Creating a World That Works for All
The election is over, and time has passed...
Everybody has a theory on why things went down the way they did. But now we have what we have. In light of that, what are the top 3 things that you think would get this country moving in a positive direction? To get things started, here are three I changes I think would make a big difference:
1. Removing corporate money from elections (legislation to fix the pandora's box unleashed by the Citizens United ruling would be a start, along publicly funded elections.) This would allow politicians to do what they were elected to do: govern. Otherwise, they spend too much time/energy on fund raising.
3. An binding pact by political parties and candidates to run on the issues instead of trashing and distorting the positions of opponents.
2. A complete overhaul of the tax code to make it more simple and fair, with an emphasis on eliminating the incentives corporations have for avoiding taxes.
1. Removing corporate money from elections (legislation to fix the pandora's box unleashed by the Citizens United ruling would be a start, along publicly funded elections.) This would allow politicians to do what they were elected to do: govern. Otherwise, they spend too much time/energy on fund raising.
3. An binding pact by political parties and candidates to run on the issues instead of trashing and distorting the positions of opponents.
2. A complete overhaul of the tax code to make it more simple and fair, with an emphasis on eliminating the incentives corporations have for avoiding taxes.
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Permalink Reply by Margie Adler on -
Three excellent ideas. I think we need President Obama to articulate clearly and often a statement of the qualities of character of our country, since we can use a clear understanding of what composes our character to determine how we act with each other and out in the world. Determining the qualities of character that define us, then aligning our purpose and actions just might get us functioning, collaborating, and governing. Every community needs to do this.
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Permalink Reply by David Marshall on
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I agree that corporations should not be treated like individuals when it comes to lobbying Congress for new legislation; it puts individual citizens at an unfair advantage. Seems like we'll have to wait until the make up of the Supreme Court is different for this to change, which could be years.
The level of uncivility and disrespect during the campaign process seems to reached a new low. I am all for civil discourse and disagreements, but not out and out lying in order to plant false images in the voters' heads about the opposition.
I cannot understand why the American public does not rally around this position more. Clearly most voters in America earn less than $200,000, so why are so many voting for their rich neighbors to pay less taxes when we have such a terrible deficit. Is it because they aspire to be $200K earners one day and don't want to be taxed at some future point? -
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Permalink Reply by Margie Adler on
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In a discussion about "the american dream," I heard someone suggest that David. Just what is the definition of "the american dream?" It's clear that there's more than one definition out there. I think that people do not rally around causes because they think they can't make a difference. There are many people counting on this. Maybe we need a very public discussion on our constitution and how to be an effective activist.
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