if you could put 1 piece of legislation on obama's desk, what would it be? (healthcare, lobbyist)

[Swampmonster]

If we are going to start repealing things,how about starting with NAFTA?

[PurpleLove08]

Tax reform would be awesome.
Curb or eliminate tax breaks for people who have children.
Eliminate the discrimination of people on the basis of married and single.
Lower the income tax rate for everyone


A single payer health care plan would be next on my agenda...along with the repeal of DADT.

[jfields]

Either H.R. 676 (Single-Payer health care) or the Employee Free Choice Act.

[karfar]

Originally Posted by PurpleLove08

Tax reform would be awesome.
Curb or eliminate tax breaks for people who have children.
Eliminate the discrimination of people on the basis of married and single.
Lower the income tax rate for everyone


A single payer health care plan would be next on my agenda...along with the repeal of DADT.

I agree about the child tax credit. Where is MY tax credit for not contributing to the absurd population explosion? We should be rewarded.

[jfields]

Originally Posted by muleskinner

If we are going to start repealing things,how about starting with NAFTA?

This would definitely be one of my top priorities as well. Obama at least promised to reform NAFTA to incorporate more labor and environmental protections ( a good start but I'd scrap the agreement alltogether) and he better carry it out.

[Gottasay]

Here's another: for every new law enacted, 10 must be repealed. This country has WAY too many laws.

[Swampmonster]

Originally Posted by jfields

This would definitely be one of my top priorities as well. Obama at least promised to reform NAFTA to incorporate more labor and environmental protections ( a good start but I'd scrap the agreement alltogether) and he better carry it out.

If he doesn't carry it out and put some teeth in it he will not be getting MY piddly vote in the next election.

[Magnolia Bloom]

Funny that so many of you who have been critical in other threads have nothing of substance to offer here.

[tinman01]

1.Term limits of 4 years for all elected offices.
2. Outlaw lobbiests.
3. End foreign aid until we are in the black and then no foreign aid that will put us into the red.

[kaimuki]

Originally Posted by Spot

Ahhh.... to be king...

I'd change the marginal income (including capital gains) tax rate to:

Under $50k = 0% income tax
$50k - 75k = 10% income tax
$75k - 100k = 20% income tax
$100k - 150k = 30% income tax
$150k - 250k = 40% income tax
$250k - 500k = 55% income tax
$500k - 750k = 65% income tax
$750k - $1m = 75% income tax
$1m+ = 90% income tax

Death tax would be fixed at 0% for assets below $500k, 50% for everyone with assets above $500k, and 95% for all assets above $2.5m.

I'd set corporate taxes at 35% with no loopholes, no exceptions.

And I'd strip any company that moved it's operations offshore of its business license and jail their executives.

I'd probably throw Rush in jail for good measure too...

But, unfortunately I'm not the king...

So, you must not want to audit the Federal Reserve Bank? The tax brackets you propose are way to high. You make more, so pay more. LOL!