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Create an ongoing website like this for every Congressional and Senate District. 3 voting categories for each issue: one if you live in District/State, one if you live in USA and one for Internationals! Lets let our government and the people know the pulse of the people!

Submitted by mekorganic in Government & Elections Jan. 4, 2015, 11:35 p.m.

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Let's force Ford, GM, GE, Google,Amtrak, Skytran, DARPA, MIT, the NHSTB to come together to plan the vehicle of the future because it isn't a car, smartcar, train, skycab or bus... It is probably a combination of all of these...I clearly see an electric vehicle that can mount an automated interstate rail, get off and drive like an ordinary electric car ...All will need to contribute for it to succeed...The alternative is one buys the rest...Never to early for Alan Mullaly to plan ahead-Mitch C

Submitted by just mitch in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 4, 2015, 2:12 p.m.

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#2135

31 votes

index minimum wage inversely to unemployment and pay big negative income tax to low-income workers

Submitted by Daws A. from WA in Economy & Jobs Dec. 27, 2014, 1:46 a.m.

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#2135

31 votes

Change the way corporations/companies are structured. Have all voting stock of a corporation owned by the people who work at the company/corp. At no time may a person who is not an employee able to own a voting share. If a person leaves the employ of the company, they must sell the stock back to the company at current net worth. To obtain operating capital the corp may sell non voting shares to the general public. Those share would be traded on NYSE, etc.

Submitted by PbillP65 in Economy & Jobs Jan. 5, 2015, 8:23 a.m.

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#2135

31 votes

Death penalty is reserved only for anyone elected to public office who is convicted of accepting any bribe whatsoever.

Submitted by CitizenUSA in Government & Elections Dec. 17, 2014, 2:34 a.m.

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#2145

30 votes

It's time to bring back earmarks in the form of 'THE PEOPLE'S PORK'! Every Congressional district should be given, say, one million dollars to be spent in the district on one or more local projects, employing local people, using local stuff. But instead of being directed by the local Member of Congress, the expenditures would be proposed and voted on in an online government-conducted and refereed in-district crowdsourcing -- at a site with a name like www.peoplespork.gov!

Submitted by Gregory Wright, ADA So Cal Board Member in Government & Elections Dec. 22, 2014, 5:32 a.m.

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#2145

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Remove all partisanship from the FEC & electoral process. Remove state AG's from any oversight of the election processes and mandate FEDERAL RULES & LAWS to oversee all elections of federal offices.

Submitted by ALCJR in Government & Elections Jan. 10, 2015, 4:35 p.m.

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Review and significantly increase all leasing of public lands, especially for grazing and natural resource harvesting and extraction, including a 1.5% tax on sales resulting from such activities. Put the money into public lands management, including regulatory development and enforcement. Ditto for entities exercising rights on other people's private properties.

Submitted by Y. Sam in Taxes & Budget Jan. 8, 2015, 11:54 a.m. 1

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#2145

30 votes

institute carbon tax, index payroll tax burden to carbon tax burden

Submitted by Daws A. from WA in Taxes & Budget Dec. 27, 2014, 1:44 a.m.

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#2145

30 votes

TAX ON LUXURY GOODS, SERVICES, AND EXPERIENCES LIKE ORBITAL ROMPS

Submitted by Justice Allaround in Taxes & Budget Dec. 18, 2014, 10:41 p.m.

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#2145

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Support self-determination [Kosovo-style] and oppose ethnic chauvinism that violates human rights declarations, conventions, treaties, and covenants, especially in Israel, Ukraine, and the Baltic States where the moral high ground is ceded to Russia which is gaining an advantage by coming to the defense of beleaguered ethnic Russians.Restore national security by prosecuting torturers and terrorists who alienate allies and make enemies with their criminal behaviour that offends human decency.

Submitted by roger in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 10, 2014, 11:10 p.m.

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The public funds NASA and the public deserves to know the full truth about what has been discovered on the Moon and Mars. It's time to offer Richard Hoagland the job of NASA administrator. The world is paying a heavy price for our dependence on fossil fuels, and the alternative energy sources that Hoagland and Steven Greer have been investigating need to be publicized regardless of how much harm may be inflicted on familiar religious doctrines and other belief systems.

Submitted by Rob W. in Society & Community Jan. 4, 2015, 11:03 p.m.

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Have every one of your leaders read the seminal essay by John Maynard Keynes, 1930:"Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren", readily available online and known by all economists. We are in the midst of the change that he foresaw and the big idea is to make the transition as smooth as possible.

Submitted by Sidney in Economy & Jobs Dec. 17, 2014, 12:52 p.m. 1

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Create actual "Freedom OF Religion" by mandating public schools include religious education, given by Representatives of religions, WITHIN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS. Stop the teaching that "belief in God is wrong" by our school systems to our youth.

Submitted by disgusted with "experts" in Civil Rights Jan. 3, 2015, 11:55 a.m. 2

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Give underrepresented minority caucuses line-item vetos. For example, if ~15% of the population is black, and fewer than ~15% of serving congresspeople are black, the congressional black caucus can use the veto. They can veto up to one line-item in any bill. The veto can be overridden by a 2/3 majority vote of congress. Eligible caucuses are those protected in various civil rights legislation (religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, etc).

Submitted by Simon R, Political Organizer in Government & Elections Dec. 11, 2014, 7:47 a.m.

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A Constitutional Amendment recognizing that tax cuts on the rich do NOT pay for themselves, which has been repeatedly, analytically, economically demonstrated for decades. Therefore, all tax cuts on the rich may ONLY be given with specific, corresponding cuts elsewhere in the budget, which may not result in increasing the tax burden on the lower and/or middle classes.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Taxes & Budget Jan. 9, 2015, 10:49 a.m.

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#2156

29 votes

Resources based economy....

Submitted by James s. from WA in Infrastructure & Technology Dec. 17, 2014, 2:44 p.m.

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#2156

29 votes

Pass a constitutional amendment making all current and future states of emergencies subject to a vote of the people every three months. States of emergency - by their very nature - supersede (replace) the Constitution, and it is because of the current states of emergency that we are losing the Constitution as our governing authority, along with our Bill of Rights and our freedom.

Submitted by Herschel D. from CA in Government & Elections Dec. 18, 2014, 1:35 a.m.

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#2156

29 votes

Accept that we are living beyond our means as a country. Work through tax policy changes or otherwise to discourage large salaries and encourage living wages.

Submitted by Kurt L. from OH in Economy & Jobs Dec. 15, 2014, 10:31 p.m.

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#2156

29 votes

immediately legislate the abolition of the CIA, THE COST IS RELATIVELY SMALL COMPARED TO WHAT IT SPENT. WE WILL UNEMPLOY ABOUT 5,000 PEOPLE. ALL OFNWHOMMUST TALE LIE DETECTOR TESTS TO ECOE RE-EMPLOYED IN THE REPLACEMENT AGENCY, EXCEPT FOR THOSE HOLKDING APPOINENT LEVEL POITIONS -- NONE OF WHOM CAN EVER AGAIN WORK FOR THE FED. EVER!

Submitted by ed in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 10, 2014, 7:51 p.m.

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#2156

29 votes

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