How would you turn around the economy?

Introduce a new WPA - This would be concerned with real infra-structure repair, upgrades to telecommunications (such as implementing TPC IPv6, Fiber optic cables, switches, etc), high speed rail, upgrading the energy grid.
Reinstate Glass-Steagall.
Introduce Legislation that Government Contracts Must Include American Hires.
Introduce Legislation that Government Loans to Business Must Include American Hires.
Introduce Legislation that forbids American Government contracts, grants or loans to Companies who's employees are less then 70% American.
Introduce a "Maximum Compensation" law. Anything over 5 million dollars a year would be taxed at a rate of 90%.
Add teeth to Sarbanes-Oxley.
Introduce a real "Mark To Market" law.
Introduce real regulations of derivatives, Dark pools and instanets.
Adequately fund the IRS to chase down tax cheats.
Introduce funding to train or educate people displaced by the economic downturn.
Put Financial Institutions on notice that if hiring doesn't start happening domestically, the United States would introduce it's own 401k, IRA and other retirement accounts for it's employees.
Raise taxes on Hedge fund managers.
Cut foreign military bases by 90%.
Cut missile defense.
Cut the Submarine Fleet by 50%.
Pull out of Afghanistan and Iraq. Special forces would be left to deal with terrorist threats as they arise through predator strikes..or Spook Ops.
Reintroduce the Shuttle Program.
Fund the Space Station.
Fund a Moon Colony.
Introduce Single Payer for everyone.
Immediately get rid of the Bush Tax cuts and oil subsidies.
Introduce a "Consultant" law. No consultant can work for a firm for more then six months without a new contract or being fully hired.

Okay, tied for first. :clap2:

If the contest is "Most Stupid."
We are basically pursuing policies not dissimilar from those. And that's why we're here. Sarbox is a disaster, with companies going public overseas far more than here.
But we should just skip the intermediate steps is Swallow's plan and go for the meat: Fire everyone and rehire them as government workers.
 
Invest in infrastructure...and not just our crumbling roads and bridges, but our technology infrastructure as well. We are woefully behind other countries when it comes to our broadband technology and it hurts us economically.
 
- Drill Baby Drill to lower current energy prices. This will create jobs now.

- Tax Oil to subsidize sensible domestic renewable energy. As future energy cost climb these current domestic renewable energy investments will become cheap.

- Upgrade the power grid. This will create jobs now.

- Provide free education online. Allow students to take test to determine their education level after they study from the free online education.

- Eliminate student loan program since the education would be free online.

- Get high speed network to every household that has students in it.

- 1 year employer tax cut for each unemployed person they hire.

- Cut Medicare, Medicaid & Healthcare funding.

Best answer thus far.

Or the weirdest answer so far... How are you going to pay for all of this? I bolded what I like, but the rest seems a bit, unrealistic... Education becomes free, how?
 
Introduce a new WPA - This would be concerned with real infra-structure repair, upgrades to telecommunications (such as implementing TPC IPv6, Fiber optic cables, switches, etc), high speed rail, upgrading the energy grid.
Reinstate Glass-Steagall.
Introduce Legislation that Government Contracts Must Include American Hires.
Introduce Legislation that Government Loans to Business Must Include American Hires.
Introduce Legislation that forbids American Government contracts, grants or loans to Companies who's employees are less then 70% American.
Introduce a "Maximum Compensation" law. Anything over 5 million dollars a year would be taxed at a rate of 90%.
Add teeth to Sarbanes-Oxley.
Introduce a real "Mark To Market" law.
Introduce real regulations of derivatives, Dark pools and instanets.
Adequately fund the IRS to chase down tax cheats.
Introduce funding to train or educate people displaced by the economic downturn.
Put Financial Institutions on notice that if hiring doesn't start happening domestically, the United States would introduce it's own 401k, IRA and other retirement accounts for it's employees.
Raise taxes on Hedge fund managers.
Cut foreign military bases by 90%.
Cut missile defense.
Cut the Submarine Fleet by 50%.
Pull out of Afghanistan and Iraq. Special forces would be left to deal with terrorist threats as they arise through predator strikes..or Spook Ops.
Reintroduce the Shuttle Program.
Fund the Space Station.
Fund a Moon Colony.
Introduce Single Payer for everyone.
Immediately get rid of the Bush Tax cuts and oil subsidies.
Introduce a "Consultant" law. No consultant can work for a firm for more then six months without a new contract or being fully hired.
Jesus Christ, how you gonna pay for all that? Tip.....we are operating in the red.

