The Big Ideas Project

The Stimulus Bill included money to “Green” 75% of federal government buildings Close corporate tax loopholes and pay for the “Greening” of other 25%.

Submitted by Don B. from CA in Infrastructure & Technology Dec. 19, 2014, 4:14 a.m.

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#1277

113 votes

Promote a shift away from meat and dairy, which form the largest global contributor to global warming and lifestyle diseases. Promote veganism, which will reduce climate change, water scarcity, deforestation, land degradation water pollution, obesity, diabetes, heart disease and certain cancers.

Submitted by Marilyn C. from CA in Environment Jan. 5, 2015, 2:26 a.m.

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#1277

113 votes

Congress SHALL BE PROHIBITED NOW AND FOREVER MORE from in any way writing into annual, crucial national budget legislation bills ANY SPECIAL INTEREST-driven legislative proposals and/or propositions that directly benefit and serve Wall Street's amoral, self-centered, self-serving, Big-Banking (i.e., THIEVING!) interests. Permitting these criminals to dictate any national budget-affecting laws only further undermines and sabotages THE PUBLIC'S and THE NATION'S best economic interests... PERIOD!

Submitted by Steve M. from CA in Taxes & Budget Dec. 19, 2014, 7:26 a.m.

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#1283

112 votes

Carbon sequestration will reduce the effects of climate change, reduce drought, flooding, storms and disease.

Submitted by Charles Brobst in Environment Jan. 4, 2015, 6:04 p.m.

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#1283

112 votes

Creation of a "clearing house" for fact checking political campaign ads (print, television, online, etc) before they can be presented to the public for consideration. People need good information to make good choices, and we're just not getting this. This coupled with publicly funded campaigns, where candidates have a limited budget to get their message across, would provide incentive to not waste resources on ads that after fact checking wouldn't be allowed for public consideration.

Submitted by citizenzero in Government & Elections Dec. 19, 2014, 12:26 a.m.

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#1283

112 votes

Ranked Choice Voting- vote for your candidates and rank them 1st choice, 2nd choice, etc. This would allow voters to vote for the candidate that they really want (not against a candidate that they don't want) because of fear of "throwing away their vote"

Submitted by Stuart S. from AK in Government & Elections Dec. 17, 2014, 10:37 p.m. 1

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#1283

112 votes

Insist Israel sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and deconstruct its nuclear weapons.

Submitted by John Z. from HI in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 11, 2014, 1:38 p.m.

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#1283

112 votes

Stop spraying chemtrails. The barium, strontium and aluminum being pumped into the upper atmosphere has no legitimate purpose, and increases rates of Alzheimers, cancer and heart disease, among others. If population control is the goal, increase the power afforded to women to control their own reproductive status.

Submitted by fglass in Health Dec. 19, 2014, 12:08 p.m.

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#1283

112 votes

Lying in a campaign (speeches, literature, website, or advertising)should be a punishable offense. Candidate thrown out of the election.

Submitted by Susan E. from NY in Government & Elections Dec. 19, 2014, 9:37 a.m.

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#1283

112 votes

In an effort to stop the offshoring of jobs, place tariffs and VATs on imports from nations like China, et.al., that exploit their human resources with low wages ($1.36/hr., some work for 30 cents/hr.), manipulate their currency, subsidize their exports, a term used to describe the practice of selling a product cheaper than it cost to produce it. Free Trade with Canada, Europe, Japan, etc.? YES! But Free Trade with China, and other Pacific Rim nations? Absolutely not!

Submitted by Kerry H. from PA in Economy & Jobs Dec. 10, 2014, 6:55 p.m.

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#1283

112 votes

Eliminate pre-existing conditions for long term care and life insurance. People are being excluded because of a previous diagnosis. What matters more is the actual health of the person. If their disease is stable, then they should be eligible for long-term care and health insurance.

Submitted by Surirose in Health Jan. 5, 2015, 3:45 a.m.

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#1283

112 votes

There should be a time limit imposed on the Senate for acting on Presidential appointments.

Submitted by Dave of TX in Government & Elections Dec. 12, 2014, 10:38 a.m.

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#1283

112 votes

Give communities the choice of energy supply and supplier

Submitted by Herb O. from NY in Environment Jan. 4, 2015, 5:04 p.m.

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#1293

111 votes

Tax derivatives. Tax a few pennies on every electronic stock trading transaction

Submitted by yes in Taxes & Budget Dec. 11, 2014, 4:38 p.m. 1

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#1293

111 votes

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Set a goal so that within 20 years 40% of the West Coast's drinking water will come from the ocean.

Submitted by 20 in 20 in Infrastructure & Technology Dec. 10, 2014, 4:25 p.m. 1

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#1293

111 votes

Reclaim the public airwaves from the media conglomerates. Net Neutrality, Fair and Free elections, the Free market, and Freedom of speech depend on the removal of finance from mass communication. Equal time combined with a grass roots filtering process will allow Ideas, Products, and People to stand on their own merits, rather then their ability to dump millions into advertising.

Submitted by FirF in Infrastructure & Technology Dec. 11, 2014, 10:13 p.m.

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#1293

111 votes

Have a bill created to spend Billions (raised by taxing all dirty energy businesses & 10-years into the passage of the bill, taxing those home & business buildings owners not using solar energy) on: 1st. Fixing the power grid, efficient in transporting electricity , 2nd. Offering all- home, business building, small solar panels business owners low interest 30-years mortgage loans for paying for their costs to have enough solar panels on top of the roofs to provide all their power needs.

Submitted by Great White Shark Earth & Beings Rights Person in Environment Dec. 17, 2014, 5:16 p.m. 1

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#1293

111 votes

No more lobbyist in the halls of Congress. Stop lobbyist from paying for votes.

Submitted by Jack Bender in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 10:45 p.m.

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#1298

110 votes

Outlaw voting over the internet. Computer security experts are unanimous that there is absolutely no way to prevent hacked elections using today's internet. Yet many states are recklessly moving forward with internet voting systems, using real elections as guinea pigs in these dangerous experiments.

Submitted by R. Wilson in Government & Elections Dec. 11, 2014, 12:59 a.m.

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#1298

110 votes

Culture is one of the biggest elements that make a country remembered in history (think of Greek & Roman sculptures, or paintings in Renaissance Italy). Support for the Arts & Humanities is essential to our survival as a meaningful nation. The current allocation for Arts & Humanities is not even a tenth of what other countries, including China & Russia, have committed. Let's show the world that we value culture.

Submitted by Stephan Laurent in Society & Community Dec. 10, 2014, 4:43 p.m.

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#1298

110 votes

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