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Submitted by apv in Economy & Jobs Dec. 10, 2014, 11:05 p.m.

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#2281

18 votes

Stop obeying a constitution whose authors weren't even representative of their own society, much less ours. At each level (federal, state, local), the government (the executive) should be elected by a single legislative body elected by pure proportional representation.

Submitted by Merrill B. from VA in Government & Elections Dec. 26, 2014, 10:55 p.m.

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#2281

18 votes

Implement income tax surcharge of 10% to be divided 50:50 between retiring Iraq War debt (all 2 trillion of it) & infrastructure investment. Keep inplace until whole debt is paid.

Submitted by Kitty in Taxes & Budget Dec. 10, 2014, 11:58 p.m.

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#2281

18 votes

don:t put anymore taxes on the senior citizens

Submitted by ann s. from OH in Taxes & Budget Jan. 9, 2015, 9:18 a.m.

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#2281

18 votes

End exclusionary zoning and you'll be able to buy a home as easily and as cheaply as you can buy a car. Simple as that. My full proposal is at http://jamesrherman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/24/4961904-exclusionary-zoning-unconstitutional

Submitted by hermanjamers in Society & Community Jan. 8, 2015, 3:38 p.m.

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#2281

18 votes

SELL DETROIT: Impact Investing is an effort to get financiers to figure out how to put social responsibility into the spreadsheet of profitability. It's a big idea in search of a big test. I have one: SELL DETROIT to the highest Impact bidder! Seriously. See the link where the devil for good is in the details.

Submitted by OnePageEMPOWERMENT in Society & Community Dec. 10, 2014, 9:15 p.m. 1

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#2281

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Abolish income taxes on all levels of government and substitute it with a national sales tax of 27%. abolish state and local sales tax as well. the federal government should distribute a portion of the sales tax to states on a per capita basis. food (anything that is made for human consumption) , primary homes and all medical items will be exempt. this will take away all income tax loopholes.

Submitted by Vince B. in Taxes & Budget Dec. 10, 2014, 5:06 p.m.

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#2281

18 votes

Abolish Political Parties all together. Each individual is a "party". No stereotyping as a result of "Party Conditioning." This will force the voters to feel more self-important and would result in their feeling the need to become a more "Self-Informed" voter.

Submitted by thecatlady in Government & Elections Jan. 6, 2015, 10:27 p.m.

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#2281

18 votes

Moratorium on any legislation or state law regarding bitcoin and other crypto currencies. Like e-commerce taxes moratorium at the dawn of the Web, this moratorium will allow this most important innovation a chance to grow and restructure our ailing financial system and our democracy. See http://www.coindesk.com/proposed-us-moratorium-bitcoin-regulation/ US has put in prison innovators in this space and should revert those decisions. Many bitcoin startups today fled US. This will cost us jobs.

Submitted by Gene Vayngrib in Civil Rights Jan. 10, 2015, 5:07 p.m.

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#2281

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put the education back in the public schools. It is a known fact that kids learn faster the younger they are. I have a suggestion to make the junior high and high schools better. Include classes that do not take a whole year, make them packet classes in 6-8 week incriments. I also would like to see the students be able to graduate with certificate classes, like in welding, broadcasting, real estate sales persons license,

Submitted by Oaken in Education Jan. 11, 2015, 7:24 p.m.

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#2281

18 votes

National lottery to fund preschool for all.

Submitted by Zbigniew J. from NC in Education Dec. 19, 2014, 7:24 a.m.

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#2291

17 votes

Freeze all discretionary spending until the federal budget is balanced.

Submitted by Rohit K. from VA in Taxes & Budget Jan. 5, 2015, 4:51 p.m.

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#2291

17 votes

Within 20 years 20% of National GDP will be collected in federal taxes. Within 20 years 20% of a state's GDP will be collected in taxes. Currently federal taxes are around 16% total of GDP.

Submitted by 20 in 20 in Taxes & Budget Dec. 10, 2014, 4:19 p.m. 1

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#2291

17 votes

For those that have the time, setup up a call line to volunteer for jury and/or grand jury at the various government levels.

Submitted by Bill Korbel in Government & Elections Dec. 30, 2014, 2:44 p.m.

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#2291

17 votes

Eliminate hard currency completely. Mandate all consumer transactions be made via credit or debit cards. This will essentially do away with underground, black-market and smuggling activities; not to mention under-the-table employment and unreported income.

Submitted by Tom R. from OH in Taxes & Budget Dec. 10, 2014, 10:25 a.m.

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#2291

17 votes

No "garenteeing" second amendment rights to foreign fighters until they've proven the protection of first amendment rights !!

Submitted by John K. from MI in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 26, 2014, 9:01 p.m.

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#2291

17 votes

To advance home ownership we should allow first time home buyers to declare their rents on their taxes for up to 10 years and calculate the hypothetical savings they would have had if the rent were mortgage. The savings would accrue for up to 10 years and could be taken as a tax credit in the year a house is purchased. When selling the house the tax credit would have to be repaid

Submitted by John Belbute in Taxes & Budget Dec. 10, 2014, 3:01 p.m.

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#2291

17 votes

End gerrymandering and dilute the effects of money in campaigns by instituting Multi-Member districts and Ranked Choice Voting in the House of Representatives. http://www.fairvote.org/reforms/fair-representation-voting/

Submitted by Clark in Government & Elections Jan. 15, 2015, 4:33 p.m.

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#2291

17 votes

Build a Factory/Settlement on the Moon. Just like JFK's moon shot program, this will require massive innovations, create trillions of dollars in wealth, thousands of companies, millions of jobs. It will provide jobs to our children and grandchildren in science. It will resurrect middle class back with good paying jobs ( including health benefits). It is time for the Progressives to stop talking about divvying up the economic pie and start expanding the economic pie.

Submitted by Grrreeggggg in Economy & Jobs Dec. 11, 2014, 4:39 p.m.

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#2299

16 votes

CONTROLLING POPULATION. For a limited period of time (ie.40 years),upon reaching puberty and after taking a course in responsible parenting, each person gets a 1/2 child credit to be used in his or her lifetime with a partner. Unused credits can be sold on the open market

Submitted by Peter B. from ME in Society & Community Jan. 4, 2015, 5:39 p.m.

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#2299

16 votes

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