Tax rate of 90% Lmfao

It's obvious he's given his answer a great deal of thought, which is obviously more than you can say.

And you've given NO answer thus far, so it's more than you can say too. STFU.
 
Invest in infrastructure...and not just our crumbling roads and bridges, but our technology infrastructure as well. We are woefully behind other countries when it comes to our broadband technology and it hurts us economically.

invest what? stupid? isn't that just buzzword retardeddimocrat talk for another stimulus package up the azz of America? Why do you hate America so much?
 
Broaden the tax base
Institute a flat tax
Abolish the IRS
Abolish Homeland Security(use institutions we already had)
Put a lifetime cap on welfare funds to any individual that isn't permanently disabled
End corporate taxes and death taxes
Abolish the DOE
Privatize ss for anyone under 40 and offer options for those over 40
BBA for sure
Serious Tort reform
Modernize our military then make appropriate cuts
One thing I agree with sallow on (end wars and leave spec ops)
Abolish public unions
Institute pay and term limits for congress
Make presidential elections funded through legislation
Stop social ideals from being legislated
Require all legislation be available to the public for one week prior to votes
 
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Education becomes free, online.

All I know is, when people brainstorm, ideas can become reality. For instance, "Forgive Student Loan Debt to Stimulate the Economy" is brilliant, IMO.
 
Introduce a new WPA - This would be concerned with real infra-structure repair, upgrades to telecommunications (such as implementing TPC IPv6, Fiber optic cables, switches, etc), high speed rail, upgrading the energy grid.
Reinstate Glass-Steagall.
Introduce Legislation that Government Contracts Must Include American Hires.
Introduce Legislation that Government Loans to Business Must Include American Hires.
Introduce Legislation that forbids American Government contracts, grants or loans to Companies who's employees are less then 70% American.
Introduce a "Maximum Compensation" law. Anything over 5 million dollars a year would be taxed at a rate of 90%.
Add teeth to Sarbanes-Oxley.
Introduce a real "Mark To Market" law.
Introduce real regulations of derivatives, Dark pools and instanets.
Adequately fund the IRS to chase down tax cheats.
Introduce funding to train or educate people displaced by the economic downturn.
Put Financial Institutions on notice that if hiring doesn't start happening domestically, the United States would introduce it's own 401k, IRA and other retirement accounts for it's employees.
Raise taxes on Hedge fund managers.
Cut foreign military bases by 90%.
Cut missile defense.
Cut the Submarine Fleet by 50%.
Pull out of Afghanistan and Iraq. Special forces would be left to deal with terrorist threats as they arise through predator strikes..or Spook Ops.
Reintroduce the Shuttle Program.
Fund the Space Station.
Fund a Moon Colony.
Introduce Single Payer for everyone.
Immediately get rid of the Bush Tax cuts and oil subsidies.
Introduce a "Consultant" law. No consultant can work for a firm for more then six months without a new contract or being fully hired.
Jesus Christ, how you gonna pay for all that? Tip.....we are operating in the red.

Tax rate of 90% Lmfao

It's obvious he's given his answer a great deal of thought, which is obviously more than you can say.

Hey Swallow has some good answers in there but for the most part he wants to spend possibly hundreds of billions more than we have in hopes it, what... creates some jobs at what, 500k a piece? Didn’t we already try that and fail?
 
Broaden the tax base
Institute a flat tax
Abolish the IRS
Abolish Homeland Security(use institutions we already had)
Put a lifetime cap on welfare funds to any individual that isn't permanently disabled
End corporate taxes and death taxes
Abolish the FOR
Privatize ss for anyone under 40 and offer options for those over 40
BBA for sure
Serious Tort reform
Modernize our military then make appropriate cuts
One thing I agree with sallow on (end wars and leave spec ops)
Abolish public unions
Institute pay and term limits for congress
Make presidential elections funded through legislation
Stop social ideals from being legislated
Require all legislation be available to the public for one week prior to votes

Especially the bolded.
 
