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AMERICAN HOMEOWNERS NEED OUR BAILOUT!!!!!! MY HOUSE MORTGAGE IS STILL UNDERWATER!!! we need a mark to market value reduction in our mortgage BALANCE to reflect our LOSS OF EQUITY!! FROM THE WALL SREET PONZI-MILL MELTDOWN! The Banks were saved! What about the rest of us?

Submitted by Kristopher W. from OR in Economy & Jobs Jan. 9, 2015, 4:53 p.m.

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#2299

16 votes

Establish an SBA division for Worker & Consumer Co-ops (& Time Banks). Allocate $2B dollars for a pilot program to incubate and support the growth of co-ops in fifty cities. Allocate $39.5M per city, $2M of which will go to the administration of the program within that city by the local SBA branch & $37.5M for co-op loans. That leaves $25M for the Federal SBA Division of Co-ops for overall administration of the program.

Submitted by Y. Sam in Economy & Jobs Jan. 13, 2015, 11:01 a.m.

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#2299

16 votes

repeal NAFTA that put our jobs over seas , stop importing products that are manufactured in country's that don't have equal regulations and costs to manufacture of our own country , this dose not mean putting a Canada or other country false label on it either

Submitted by scott Eagle in Economy & Jobs Jan. 15, 2015, 2:26 p.m.

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#2299

16 votes

Increase the money supply to reduce the cost of paying down debts.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Economy & Jobs Dec. 16, 2014, 4:17 p.m.

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#2322

14 votes

Times have changed/old answers are not enough. Good jobs are declining We need new solutions to create jobs by creating incentives to provide economic growth through tax policies such as : 1. Tax benefits to bring manufacturing back to America and reward research and development for long term gains. 2. Redefine limits to work hours for full time workers encouraging new hires and discouraging overworking current full time workers. Better jobs feed the economic growth.

Submitted by Nancy M. from VT in Economy & Jobs Jan. 14, 2015, 11:28 p.m.

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#2322

14 votes

hit the inflation target

Submitted by Daws A. from WA in Economy & Jobs Dec. 27, 2014, 1:37 a.m.

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#2322

14 votes

Give tax incentives to businesses that increase their numbers of full time employees with full benefits

Submitted by Eva in Economy & Jobs Jan. 13, 2015, 9:52 p.m.

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#2339

13 votes

CEO's should not be allowed to make more than 20% higher than what their average worker makes.

Submitted by Yes in Economy & Jobs Jan. 13, 2015, 11:34 a.m.

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#2339

13 votes

Encourage the night-life. It could be 20% of the economy. If a person is driving recklessly, as proven by a police dash camera, then arrest them. Let the public go out at night. How sad is it the a city of 100,000 can't support a dance band?

Submitted by John Norton in Economy & Jobs Dec. 18, 2014, 2:54 a.m.

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#2339

13 votes

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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#2355

12 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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#2376

11 votes

Interest Rate Caps (Federal Anti-Usury Statute) and Retirement of Personal Debts: 1) "Get The 'US' Out of USURY": re-institute anti-usury laws at the Federal level (no more exceptions for states like Delaware) with an absolute interest rate cap of 10%; and 2) Repayment of Credit Card Debt: all credit card charges are to be paid off in the order in which they were incurred (chronological order), and AS SOON AS 150% of the original purchase price has been repaid, that debt is PAID IN FULL

Submitted by Donald K. from CA in Economy & Jobs Jan. 13, 2015, 1:30 a.m.

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#2376

11 votes

Our government provided trillions of government guaranteed dollar to provide a bailout for the "too big to fail banks." Now the American people need the bailout. The Federal Reserve with a stroke of a pen created trillions to give faltering banks a second chance. The same should be done for our citizens...Cancel all debts owed to banks as a "We The People Bailout".

Submitted by caprice in Economy & Jobs Jan. 12, 2015, 7:51 p.m.

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#2405

9 votes

Pass a bill for a program to aid all senior citizens in foreclosure on reverse mortgages mandating relief from the bank settlements made with big banks. Please unite with me against #Reverse #Mortgages and #ReverseMortgage #Foreclosures. Discuss issues at OpEdNews http://bit.ly/13Lj8r4

Submitted by Joyce O. from AZ in Economy & Jobs Jan. 15, 2015, 9:29 a.m.

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#2405

9 votes

Social Security was put in place to address the FACT that life is challenging & most people will NOT succeed in preparing for retirement without a mandatory savings program with a lock box. People want to borrow from SS (& 401K's), but then we'd go back to vast majority retiring destitute. Instead, we need more distributed income/wealth, better wages, more robust SS. & Changing values (culture) for a little less immediate gratification & consumption so needs & wants don't always outpace income.

Submitted by Y. Sam in Economy & Jobs Jan. 14, 2015, 10:57 a.m.

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#2405

9 votes

Congress should pass a law allowing airlines to offer "standing tickets" on flights whereby poles would be placed in part of the plane for discount fares and to maximize use of plane space and airline profits.

Submitted by CrispE4546 in Economy & Jobs Dec. 14, 2014, 12:22 p.m.

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#2405

9 votes

Pass the Carbon Fee and Dividend proposed by the Citizens' Climate Lobby. A price is put on carbon at source based on emission or release of $15/ton of green house gas emissions. Price is raised $10/year. 100% of money returned to people of the USA monthly. Border fee on imports based on their carbon foot print. Border subsidy provided on exports to compensate for carbon fee. Acts as stimulus. Grows economy and creates 2.8 million jobs over 20 years and reduces carbon pollution by 50%.

Submitted by Ron T. in Economy & Jobs Jan. 16, 2015, 8:19 a.m.

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#2425

8 votes

Raise the minimum wage to $16.00/hr for all workers with the rate raising each year with the rate of real inflation, not an index.

Submitted by wildheart812 in Economy & Jobs Jan. 15, 2015, 5:33 p.m.

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#2425

8 votes

Nationalize all the banks! Keep all the employees and managers, they are government employees from now on. Their HUGE profits now go to the federal government. Eventually, individual taxation shall no longer be needed. And the bank's risky schemes shall no longer take place, or be supervised by government, now present at all board meetings. I see this as the only path to a saner economy.

Submitted by Shiva in Economy & Jobs Jan. 15, 2015, 9:25 a.m.

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#2460

6 votes

Establish a corporate tax incentive, leveraging the corporate tax rate, that reduces a company's tax liability if the median hourly rate for their employees is considered "a livable" or "fair wage." The higher their employee's hourly rate (excluding executives) the lower their corporate tax liabiliy. This would directly help small businesses reduce their tax burden and significantly benefit low wage workers, while incentivising big corporations to profit share with employees to drive earnings.

Submitted by Integrityoverpolitics in Economy & Jobs Jan. 13, 2015, 10:08 p.m.

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#2460

6 votes

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