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Job guarantee. Modern Money Theory points out money is a social construct. We won't ever run out. Government "debt" is completely unlike household debt. Nothing prevents the only fiscally unconstrained player in the economy from employing the unemployed, or from funding alternative energy infrastructure.

Submitted by Adameran in Economy & Jobs Dec. 10, 2014, 1:59 p.m.

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#1897

49 votes

Establish a 4-year, $1 trillion ($250B/yr) program to provide meaningful living wage jobs for those under 30 and over 50 who want and are able to work. Preferably jobs having to do with green programs, infrastructure, affordable housing and services for those with homelessness, substance abuse, or mental illness issues.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Economy & Jobs Dec. 16, 2014, 12:56 p.m.

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#1909

48 votes

Get rid of the 'penny'. Round up every transaction to the next nickel (or dime) and use the extra .01-.09 to fund a social welfare or infrastructure project

Submitted by Democratic_Actuary in Economy & Jobs Dec. 11, 2014, 5:21 a.m.

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#1909

48 votes

Set terms for stock ownership after purchase. The stock market is no longer about it's initial purpose - to provoke investment around worthwhile ideas and companies. Instead it's about speculation and micro-trades. If we made a stock purchase meaningful by forcing the purchasee to own it for even a week, we would return the market to something that even makes sense for a society.

Submitted by Mike S in Economy & Jobs Jan. 10, 2015, 5:07 p.m.

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#1923

47 votes

Establish a $50B foreclosure relief program for the 4 years. Provide some relief to those who were foreclosed during the crisis. Provide some stimulus to the economy.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Economy & Jobs Dec. 16, 2014, 4:42 p.m.

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#1938

46 votes

Invest half of the prior OIF and OEF budget in domestic infrastructure rehabilitation, to include conversion of the nation's highway roads into solar collection systems, bridge repair, and energy grid efficiency improvement. Use some of the taxpayers dollars to repair America.

Submitted by Knowledge in Economy & Jobs Dec. 19, 2014, 2:21 p.m.

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#1938

46 votes

We should help those jobless who have good ideas create co-operative, worker owned businesses, so we not only help them get jobs, but improve the economy, and turn the business climate in America away from bottom-line, non-nationalist corporations, to companies with a vested interest in 1)their workers' well-being, 2) the country's economic welfare.

Submitted by Dorlinda C. from CA in Economy & Jobs Jan. 9, 2015, 3:50 a.m.

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#1946

45 votes

A long term rather futeristic long-term solution to the jobs and energy issue. Let's Solve Problems Rather Than Spout Rhetoric - SOLVING THE ENERGY DILEMMA AND REVIVING OUR SPACE PROGRAMS See link for details:

Submitted by Richard N. Cox in Economy & Jobs Dec. 28, 2014, 6:50 p.m.

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#1946

45 votes

Much if not most of executive compensation is coming in the form of stock and/or stock options these days. For public companies, this means the executive can sell the stock the next year, pay a capital gains tax of 15-20% rather than income tax of 39.6%, encouraging them to focus on short-term value of the stock while allowing them to avoid income taxes for...income. Require all compensatory stock and options to the top 5% earners in the company to vest only AFTER three years.

Submitted by Y. Sam in Economy & Jobs Jan. 10, 2015, 12:31 p.m.

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#1964

43 votes

30 hour work week. A 25% cut in the labor supply would cause unemployment to drop and wages to rise.

Submitted by wg2001 in Economy & Jobs Jan. 5, 2015, 1:51 a.m.

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#1964

43 votes

Allow a one time 5% flat tax on the removal of up to $300,000.00 from tax sheltered funds (401K, 403B). This would take the money from Wall Street and put it back into Main Street. The result would be job and economic growth.

Submitted by Ben A. from CA in Economy & Jobs Dec. 11, 2014, 1:12 p.m.

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#1964

43 votes

Replace All Entitlements with A Basic Income Guarantee and Healthcare.

Submitted by Aria Littlhous in Economy & Jobs Jan. 4, 2015, 1:21 p.m.

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#1964

43 votes

It's a two-fold idea. Make railroads green. Find renewal ways (solar or wind power) to fuel railroads. Secondarily, take 18 Wheel Vehicles off the road, they are dangerous for other drivers and the environment. The shipments can be transported via railroads. Transition the drivers to the railroad industry to cover the extra shifts of rail transport.

Submitted by Plum in Economy & Jobs Jan. 8, 2015, 3:02 p.m.

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#1982

42 votes

Create a national tourism agency that will advertise tourism to the United States in foreign countries. Tourism is a huge industry and can create a lot of jobs. A lot of other countries already have agencies that do this work. Included is a link to Japan's agency.

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

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#1982

42 votes

Submitted by Dave Ewoldt in Economy & Jobs Dec. 18, 2014, 6:08 p.m.

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#1982

42 votes

Money and debt are corrosive ideas in a world in which all the needs of the world's population can have their basic needs met by utilizing technology. We must abolish all monetary debt, create systems for distribution of resources separate from the capitalistic model that values waste, obsolescence and profit for the sake of profit. Only through sustainability will the finite resources of the planet be managed in a way that will ensure mankind's future.

Submitted by Simon Holden in Economy & Jobs Dec. 31, 2014, 1:43 a.m.

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#1982

42 votes

Town hall Meetings held nationally to discuss: #1.Ethical behavior for Banks & financial firms...Reinstate some law like the repelled Galss-Steagal Act. #2. Simplify our national tax codes so more of the American public appreciate it is more Fair. #3.Simulate leaning to the Small businesses Nationally.. #4. invest in American made products. Jay Dillon Santa Fe,NM

Submitted by Jay D. from NM in Economy & Jobs Dec. 19, 2014, 12:43 p.m.

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#2000

41 votes

Send most members of Congress away; vote them out of office and vote in office those who care something about ordinary Americans, about "we, the people."

Submitted by Jean Toles in Economy & Jobs Dec. 19, 2014, 11:40 a.m.

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#2000

41 votes

United States ready for LIBERAL period! Labor History last 60 years! Workers in days gone by paid much better wages! Inflation & all economic factors accounted workers today are far behind! Workers had much better benefits,Home,Health Insurance paid by Employer, Pension, & much more! Workers need to know what wages should be today! If Workers know what their Grandparents made & understand where Money they should be making has gone it will cause Unions to arise and change our FUTURE<>

Submitted by Jerry H. from FL in Economy & Jobs Dec. 22, 2014, 9:47 a.m.

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#2017

40 votes

Economic security, a ubiqitous message that allows progressives to tailor their message on jobs, SS, WS, nation and energy security.

Submitted by Randy K R. from NV in Economy & Jobs Nov. 8, 2014, 9:44 p.m.

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#2017

40 votes

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