The Big Ideas Project

very large penalties for extractive mining (including mountaintop mining,fracking and tar sands mining) reducing carbon and methane emissions for clean air safe water

Submitted by Susan in Environment Dec. 10, 2014, 3:40 p.m.

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#680

265 votes

Convert the U.S. Postal Service into a government run internet service provider. Give everyone access to free basic internet services(email, internet connection) and offer paid for additional services(faster speeds, more email storage capacity). The revenue could more than pay for the snail mail portion of the service.

Submitted by Drew B in Infrastructure & Technology Jan. 4, 2015, 10:46 a.m.

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#680

265 votes

Think small. We produce 15 billon wood chopsticks every year equal to 15 million trees; 25 billon Styrofoam cups every year, toxic to people who use them, toxic to the ozone; paper, 15 million sheets every 5 minutes, again countless trees,plastic bags 19 billion every year. killing our oceans and it inhabitants, and on and on. We need to get our legislators and citizens to ban these things.

Submitted by Dee Dee in Environment Jan. 3, 2015, 11:47 p.m.

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#680

265 votes

End Accelerated Depreciation refuse to give tax breaks to wealthiest on worthless assets $570B

Submitted by Roger M. from NY in Taxes & Budget Dec. 30, 2014, 3:10 p.m.

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#684

264 votes

Allow all Medicare patients to purchase their medications , as one of their options, from the "TRI-Care" system. Mail Order only in 90 day supply. The reason being, Tri-Care already negotiates drug prices, and on many of the medications the cost is 1/10 or less when compared to the Part D system.

Submitted by GlennB in Health Dec. 10, 2014, 3 p.m.

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#685

262 votes

Offer incentives for white roofs and green roofs in appropriate construction and renovation projects to reduce energy consumption and fight global warming.

Submitted by Kerry in Environment Dec. 31, 2014, 11:19 a.m.

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#686

261 votes

All national elective seats must be financed by the federal government with no candidate being allowed to spend money from any other source, including their own. Until our government is no longer "for sale" to those with the most money, it will never be responsive to the average voter.

Submitted by Kathleen E. from DE in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 2:15 p.m.

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#687

260 votes

Tie corporate executive pay to their employee pay and limit their complete compensation package to not exceed a (very generous) 100-to-1 ratio of their lowest paid employee / contractor (part-time or full-time.) If the executives want a pay increase, they get one by increasing the wages of their workers.

Submitted by Theresa Schwacke from WA in Economy & Jobs Dec. 10, 2014, 3:52 p.m.

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#688

259 votes

Reform of the intellegence agencies.

Submitted by Paul S. from CA in Government & Elections Nov. 15, 2014, 12:55 p.m.

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#689

258 votes

Bar any television station from accepting money to run political ads. We as a society gain little value from these ads since they either say how great one candidate is or how terrible the other candidate is. Most of the campaign money is spent on these ads and it makes candidates more beholden to their donors. If a politician wants to get their message out there make them do debates and interviews with journalists so they can be posed difficult questions.

Submitted by Redbeardjosh in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 5:49 p.m.

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#690

257 votes

Corporations who are required to provide health insurance to their employees by the Affordable Healthcare Act, should be limited to only a certain small percentage of their employees to be part time, unless the corporation provides health coverage for their part time employees also.

Submitted by Mark Shusterman in Health Jan. 7, 2015, 10:27 p.m.

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#690

257 votes

Require products that are developed by manufacturers, be 100 percent recyclable, biodegradable, or reusable. Cease using harmful plastic packaging for sodas, shrink-wrap, etc. Plastic ends up in the ground, oceans and atmosphere and even broken down to it's basic chemical compounds, causes irreparable damage to the environment and wildlife. The companies be given a time frame to comply and financial incentives to do so. The companies would need to show proof of said improvements to qualify.

Submitted by Charlton V. from TX in Environment Dec. 12, 2014, 4:18 a.m.

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#692

256 votes

Make lobbying illegal. Only big companies, and the 1% have the great amount of money .They influence our government to they own interest.The common person don't have that great amount of money. Lobbying is just another form of bribery.

Submitted by chokyalva in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 6:49 p.m.

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#692

256 votes

Repeal the Hyde Amendment once and for all.We need to promote abortion worldwide and in the US.Also allow any abutter of a women's health clinic to be a de facto friend of the clinic by establishing a 500 foot buffer around THEIR business from the anti choice bombers and murderers as a matter of public safety.

Submitted by Jim B. from ME in Civil Rights Jan. 4, 2015, 1:45 p.m.

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#692

256 votes

Legalize, tax and regulate ALL drugs. Use funds from taxation to help those who have found themselves, for any multitude of reasons, caught up in a seemingly endless cycle of drug abuse.

Submitted by Jim O. from OR in Civil Rights Nov. 21, 2014, 3:29 p.m. 1

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#695

255 votes

Make lobbying illegal. This is the only way to get money out politics. Lobbying has always been legalized bribery and it's time to put the brakes on this first and foremost. Everything always leads back to the money. If there was ever a time in recent history where the only thing people cared about is money, THIS IS IT FOLKS!

Submitted by stwsr in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 3:54 p.m.

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#695

255 votes

Fair wages for a days work. No company allowed to pay full time workers a wage so low that the worker qualifies for public assistance.

Submitted by Tom F. from MA in Economy & Jobs Dec. 11, 2014, 8:03 a.m.

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#695

255 votes

All corporations who have their REAL headquarter in the US should have to pay taxes in the US and not keep it overseas in the Caymans or any other tax haven with a PO box for an address.

Submitted by Raminder Kumar in Taxes & Budget Jan. 10, 2015, 7:18 p.m.

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#698

254 votes

Health insurance (including Medicare and Medicaid) should cover naturopathic medical costs. The future of medicine is in preventing and treating disease by detecting nutrient deficiencies/imbalances, and eliminating toxins, enabling the body to heal itself. Many of the tests and therapies are not currently covered.

Submitted by William R. from NY in Health Dec. 10, 2014, 4:30 p.m.

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#698

254 votes

empty prisons of drug offenders and enroll them in counseling centers.

Submitted by batteredup in Society & Community Dec. 10, 2014, 2:26 p.m.

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#700

253 votes

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