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What are the current active issues in the United States?

Active issues as of 08/30/2012:

1. Benefits of Technology added 08/30/12
   • Who gets the benefits of technology: the few or the many?
   • Increase sharing through the tax code
2. Global warming
   • Reduce carbon dioxide release during energy usage
   • Charge true cost of energy usage
3. Stable economy
   • Provide a reliable savings mechanism for retirement
   • Provide a reliable source of jobs for anyone who needs employment
4. Excessive Federal Debt
   • Limit Interest on National Debt
   • 5 percent of budget
5. Secure Retirement
   • Fully Fund Social Security
   • No cap on Social Security tax
   • Tax on Income for life
   • 401K Required/with assistance
6. Health Care
   • Require everyone to purchase a uniform health care policy
   • From one of two national pools: below retirement age or above retirement age
   • Assistance for low income
7. Job Security
   • Guaranteed jobs
   • No welfare
8. High cost of Gasoline
   • Everyone strive to reduce their gasoline consumption by ten percent
     • Combine trips which use auto
     • If high mileage driver, get more fuel efficient auto
     • If knowledge worker, telecommute one extra day a week
     • Use video conference to visit family and friends from time to time
9. Nuclear Proliferation
   • UN Law to register nuclear material
   • MAD strategy
10. Terrorism
    • UN Law against State sponsered terrorism
    • UN Law against Hate Crimes
11. Illegal Immigration
    • No wall
    • Felony to hire undocumented workers
    • Set Immigration Limits based on market forces
12. Income tax complexity
    • Everyone required to file a return
    • Progressive Income tax
    • Low corporate Income tax
    • Tax code limited to one thousand words (on web)
13. Education
    • Formal education starts at age three
    • Basic education complete at age sixteen
    • At sixteen split into career fields of study
    • Education on the job for life
    • Classes free for A and B students
14. War in Iraq
    • Guaranteed jobs for all Iraqis now
    • Armed Forces out by 12/2009
15. Identity Theft
    • Each state shall support user access to their ID record
    • Each user shall maintain an authentication code in their own record
    • Each new account setup shall require that user provide authentication code
16. Upgrade Health Care support system
    • State base computer support for identification card
    • Medical Records on smart card and central system
17. Inflation
    • Raise the Income Tax withholding rate
    • Raise the interest rate
18. Marriage
    • Marriage is between a man and a woman
    • Civil Unions allowed
19. Estate Tax
    • No need to change current law
20. Employee Free Choice Act
    • This bill should be defeated

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