What is in your political hope chest?

[Stephen Eisel]

1) National Sales Tax (flat tax)
2) Alternative Enregy (an actual plan)
3) Education (fix it)
4) Gay Marriage (let each church / religion decide not the Gov.)
5) Troops on our border not in Europe, the Middle East or in space
6) Drill in the US (but be sure that the people and environment do not get hosed)
7) Make every neighborhood safe
Abolish the death tax
9) NO MORE PORK

[Danielle Masters]

1) Fix healthcare, especially for veterans, children and the mentally ill
2) fix education, help children learn not teach them to only pass a test
3) get the economy moving, retrain workers
4) stop the cycle of poverty that entraps so many people
5) help curb our addiction to oil. we could have a cleaner environment, employee tons of poeple and get away from oil all at the same time if we invested in alternative sources of energy.
6) to go with the prior one, create a mass transit system that is user friendly nationwide
7) make taxation fair (I'm not an expert but I don't think flat tax is the way to go.
8 ) and I would also like to return to being a nation that other nations look up to.

[Jim O'Bryan]

1) National Sales Tax (flat tax)
2) Alternative Enregy (an actual plan)
3) Education (fix it)
4) Gay Marriage (let each church / religion decide not the Gov.)
5) Troops on our border not in Europe, the Middle East or in space
6) Drill in the US (but be sure that the people and environment do not get hosed)
7) Make every neighborhood safe
Abolish the death tax
9) NO MORE PORK

Eisel

Agree with all but number 6


FWIW

[Danielle Masters]

Sorry to do this Stephen but I have a question about a flat tax, sales tax. I will admit I have not done a lot of reading up on the issue, but the little I have seems to say that it hits the poor more so than the rich. And that seems to make sense to me because there income is lower and therefore that tax is an exponentially larger portion of their income. So if you think I am wrong, tell me how a flat tax (sales tax) doesn't tax the poor to a larger percentage than the rich.

[Stephen Eisel]

legalize hemp and marijuana

[Stephen Eisel]

Sorry to do this Stephen but I have a question about a flat tax, sales tax. I will admit I have not done a lot of reading up on the issue, but the little I have seems to say that it hits the poor more so than the rich. And that seems to make sense to me because there income is lower and therefore that tax is an exponentially larger portion of their income. So if you think I am wrong, tell me how a flat tax (sales tax) doesn't tax the poor to a larger percentage than the rich.

Great question! I am not sure... Here is a little 4-1-1


http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/congress ... t_tax.html


http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=AVtVA48kYYg&feature=user

[Danielle Masters]

8) legalize hemp and marijuana

I agree and that could help raise some tax money and free up time and money spent within the judicial system.

[Danielle Masters]

Thanks Stephen, I see how it could possible work since the first $36,000 of a families income is not taxable. Interesting concept. Thanks for the links.

[Jim DeVito]

1) National Sales Tax (flat tax)
2) Alternative Enregy (an actual plan)
3) Education (fix it)
4) Gay Marriage (let each church / religion decide not the Gov.)
5) Troops on our border not in Europe, the Middle East or in space
6) Drill in the US (but be sure that the people and environment do not get hosed)
7) Make every neighborhood safe
Abolish the death tax
9) NO MORE PORK

Regarding number six. Change the US to the Moon and other space objects and you have a deal.

Check out the lake of oil! Hows that for foreign dependence.

[Stephen Eisel]

8) legalize hemp and marijuana

I agree and that could help raise some tax money and free up time and money spent within the judicial system.

It would also help the American Farmer.... Hemp has a wide variety of uses... rope, oils paper and etc...

[Stephen Eisel]

1) National Sales Tax (flat tax)
2) Alternative Enregy (an actual plan)
3) Education (fix it)
4) Gay Marriage (let each church / religion decide not the Gov.)
5) Troops on our border not in Europe, the Middle East or in space
6) Drill in the US (but be sure that the people and environment do not get hosed)
7) Make every neighborhood safe
Abolish the death tax
9) NO MORE PORK

Regarding number six. Change the US to the Moon and other space objects and you have a deal.

Check out the lake of oil! Hows that for foreign dependence.

deal... but we will need to smoke from the peace pipe first to make it official

[Bret Callentine]

1. national sales tax
2. balanced budget amendment
3. fast track construction of new nuclear power plants
4. end of government subsidies for private industries
5. full public bipartisan review of war on terror
4. presidential ban on advertising for perscription medication
5. bill to force congress to use the same healthcare and retirement available to our veterans
6. end embargo with Cuba
7. give island of manahattan back to native americans
8. declare california a permanent "state" of emergency
9. build bourbon pipeline from Clermont Kentucky to my backyard

and the list goes on and on...

[Stephen Eisel]

1) Fix healthcare, especially for veterans, children and the mentally ill

Yes! Sorry, I forgot about that one...

[Dustin James]

1) National Sales Tax (flat tax)
2) Alternative Enregy (an actual plan)
3) Education (fix it)
4) Gay Marriage (let each church / religion decide not the Gov.)
5) Troops on our border not in Europe, the Middle East or in space
6) Drill in the US (but be sure that the people and environment do not get hosed)
7) Make every neighborhood safe
Abolish the death tax
9) NO MORE PORK

Eisel

Agree with all but number 6


FWIW

Agree with all including 6 with a cap of 15 years. 5 to get it out, 5 to transfer/ramp up number 2, and 5 to phase out 6. (cold turkey is very expensive and oil is in every particle of our economy).

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[dl meckes]

4) Gay Marriage (let each church / religion decide not the Gov.)

I want to see this the other way around.

Marriage is a legal, civil contract that should be available to all citizens.

Let the churches decide if they will perform marriages.

As it stands, churches already have all sorts of rules regarding marriage...