$700 billion/yr on the military & little money fighting climate change. A 1 MW wind turbines to power ~250 homes costs ~$1.5 million. We could produce enough power for all US homes for ~$790 billion. I propose that we should assign $100 billion/yr from the military budget for ten years and dedicate it to fund wind, solar power and other alternative energy sources.

Submitted by Apinak in Environment Jan. 16, 2015, 1:09 a.m.

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#2425

8 votes

Open the current Medicare system to every employed individual as follows; The standard payroll deduction continues and an additional deduction of the current cost to retirees is added to the monthly cost. If the employee has dependents that do not qualify for any other type of health coverage an additional current cost deduction applies for each dependent. The employee also has the option of purchasing a supplemental plan to cover costs not covered by Medicare

Submitted by ACM in Health Jan. 15, 2015, 1:49 p.m.

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#2425

8 votes

-- DIVIDE the UNITED STATES -- -- CIVIL SEPARATION -- -- END ETHICAL/POLITICAL POLARIZATION -- TWO COUNTRIES/DIFFERENT IDEALS --

Submitted by Betheiam in Society & Community Dec. 19, 2014, 11:32 p.m.

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#2444

7 votes

Stop the fracking

Submitted by bruce d. from FL in Environment Jan. 16, 2015, 8:32 a.m.

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#2444

7 votes

First: stop oil wars. Second: Our military is stretched throughout the entire world. Some of them have been there for 50/60 years and supporting their economies.. Stop this military insanity. Bring them all home and support American taxpayers needs.

Submitted by Mary k. from PA in Foreign Policy & Military Jan. 15, 2015, 11:26 a.m.

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#2444

7 votes

Another Election regulation we should create, All Candidates should be only allowed to run in One party, One slot only, NO Exceptions! 2 widen the field of candidates to choose from!

Submitted by Bill J Ryan in Government & Elections Jan. 8, 2015, 6:58 p.m.

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#2444

7 votes

Nationalize the oil industry. Oil is not produced by the labor of men, it is produced by very slow biogeological processes. While the labor of extraction should be compensated, a considerable amount of the value obtained by an oil company is obtained simply by controlling the natural resource. This practice should be put to rest.

Submitted by Geolibertarian in Taxes & Budget Jan. 15, 2015, 3:44 p.m.

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#2444

7 votes

This week I tried helping two ladies with gaining a permanent home. Valid Id's and getting off the street. They declined the help. Why would they do that? Should we have more laws that help homeless people by taking their rights away for 30 days and getting them the help that they need? If they were mentally ill and not responsible for themselves. Obviously that is the case since they would be found to be homeless. We need programs to force them into a shelter, force them to progress.

Submitted by KarlaJo in Society & Community Jan. 5, 2015, 12:33 a.m.

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#2444

7 votes

Gridlock in Washington is so long-term that our youngest generation questions the need for a federal government. Appoint a bipartisain congressional committee to focus on how to pass legislation, publishing report findings in the NY Times within 60 days.

Submitted by jbold in Government & Elections Jan. 15, 2015, 5:37 p.m.

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#2444

7 votes

I think all our House and Senate politicians should not receive their salaries for the rest of their lives when they retire. I also think they should not be allowed to vote on their own raises. This should be put on the ballot for all the people that elected them to decide if they should get a raise when they think they deserve one. I bet all employees would like to be able to decide if they themselves could get raises whenever they wanted. Bankruptcy wouldn' t be far away.

Submitted by Ruthie H. from MO in Government & Elections Jan. 15, 2015, 5:11 p.m.

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#2444

7 votes

Build a water pipeline from the Mississippi River to California. Power the pumps with solar and wind. Properly planned, this would help with the west's chronic droughts, make California's agriculture better, food cheaper, and help with Midwest floods. (Plus tens of thousands of jobs.)

Submitted by Adamsp in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 14, 2015, 8:04 a.m.

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#2444

7 votes

America's foreign policy trust issues are revealed through the policies, treaties and compacts they violate with America's Tribal Nations. Stop breaking treaties, stop stealing Tribal lands and stop the food, water and resource colonialism which is the direct causation of poverty to all Native Americans, on and off reservations!

Submitted by Scientist Warrior in Foreign Policy & Military Jan. 16, 2015, 8:54 a.m.

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#2444

7 votes

Overturn Citizens United and call for Article V Constitutional Amendment that will drain the swamp of corruption that our leaders in Washington are swimming in in the form of legalized bribery that they just so happen to have enacted into law themselves. Washington is too corrupt to fix itself. Luckily the framers of our Constitution had enough foresight to see there may come a time when the government in Washington has become too broken to fix itself. That day is here and now.

Submitted by Wolf PAC in Government & Elections Jan. 16, 2015, 8:50 a.m.

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#2444

7 votes

Force all government-contract defense companies to pay for the misery they lobby to create. Make them pick up the tab for every maimed soldier's psychological and medical needs, financially support families of all dead soldiers, and cover all foreign aid and other funds paying damages to destroyed countries.

Submitted by Dorothy Hamilton Sherman in Foreign Policy & Military Jan. 15, 2015, 10:20 a.m.

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#2444

7 votes

Pass legislation for a single payer health care system in America by extending Medicare to all citizens and legal residents from birth to death through public taxpayer funding. Remove the financial health care cost burden from business and industry to encourage economic growth, research and innovation.

Submitted by Majorman in Health Jan. 16, 2015, 4:19 a.m.

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#2444

7 votes

Take the 100 most underperforming schools in the country and transform them into magnificent learning hubs. Invest in refurbishing, make the schools state of the art in regard to technology, try to attract some of the best teachers in the country, create a plethora of afterschool programs including possibly a "help with homework" room where educators are available after hours to help students with homework assignments. Even try to invest in the area surrounding the school.

Submitted by PJM in Education Jan. 15, 2015, 4:58 p.m.

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#2444

7 votes

Building pipelines thousands of miles through the Rockies & Sierras, etc., to water deserts? Size our communities for reasonably local resources (water, food, building materials, etc.). Develop more habitable places. Relocate businesses & people to them. Make it easy, affordable & energy efficient to VISIT deserts, hurricane coastlands, faultlines, tornado alley, flood zones, etc., but for god's sake don't waste & resources & exacerbate Climate Change fighting nature trying to LIVE in them.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 14, 2015, 10:13 a.m.

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#2444

7 votes

Put on everybodies pay stub or statement, the amout of their withholding is going to the military..

Submitted by Gary G. from CO in Taxes & Budget Jan. 12, 2015, 4:42 p.m.

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#2444

7 votes

Update the Constitution to give the people control of the currency. Audit and end the Federal Reserve system. The currency has lost 95% of its value, and banks effectively control the government. Take back the currency and democracy.

Submitted by Daniel S. from CA in Government & Elections Jan. 15, 2015, 2:49 p.m.

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#2460

6 votes

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