1) Raise taxes, and not just capital gains. Income taxes will be raised as well. And if you make more than $200k/yr, you are "rich", and defined as such you will get SOAKED; thus, you will have little incentive to keep earning what you do now,--the opportunity to make a nice profit will simply not be there....And all of us working stiffs fortunate enough to make over $50 k/ yr, you better hold on to your wallets as well... we are going to pay for the social security bailout
Raising taxes by re-writing the tax code - good idea.
2) Nationalize health insurance. We're going to cover EVERYONE, including illegals/immigrants--guess who's going to pay for it? Remember, there's no such thing as a free lunch. Someone has to pay...It ain't gonna be the super rich, and the poor certainly cannot pay for it. Yup, you're right--those of us in the middle, working class will be footing the bill
Good. Everyone should be covered. If you have a law in place that places a heavy fine on corporations or employers using illegal workers then enforce it or get it off the books. Sure someone has to pay. Big deal. It would cost less in the long run to have nationalized health care than it costs now and your citizens would be healthier for it.
3) Draw down troops and eventually withdraw from all military involvement in the Middle East. The mullahs in Iran are counting the days....They love Obama!
The occupation and it's cost has a direct effect on both the morale and economy of the country. A loss of 4500 American lives, 9 trillion dollar debt, no secure region, displaced Iraqi's - what is to be gained in remaining?
4) pass the "card check" unionization bill--no more secret ballot, as has always been the case up till now in votes, union thugs will be able to intimidate and coerce people into voting for union representation because now they will know which workers are not on the 'list', and thus they can apply pressure and coercion tactics.
Yeah!!!! Yeah!!! Union busting - I believe the US figures are something like 3,500 people who have been fired for even attempting to get a union in place ...and yet we fight for democracy?
5) Want to 'engage' and talk with countries and leaders that openly hate us and show us no respect, like Hugo Chavez, Amejinad(sp?) in Iran, Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, Bashar Assad in Syria, etc..etc...Bottom line, if he's a dictator, Obama wants to talk, make nice, and negotiate with you.
Respect is usually earned not just given. Perhaps negotiation might be a start - force hasn't been. I'm not even certain that you can say that the country is hated - could it be that the anger is toward the leader and policy? Maybe it will come down to negotiation combined with some ramification for non compliance or even force - who knows?
6) grow government and the welfare state to a size that cannot be even imagined right now. Bush as a republican did a bad enough job enlarging the size of our federal government, under Obama it will exponentially get even bigger.
Governments are voted by the people for the people. Use the government to benefit you. If you don't like what they do - find a way to change it.
7)pass more regulation and red tape to hamstring business in the name of 'helping the workers'--which in turn will only drive away investment and jobs...
Yeah!!!! Regulation. I love that word. Deregulation is in large part why you ended up with the banking mess. Deregulation has created monopolies who own the government - break them up and drive the prices down. Deregulation in the markets is why your commodities are spiraling out of control as investors bid and keep the prices high. I say go back to regulating it all and start over....
Roosevelt didn't have all the answers but thanks to his efforts, the middle class was able to grow into a secure, healthy population - quite unlike the shadow of middle class that exists today - and while they are at it - regulate the credit card industry and banking industry to halt criminal interest rates and service charges....
brought Roosevelt to the nation's highest office. Over the next seven years, he worked tirelessly to promote social and governmental reform, often relying on his executive authority to implement programs that would have been rejected by the conservative forces that controlled Congress. He revived the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 to break up some of the country's biggest corporations and restore competition to the business world. Later, he secured passage of federal regulations to control railroad rates and to set quality standards for foods and drugs. In foreigh affairs, he extended the Monroe Doctrine by asserting the United States' exclusive right to police international relations in the Western Hemisphere. He also precipitated a revolution that separated Panama from Columbia and cleared the way for construction of the Panama Canal.
Democrats!! Go Dems! sammieswife.
