- Expand SS & Medicare.
- Goods sold in US should have same standards as goods made in US (including companies costs for labor as well as environmental standards).
- Close some overseas military bases & pay soldiers same as contractors.
- Fix vets' healthcare.
- Single payer healthcare.
- Eliminate capital gains (& dividend) tax advantages (take the rich man's hand out of the poor man's pocket).
- Eliminate salary cap on payroll taxes.
- Implement transaction tax on stock trades.
- Establish minimum tax level for companies doing business in US.
- Document all changes to proposed congression bills (no more AGI bonus surprises).
- Prohibit congressmen (& women) from profiting from their time in congress (corruption).
- Extend unemployment. Raise minimum wage (or pay congresspeople minimum wage).
- Eliminate unpaid internships both governmental and commercial.
- Establish guest worker visas for foreign labor (at least in agriculture and construction).
- Eliminate exemptions on congresspeople to wage, labor and other laws.
- Impeach Scolia or have him committed for insanity (not even the appearance of corruption?!).
Posted in response to Debbie Wasserman's survey.
