The Big Ideas Project

BRING BACK THE DRAFT! I knew that would get your attention. Reinstitute the four-year tuition plan in the G.I. bill. Then give our youth another option: Offer them the same tuition deal if they spend two or three years (make the time commitment the same as the military) working in an organization like AmeriCorps or the Peace Corps. It would give more people the opportunity to get a college education. SEE LINK BELOW FOR MORE DETAIL & other ideas!

Submitted by BobbyD in Education Dec. 10, 2014, 2:39 p.m.

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133 votes

Registration of guns that includes a yearly registration fee like states have on automobiles. This could be used to finance gun related injuries.

Submitted by Malpot in Health Dec. 19, 2014, 3:44 a.m.

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133 votes

Pension plans, especially public employees, should be divested of fossil fuels and invested in renewables energy minus nuclear, which has a cost of dirty cleanup that has never been addressed !

Submitted by Yes in Environment Dec. 11, 2014, 10:15 a.m.

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133 votes

Protect the middle class against catastrophic medical bills. Let them pay what they can afford; but the government should help them with the balance.

Submitted by antonio l. from CA in Health Jan. 4, 2015, 5:19 p.m.

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Why is it that we make doctors pay for malpractice insurance in case they kill someone accidentally, yet police's mistakes are paid by the tax payer. We pay there salaries and then pay the settlements for when they mess up. We need to make police have malpractice of justice insurance insurance. This would do two things. First it would out price the bad police that the police unions are so bent on protecting. This would also save taxpayers the costs for settlements.

Submitted by Brent L in Civil Rights Dec. 12, 2014, 12:49 a.m.

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Develop a comprehensive, coordinated policy for the renewal and health of rural communities, small towns, and landscapes across the nation -- one that connects land conservation, sustainable agriculture, water, food, jobs, health, education, small business. Democrats -- and the national as a whole -- must overcome the great divide between rural and urban America, building connections for the good of our land, our communities, and future generations.

Submitted by Rural Wisconsin Progressive in Society & Community Dec. 9, 2014, 10:20 p.m.

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133 votes

Limit all--repeat, all--national electoral campaign activity, including primaries, to the 180 calendar days before Election Day. No media ads, no door to door, no media "interviews," zip. This will greatly diminish the need for campaign funding, and still allow plenty of time for candidates to put their positions before the voters.

Submitted by Michael G. from FL in Government & Elections Dec. 28, 2014, 6:28 p.m.

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133 votes

Require those companies moving jobs overseas to pay an additional tax on each job moved and allow a tax credit for whatever has been paid when the job returns.

Submitted by George C in Economy & Jobs Dec. 10, 2014, 7:48 p.m.

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Once a decade, tax accumulated wealth in excess of $2M. 10% up to $10M. 20% up to $50M. 30% up to $100M. 40% up $500M. 50% up to $1B. 65% up $10B. 80% thereafter. We won't reduce the ill effects of aristocracy until we reduce the number and power (from money) of the aristocrats.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Taxes & Budget Dec. 31, 2014, 12:22 p.m.

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132 votes

Excess profits taxes discouraged profiteering in WWII. They are Constitutional. Enact an excess profits tax on television stations and networks, designed to recapture the excess profits that they gain through exploiting our elections. Don't let them keep any more revenues than they received in recent non-election years.

Submitted by Gedanken in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 3:36 p.m.

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132 votes

High speed electric monorail: Because we don't need additional right we can run this over the existing freeways and power it using solar energy produced on those same right of way lands. It could also be used as a massive transmission grid for electricity to market solar and windfarm electric that is produced along those routes by rooftop solar or wind and solar farms. Additionally it could be used as a massive Internet backbone allowing the devolopment of many small business ISPs

Submitted by Burning World Publications in Infrastructure & Technology Dec. 10, 2014, 4:52 p.m.

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ABOLISH LOBBYING.! Liquor Lobby is taking a hand at preventing Medical Marijuana use I guarantee this. Lobbying IS RUINING OUR DEMOCRACY AND PULLING CONGRESS INTO NOT VOTING , DELAYED VOTING OR NOT VOTING AT ALL. SEQUESTER CONGRESS UNTIL DECISIONS ARE MADE . NO VACATIONS OR SEASONAL BREAKS UNTIL VITAL DECISIONS ARE VOTED UPON.

Submitted by no in Government & Elections Dec. 11, 2014, 9:17 a.m.

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132 votes

Improve safety regarding prescription & OTC drugs similar to Vanessa's Law just passed in Canada . Require Mandatory Adverse Event Reporting; Recall unsafe therapeutic products; Impose tough new penalties for unsafe products, including jail time and new fines of up to $5 million per day; Provide courts with discretion to impose even stronger fines if violations were caused intentionally; Compel drug companies to revise labels to clearly reflect health risk information; Compel more testing

Submitted by DW in Health Dec. 10, 2014, 5:11 p.m.

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Stop wasting millions dollars of tax payers money to gave away to foreign goverments and use that money to take care of the need of need of the people here in the USA.

Submitted by mamusid in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 10, 2014, 8:31 p.m.

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Require all corporate fines and penalties to be at least 150% of the profit gained from the act being penalized

Submitted by Fritz in Economy & Jobs Dec. 11, 2014, 1:27 p.m.

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Student Loan relief/reform for current and future Parent Plus College Loans.

Submitted by Lori McFarland in Education Dec. 10, 2014, 9:27 a.m.

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131 votes

Tax those making over $500.000 pay 90% taxes and use the money to create jobs. This has been done in the past. It reduces the unemployment rate and lowers the national dept. Then we wouldn't have so many starving, and homeless vets.

Submitted by james kallunki in Economy & Jobs Dec. 27, 2014, 11:19 a.m.

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131 votes

Reform United Stats elections by: 1. No more Electoral College. One person, one vote and a majority of votes elects a candidate. 2. Hold all primaries on the same day. Why should the voters of a single state like Iowa or New Hampshire have so much power to predetermine the course of an election?

Submitted by Joey G. in Government & Elections Dec. 24, 2014, 8:46 p.m.

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131 votes

Worker Councils and worker representation on corporate boards of directors for corporations whether publicly or privately held. Similar to what is law in Germany. Allow these councils seats on the corporate Board of Directors and have significant voting power up to 49%.

Submitted by Ed Duhaime in Economy & Jobs Dec. 10, 2014, 10:56 p.m.

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131 votes

Allow individuals to add to living wills and an OK to implement in Health Care Proxies a Euthanasia clause. Many of our elders don't want to live with debilitating illness and family doesn't want to watch the extreme pains many are faced with. This would be done while of sound mind, etc. It would need a physician to sign off on it as well. My understanding is that 80% of medicare is paid out in the last months of life that many don't want. Win-win!

Submitted by Barry K. from NY in Health Dec. 11, 2014, 4:47 p.m.

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