The Big Ideas Project

An educational marketing campaign for democracy. "We have a better philosophy: democracy." The problem is that corporate special interest groups are winning the marketing battle with ideas like smaller government and "freedom". Reviving the big conceptual idea of democracy would help progressives win on just about every policy front: repealing Citizens United, getting money out of politics, the Fairness Doctrine, Voting Rights, public financing of elections, fair and non-partisan elections, public

Submitted by akadjian in Government & Elections Dec. 15, 2014, 1:10 p.m. 1

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#101

2107 votes

Begin a five year program to install solar panels and power storage and transmission facilities on all public building roofs with greater than 250 Sft surface area. At the same time, install wind turbines on developed municipal lands, where local currents meet minimum performance standards.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Environment Dec. 16, 2014, 1:19 p.m. 2

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#102

2104 votes

Ban all mining and logging in OUR National Parks. Hands off our National Parks.. they belong to the People!

Submitted by Rosemary G. from CA in Environment Dec. 10, 2014, 4:37 p.m.

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#103

2101 votes

Put all Congress, Senators and Representatives, on Social Security. Limit all brakes, recesses and vacations to two weeks only with pay. All increases of salary must be voted by the citizens of the United States of America and last but not least all of Congress must pay for their own health insurance not covered by Medicare.

Submitted by Anthony V. from MO in Government & Elections Nov. 16, 2014, 7:11 p.m.

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#104

2085 votes

Public Funding of Elected Officials Petition by Norm Norton To be delivered to The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate, and President Barack Obama A 28th amendment to the Constitution shall be enacted to fund campaigns of elected public officials through public taxes. All donations, gratuities or outside monies from sources other than public taxes are prohibited. Corporate Personhood, as enacted by Citizens United Vs F.E.C, is to be repealed.

Submitted by eaglemount in Government & Elections Jan. 12, 2015, 4:10 p.m. 1

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#105

2067 votes

Eliminate Corporate Welfare.

Submitted by Don B. from CA in Taxes & Budget Dec. 17, 2014, 3:42 a.m.

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#106

2064 votes

Merged Idea

Designate water a human right that cannot be privatized. Determine amounts needed, with excess usage to be taxed. No one can be denied water nor have to purchase it in normal usage amounts.

Submitted by ejjohnson in Health Dec. 10, 2014, 1:29 p.m.

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#107

2060 votes

Big Corps should not be subsidized at all, and if they fight minimum wage increases, they should lose all subsidies from the taxpayers. This is unconscionably obscene!!!

Submitted by C. Whitfield in Taxes & Budget Nov. 14, 2014, 9:14 p.m.

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#108

2052 votes

Require members of congress and the senate to work a 40 hour week just like all Americans.

Submitted by Gregory in Economy & Jobs Jan. 4, 2015, 4:34 p.m.

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#109

2025 votes

Recommit to applying, and then expand, our anti-trust laws so that "too big to fail" banks and other corporations are too big to exist (without getting broken up into much smaller pieces). That would be a good first step toward getting control of our political system and economy out of the hands of giant corporations.

Submitted by Richard W. from NM in Economy & Jobs Dec. 10, 2014, 1:54 p.m.

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#110

2015 votes

End the ability of elected officials to tack on their specific addendum into a proposed piece of legislation at the last minute when others don't know it's been done there.

Submitted by Linda, RN, BSN, MHA in Government & Elections Jan. 7, 2015, 10:20 p.m.

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#111

2009 votes

Merged Idea

Super High Speed Trains (over 300 MPH). If the French, Japanese, Chinese can accomplish these trains why are we stuck with Airlines. Forget Keystone Pipeline for jobs, a high speed train system would employ a lot of workers. additionally, after completion unlike Keystone again it would require a lot of workers

Submitted by Piepie6 in Infrastructure & Technology Dec. 10, 2014, 1:41 a.m. 1

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#111

2009 votes

Pass the Equal Rights Amendment, which would cover a number of problems for women--equal pay, the right to determine what happens with their bodies (rape. which would become battery and abortion, which would simply be a right). It passed in the '70's and now would be a bellwether to show who in Congress supports women and simply who does not.

Submitted by Mary T. from WA in Civil Rights Dec. 29, 2014, 2:15 p.m.

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#113

1975 votes

Merged Idea

Stop taxing Social Security benefits! This requirement was not initially intended. Rather, it was added and later expanded to keep Social Security solvent! It amounts to paying part of your monthly benefit! The solution should be kept solvent by either raising or removing the cap on the amount income which is taxed during a persons working years!

Submitted by Bob M. from OH in Economy & Jobs Dec. 9, 2014, 10:36 p.m.

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#114

1963 votes

Stop lowering taxes on the wealthy. To whom much is given, much is required. No more free rides for the so called "job creators." The people who pay the price of low taxes are the middle class and the poor. The poor pay higher taxes on living expenses through their rent payments and can claim no deduction for it.

Submitted by Savvylady in Taxes & Budget Jan. 8, 2015, 3:33 p.m.

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#115

1944 votes

Enforce existing regulations on 501 C4 corporations if their primarily existence is political they should lose their status as a non profit, i.e. CrossroadsGPS.

Submitted by David Myers in Government & Elections Nov. 14, 2014, 9:21 p.m.

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#116

1915 votes

Merged Idea

Radical revision of nafta and block tpp. We need trade policies! We need to stop paying manufacturers to offshore!

Submitted by Todd C. from OR in Economy & Jobs Nov. 9, 2014, 12:24 p.m.

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#117

1907 votes

Make Social Security Trust Fund inaccessible for any and all purposes other than for Social Security Pensions,disability and survivor benefits. Money in Social Security Trust Fund must be prohibited from being counted against the National debt; Neither Congress nor "the Fed" should should be able be to access these funds under any circumstance!

Submitted by Wanda A. in Taxes & Budget Dec. 11, 2014, 12:42 a.m. 1

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#118

1886 votes

Put CEOs of corporations that engage in wage theft in jail.

Submitted by Steve Silberstein, Executive Producer of Inequality for All in Economy & Jobs Dec. 10, 2014, 1:28 a.m.

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#119

1873 votes

Prescription medicine should be competitive with other countries---make drug companies compete world wide for cost of prescriptions while making sure the prescriptions are highest quality and eliminate the donut hole now in Medicare.

Submitted by Kathy G. from MO in Health Nov. 11, 2014, 5:21 p.m.

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#120

1858 votes

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