The Big Ideas Project

Free higher education at public universities

Submitted by MIProgressive in Education Dec. 11, 2014, 10:13 a.m.

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#1334

106 votes

Develop a national program, calling for fossil/coal fuels companies and renewable energy companies to develop an achievable transfer to renewable energy!

Submitted by Willie HRMD in Economy & Jobs Dec. 10, 2014, 3:24 p.m.

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#1342

105 votes

In order to allow for the possibility of a vote re-count, mandate that all ballots in the country be done via paper ballot, and then scanned into a counting-reading machine. Current touch-screen machines merely provide the TOTAL votes at each machine, and it is not possible to re-count EACH vote if and when necessary.

Submitted by Gary Paul in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 11:03 p.m.

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#1342

105 votes

Eliminate Property Tax, on one personal residence, for each adult. This will align us with Article 17 of Elanor Roosevelt's Universal Declaration Of Human Rights which states 1. Everyone has the right to own property, and 2. No One shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.(Prop. Tax is Arbitrary)

Submitted by Brian Z. in Taxes & Budget Dec. 10, 2014, 12:48 p.m.

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#1342

105 votes

I am tired of politicians talking to empty rooms. There should be time in the morning and/or afternoon where all members need to be there in session. There needs to be debate. Budgets should be done a month before they expire. None of this last minute stuff. Slipping things in. Politicians need to be concentrating more on their people than fund raising. There should be reasonable limits on everything. That will force a vote and no more obstructing.

Submitted by Joe F in Government & Elections Dec. 12, 2014, 4:38 p.m.

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#1342

105 votes

Hold the FDA, AMA, American Cancer Society, and all other agencies responsible for their part in suppressing information about real cancer cures and hold the media accountable for not reporting news of cancer cures and breakthroughs, so the people know the truth - that we have known for a hundred years what cancer is and how to cure it, so people don't have to travel outside the country to be healed of cancer. End the Cancer Trance, so that Americans know that it is NOT a death sentence.

Submitted by HeyJude in Health Dec. 21, 2014, 5:13 p.m.

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#1342

105 votes

The USA Constitution and How to vote, should be mandatory taught in our school.

Submitted by Ryan Bradley in Education Dec. 16, 2014, 2:37 a.m.

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#1342

105 votes

Make all credit card interest deductible. For regular people, credit cards are often the private version of the public safety net they don't have, and credit card interest is the very high tax many citizens pay to have someone care about them in times of often desperate need, when the US government has abandoned them. Taxing income that just goes straight back out to such "private taxation" amounts to double taxation on our poorest citizens.

Submitted by Kent Pitman in Taxes & Budget Dec. 26, 2014, 2:50 p.m.

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#1348

104 votes

Abolish the Scarlet Letter Sex Offenders list for people who have committed non-violent acts such as urinating in an alley, inadvertently downloading child porn, streaking across a football field.

Submitted by no in Society & Community Dec. 19, 2014, 6:14 a.m.

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#1348

104 votes

A Purple Idea: When it comes to the health of a community, the city or county laws should have precedence, as long as no person's human rights are trampled upon. Monsanto/Dow/Pioneer/GMA are suing local communities and states for merely asking for the "right to know" and for the right to protect our communities from products and practices not proven safe.

Submitted by C B. from HI in Society & Community Dec. 11, 2014, 3:33 a.m.

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#1348

104 votes

Slow and stop global warming by removing the excess CO2 from the air and oceans folowed by sequestering. It can be done by converting existing coal burning power plants to oxyfuel combustion which produces no CO2 plus using the new safer nuclear reactors. See www.skyscrubber.com

Submitted by David N. from FL in Environment Dec. 19, 2014, 8:08 a.m.

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#1348

104 votes

We should raise capital gains taxes to 30% for the first million dollars and up to 40% for multimillionaires and billionaires. No evidence exists that lower capital gains taxes creates more jobs for middle class people. Lower capital gains taxes are inefficient and promotes more wealth inequality.

Submitted by Rex_in_Minnesota in Taxes & Budget Dec. 12, 2014, 5:52 p.m.

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#1348

104 votes

When laws become criminalized, there is no justice. When lies are treated as truth, there is no truth. This Country needs a new Amendment to the Constitution to address Petitions of Grievance submitted by Citizens to protect them from dire consequences of actions by Federal Officials who would contrive to hide or withhold information.This Amendment would apply retroactively. I'd submit a Petition of Grievance re Monsanto and its relationship with Government Officials on behalf of GMOs.

Submitted by Cassandra in Government & Elections Dec. 28, 2014, 4:39 p.m.

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#1348

104 votes

Offer Nonviolent Communication skill training to all public school 5th graders, as well as to parents via PTA groups.

Submitted by Timothy B. from OR in Education Dec. 10, 2014, 2:11 p.m.

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#1354

103 votes

Treat each financial transaction on the stock exchange taxable as ordinary income if not held longer than one year. On any algorythm driven transactin require a one minute delay in its execution to defeat monopolistic advantage of having algorythms and flash transactions.

Submitted by nokoch in Taxes & Budget Dec. 10, 2014, 9:01 p.m.

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#1354

103 votes

Abolish the CIA. They admit that they lie to the Federal Government, and therefore anything they say is suspect. For the money they spend our government can get better quality information. Our nation does not need to have on our national payroll thugs that behave in unspeakably vile and savage ways.

Submitted by Gloria R. from VA in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 19, 2014, 4:11 a.m.

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#1354

103 votes

A global research-&-development-&-implementation project for climate and eco-system action technologies and strategies on the scale of the Manhattan Project/Apollo Program.

Submitted by Neocat in Environment Dec. 10, 2014, 4 p.m.

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#1354

103 votes

Make flex fuel engines in vehicles mandatory phased in over 10 years. This will make for true competition in the fuel market. People will be able to buy whatever fuel is priced competitively and we will finally end the oil monopoly.

Submitted by Peter Calvet in Environment Dec. 10, 2014, 3:09 p.m.

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#1354

103 votes

Fix out of date SSI rules and limits which were except for the savings limit not changed since 1972 when Pres Nixon signed SSI into law, like the Burial Limit of $1500 and the equally bad Life Insurance limit of $1500.00, both should be removed, the savings limit should be raised to $10,000($15,000 for couples) from the current $2,000($3,000 couples) limits that was last raised in 1989, plus revise the rules to make it easier to leave SSI gracefully either in whole or in part like HR1601/S2089.

Submitted by Disabled SSI Recipient in Taxes & Budget Dec. 10, 2014, 4:46 p.m. 2

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#1354

103 votes

Getting us off the Standard American Diet (SAD) and onto a whole food plant based diet would solve our health care crisis. It could also help save the planet, by saving forests from being turned into grazing land. Read "The China Study," or watch the video "Forks Over Knives".

Submitted by David Raleigh in Health Nov. 14, 2014, 5:56 p.m.

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#1354

103 votes

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