The Big Ideas Project

Cheap products have bad things in them, but the profit motive makes them hard to get rid of. Have a public servant buy things for the public that it needs. How much it costs is not the important factor but what it does to the public health & welfare. More expensive but healthier berries are bot and the cheap less healthy berries are not. This changes the behavior of producers and more importantly salesmen & CEO's lose status in society and no longer determine all wage and resource allocations.

Submitted by Trickster in Society & Community Dec. 18, 2014, 2:47 a.m.

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20 votes

The National Press and Medis are not covering the important story and court case to try and get the Eric Garner Grand Jury Transcript released. They are not letting the American Public know that the court case is happening. This is wrong. A gag order was placed on NYCLU and the Legal Aid Society who filed the court case. When CNN called they were not allowed to speak to them. Now that the illegal gag order is lifted CNN and MSNBC are not covering the story. They are silent. Demand the story!

Submitted by Gail Cohen in Civil Rights Jan. 13, 2015, 9:22 p.m.

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20 votes

Get government out of education and convert to a proficiency based education system. Where anyone can get a proficiency certificate in anything they want. This will allow employers to know what they are getting when they hire a new employee.

Submitted by Chyle in Education Dec. 12, 2014, 8:03 a.m.

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#2256

20 votes

New tax code: all income should legally be deposited by check or automatic, to your bank, who removes your taxes and leaves the rest alone. My guess is that we would have a 15% tax rate for everybody, changing as budgets change. And everybody would end up paying their fair share.

Submitted by jeshafsh in Taxes & Budget Jan. 3, 2015, 8:58 p.m.

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#2256

20 votes

SUPERVISED INJECTION FACILITIES (SIFs) - SIFs are legally sanctioned and medically supervised facilities where injecting drug users are able to inject pre-obtained drugs in a hygienic environment. They do not lead to an increase in crime or youth drug use in the surrounding area. SIFs reduce HIV, Hepatitis C, as well as overdose deaths & link users to detox, rehabilitation, housing and job training. They're cost-effective and they save lives! Please support.

Submitted by HowaboutaSIF in Health Jan. 11, 2015, 12:47 a.m.

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#2265

19 votes

Pay tv producers to promote racial bonding.

Submitted by Kris-Progressive in Society & Community Dec. 17, 2014, 4:35 p.m.

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#2265

19 votes

Employ range voting in all elections.

Submitted by ct in Government & Elections Dec. 29, 2014, 8:31 p.m. 1

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#2265

19 votes

Stop the division in Congress by forever banning the phrase "across the aisle". Alternate seating according to party affiliation.

Submitted by Harley in Government & Elections Jan. 4, 2015, 11:13 p.m.

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#2265

19 votes

--Have Efficient Campaign Ads-- It is possible to have campaign ads that don't cost much but have a big impact. Send letters to campaign experts and you will get some ideas.

Submitted by tiborw in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 8:28 p.m.

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#2265

19 votes

Tax proposals need to promote the restoration of the middle class. All proposals oriented toward raising money for the operation of the government are punitive, if they cannot cause growth in one way or another. Wages have dropped as a result of globalization. Income inequality is a symptom, not a cause. Tax reform of any kind should address the cause. We need to attract business growth in the U.S..

Submitted by Robert B. from MI in Taxes & Budget Jan. 8, 2015, 6:41 p.m.

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#2265

19 votes

Build Keystone Pipeline but insist that it be tested with fresh water from Canada. If it leaks cancel the oil imports and buy water to fill our aquifers. No oil ever will come through that pipeline but we get a few jobs out of the process.

Submitted by Tom R in Environment Dec. 26, 2014, 1:50 p.m.

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19 votes

If taxpayers must have certain I.D. to vote, then they should also have certain I.D. to pay taces.

Submitted by Gregory B. in Government & Elections Dec. 12, 2014, 5:57 p.m.

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19 votes

Create a "trash tax" that taxes based on the amount of packaging a product uses and uses the funds to expand waste management and recycling programs to solve 3 problems at 1 time, huge amounts of trash, huge amounts of unemployment, and saving resources.

Submitted by amiller in Economy & Jobs Jan. 10, 2015, 3:46 p.m.

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19 votes

HELP PUT THE COMMUITY JOBS FORUM(HON. VALARIE JARRETT) INTO THE COMUNITY IN ALL STATE'S. CERTIFICATION COURSE-CTE-COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES/NATIONWIDE #80,000 NEW JOBS (MEDICAL SATATION TECHNICIAN. BISHOP, CEPHAS RICHARDSON/DEVLOPER

Submitted by YES in Economy & Jobs Jan. 7, 2015, 2:50 p.m.

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19 votes

NASA should seek Private Donations through aggressive advertising. Donations can be a one time deal or fixed monthly amounts. I would personally donate $50 a month.

Submitted by Cyrus_1 in Infrastructure & Technology Dec. 19, 2014, 4:45 a.m.

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#2265

19 votes

Initiate a multi-year/multi-pronged campaign to eliminate socially constructed sex roles for women and men, and the socially-constructed gender traits and behaviors we are taught from birth to enforce and perpetuate those roles. These unnatural restricting roles are bad for men, bad for women and bad for our world.

Submitted by Barbara B. from CA in Civil Rights Jan. 8, 2015, 3:52 p.m.

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#2265

19 votes

Consider all the deaths by disease asa Homeland Security problem. Three trillion for our recent wars which have only created more terorism which should be considered a disease? Terrorists are mentally ill, but so are people who go after them for vengeance. How many lives would have been saved if we invested that kind of money at the NIH? Our leaders do not seem to really care about our people. Maybe the Supreme Court should interpret the Constitution according to its preamble & we the people!

Submitted by Richard T. from ME in Health Jan. 4, 2015, 11:20 p.m.

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19 votes

Eliminate the corporate income tax - The system that we have today makes US companies uncompetitive on the worldwide stage. Companies spend way too much time figuring out how to minimize their taxes instead of delivering excellent products and services to their customers. So eliminate the corporate tax and let US businesses flourish. Besides, everyone knows that taxes paid by corporations are actually paid by customers so let's just be honest with ourselves and just eliminate it.

Submitted by bill in Taxes & Budget Dec. 22, 2014, 5:15 p.m. 1

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19 votes

Smoking, drug, alcohol programs in schools to teach why what and how people use, WITH SHARING.

Submitted by Kris-Progressive in Society & Community Dec. 17, 2014, 4:59 p.m.

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19 votes

Implement Approval Voting, the simplest beneficial change to our current system of voting, for all elections.

Submitted by Drew B in Government & Elections Jan. 3, 2015, 3:16 p.m.

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#2265

19 votes

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