Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself
omegascarlet
Junior Chimp
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« on: May 22, 2017, 10:56:19 AM » |
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Promoting the Public Good
- Raise the amount of money given by SNAP, make it apply to necessities like toilet paper, and raise the poverty line
- Institute a "luxury stamp" program to allow poor people to have basic quality of life improvements like an occasional soda, a nice dinner, etc.
- Make college public funded like K-12, stop doing charter schools, federalize school funding, increase education spending, give priority to struggling schools
- Invest in infrastructure
- Invest in parks and recreation
- Invest a large amount of money in the promotion of alternative energy
- Invest more in scientific research(esp. epidemiology and sustainable agriculture methods), and discourage not publishing results that aren't interesting. Make getting research into journals a part of grant funding.
- implement a universal healthcare system
- increase the minimum wage to $13.10
Tax policy
- remove the cap on payroll tax, increase it
- implement a carbon tax
- reduce corporate tax rates to the international standard of 25%
- increase income tax rates across the board, give gigantic deductions to people on welfare programs.
- implement a 5% VAT
Trade and foreign aid
- Enter a free trade deal with the same people in the TPP
- Push increased labor standards in these agreements
- Aid in infrastructure improvement in the developing world
- Spend more on fighting famine
Probably more I'd want, but this is a good starting point.
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