End the wars

Balance the budget

End secret prisions

End the DoE

End Homeland security

Look at SS, MC/MC

End welfare

Get Government out of HC as much as possible

Let people be free to make or break themselves

Free the American people

Then look at the tax code and the possibility of lowering taxes and ending taxes on all business’s/corperations.

I agree with everything you have said except for maybe one. Most people when you say welfare think of S.S., S.S.I. and disability. These programs are paid into by citizens out of their own income and are entitled to receive benefits if the worse case scenario should happen and they need to draw from it.
We can end these programs but by doing so what happens to the money that was paid into from workers incomes. I for one would demand my money back in full if they suddenly ended the S.S. programs.
The problem with these programs aren't due to those receiving benefits, but rather from the Government borrowing out the funds since the S.S. program was started.
 
Introduce a new WPA - This would be concerned with real infra-structure repair, upgrades to telecommunications (such as implementing TPC IPv6, Fiber optic cables, switches, etc), high speed rail, upgrading the energy grid.
Reinstate Glass-Steagall.
Introduce Legislation that Government Contracts Must Include American Hires.
Introduce Legislation that Government Loans to Business Must Include American Hires.
Introduce Legislation that forbids American Government contracts, grants or loans to Companies who's employees are less then 70% American.
Introduce a "Maximum Compensation" law. Anything over 5 million dollars a year would be taxed at a rate of 90%.
Add teeth to Sarbanes-Oxley.
Introduce a real "Mark To Market" law.
Introduce real regulations of derivatives, Dark pools and instanets.
Adequately fund the IRS to chase down tax cheats.
Introduce funding to train or educate people displaced by the economic downturn.
Put Financial Institutions on notice that if hiring doesn't start happening domestically, the United States would introduce it's own 401k, IRA and other retirement accounts for it's employees.
Raise taxes on Hedge fund managers.
Cut foreign military bases by 90%.
Cut missile defense.
Cut the Submarine Fleet by 50%.
Pull out of Afghanistan and Iraq. Special forces would be left to deal with terrorist threats as they arise through predator strikes..or Spook Ops.
Reintroduce the Shuttle Program.
Fund the Space Station.
Fund a Moon Colony.
Introduce Single Payer for everyone.
Immediately get rid of the Bush Tax cuts and oil subsidies.
Introduce a "Consultant" law. No consultant can work for a firm for more then six months without a new contract or being fully hired.
Jesus Christ, how you gonna pay for all that? Tip.....we are operating in the red.

Tax rate of 90% Lmfao

Sunsetting the Bush tax cuts, closing loopholes, capturing revenue from tax cheats, cuts to the military, upping the hedge fund manager taxes, 90% on bonuses from our top executives (thank you very much), and a wider tax base from all the new hires...

I forgot to add.. New Tariffs on Chinese goods until they stop messing with their currency.

Anymore questions?
 
Invest in infrastructure...and not just our crumbling roads and bridges, but our technology infrastructure as well. We are woefully behind other countries when it comes to our broadband technology and it hurts us economically.

invest what? stupid? isn't that just buzzword retardeddimocrat talk for another stimulus package up the azz of America? Why do you hate America so much?

In liberal/progressive/dumbocrat speak....

INVEST = SPENDING

They think if they use these double talk words no one will discover their game.
 
For instance, "Forgive Student Loan Debt to Stimulate the Economy" is brilliant, IMO.

Why not just throw bales of $100 bills out of helicopters? :rolleyes:

BRILLIANT!
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Education becomes free, online.

All I know is, when people brainstorm, ideas can become reality. For instance, "Forgive Student Loan Debt to Stimulate the Economy" is brilliant, IMO.

Insanity....

So education becomes free... again HOW? How does education become free while we also pay for peoples internet if they go to school.........................? I get that it's "free" to the user but who is paying for the Government program AND the service? How would you control everyone not going back to school?

How is it fair in any context to "forgive student loan debt?" How about we just pay people mortgage off, I mean why not, do you have an answer as to why I should pay for someone’s education but no one has to pay for my house?
 
Introduce a new WPA - This would be concerned with real infra-structure repair, upgrades to telecommunications (such as implementing TPC IPv6, Fiber optic cables, switches, etc), high speed rail, upgrading the energy grid.
Reinstate Glass-Steagall.
Introduce Legislation that Government Contracts Must Include American Hires.
Introduce Legislation that Government Loans to Business Must Include American Hires.
Introduce Legislation that forbids American Government contracts, grants or loans to Companies who's employees are less then 70% American.
Introduce a "Maximum Compensation" law. Anything over 5 million dollars a year would be taxed at a rate of 90%.
Add teeth to Sarbanes-Oxley.
Introduce a real "Mark To Market" law.
Introduce real regulations of derivatives, Dark pools and instanets.
Adequately fund the IRS to chase down tax cheats.
Introduce funding to train or educate people displaced by the economic downturn.
Put Financial Institutions on notice that if hiring doesn't start happening domestically, the United States would introduce it's own 401k, IRA and other retirement accounts for it's employees.
Raise taxes on Hedge fund managers.
Cut foreign military bases by 90%.
Cut missile defense.
Cut the Submarine Fleet by 50%.
Pull out of Afghanistan and Iraq. Special forces would be left to deal with terrorist threats as they arise through predator strikes..or Spook Ops.
Reintroduce the Shuttle Program.
Fund the Space Station.
Fund a Moon Colony.
Introduce Single Payer for everyone.
Immediately get rid of the Bush Tax cuts and oil subsidies.
Introduce a "Consultant" law. No consultant can work for a firm for more then six months without a new contract or being fully hired.
Jesus Christ, how you gonna pay for all that? Tip.....we are operating in the red.

Tax rate of 90% Lmfao

It's obvious he's given his answer a great deal of thought, which is obviously more than you can say.

it doesn't require a lot of though to spew a liberal wish list. I gave you a list that actually cut spending unlike his explosion in govt and govt spending. And it didn't require a lot of thought, just a little common sense
 
Introduce a new WPA - This would be concerned with real infra-structure repair, upgrades to telecommunications (such as implementing TPC IPv6, Fiber optic cables, switches, etc), high speed rail, upgrading the energy grid.
Reinstate Glass-Steagall.
Introduce Legislation that Government Contracts Must Include American Hires.
Introduce Legislation that Government Loans to Business Must Include American Hires.
Introduce Legislation that forbids American Government contracts, grants or loans to Companies who's employees are less then 70% American.
Introduce a "Maximum Compensation" law. Anything over 5 million dollars a year would be taxed at a rate of 90%.
Add teeth to Sarbanes-Oxley.
Introduce a real "Mark To Market" law.
Introduce real regulations of derivatives, Dark pools and instanets.
Adequately fund the IRS to chase down tax cheats.
Introduce funding to train or educate people displaced by the economic downturn.
Put Financial Institutions on notice that if hiring doesn't start happening domestically, the United States would introduce it's own 401k, IRA and other retirement accounts for it's employees.
Raise taxes on Hedge fund managers.
Cut foreign military bases by 90%.
Cut missile defense.
Cut the Submarine Fleet by 50%.
Pull out of Afghanistan and Iraq. Special forces would be left to deal with terrorist threats as they arise through predator strikes..or Spook Ops.
Reintroduce the Shuttle Program.
Fund the Space Station.
Fund a Moon Colony.
Introduce Single Payer for everyone.
Immediately get rid of the Bush Tax cuts and oil subsidies.
Introduce a "Consultant" law. No consultant can work for a firm for more then six months without a new contract or being fully hired.

Okay, tied for first. :clap2:

Except mine will pay for itself & cut the debt. Sallows will not. It will only increase debt & cost US jobs. It did not work in Russia & it wont work here or anywhere else.
 
Omg my brain is gonna explode hahaha... How do you "forgive student loans" anyway? Like current student loans??? Can I get a number of how much that will be, 1 Trillion, maybe 2 Trillion? Or do we just tell the schools of tax payers that hold the debt from the student "lol@you!"

What world do people live in that you can just declare other peoples personal debt "paid for" and not actually pay for anything to the person/people that the money is owed to? And what is even more amazing is this is considered “brilliant.”

Here is an Idea, vote for me for president, you will all get a 4thousand Sq foot home paid for, 3 cars of your choice and 2 billion bucks in your bank account… No no, there is no catch, I’ll just borrow the money from china and or ask the FED to print it up. Who can beat that shit? Oh wait, Health care is paid for you, for life….
 

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