Your First 100 Hours

[Barcalounger]

Newt had his contract, Pelosi just finished her first 100 hours, Barack says he'd push for universal health care (from a couple threads down).

You just took a slim majority in the US congress and you have enough political capital to push 3 usually controversial policies. These policies will be things that will move the country in the right direction, whatever your view of the right direction happens to be (conservative, liberal, ACist, Neo-Whig, whatever). These policies aren't vague like "decentralize the federal government", they're the most important initial things you think would help get the power decentralized.

What are the three issues you push in your first 100 hours?

[Al68]

1. Stop violating the US Constitution.
2. Stop violating the US Constitution.
3. Stop violating the US Constitution.

This alone will reduce the size of government by at least 90%.

[bobman0330]

-Eliminate all trade barriers/subsidies.
-Establish temporary support program for jobs lost to foreign competition.
-Eliminate taxation of dividends, increase tax rates on income over 100k to make it revenue-neutral.

[bills217]

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-Establish temporary support program for jobs lost to foreign competition.

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Don't we already have this for all jobs lost, for any reason? (Unemployment insurance)

[Copernicus]

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-Eliminate all trade barriers/subsidies.
-Establish temporary support program for jobs lost to foreign competition.
-Eliminate taxation of dividends, increase tax rates on income over 100k to make it revenue-neutral.

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Were your first two points intentionally contradictory?

[Barcalounger]

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1. Stop violating the US Constitution.
2. Stop violating the US Constitution.
3. Stop violating the US Constitution.

This alone will reduce the size of government by at least 90%.

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Any specifically egregious constitution violations sticking in your craw?

[4 High]

-Universal Health Care for every American in need
-Index Minimum Wage to Inflation
-Reform The Voting system (Paper Trails, same system being used everywhere, Checks and Balances, Perhaps look into Popular Vote format vs. Electoral College etc.)

[TomCollins]

-Index Minimum Wage to Inflation

HOORAY FOR FEEDBACK LOOPS! The price of wheelbarrows will surely go up to carry your money to buy a loaf of bread.

[Al68]

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-Index Minimum Wage to Inflation

HOORAY FOR FEEDBACK LOOPS! The price of wheelbarrows will surely go up to carry your money to buy a loaf of bread.

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Good point. Why do so many people not know the nature of the "floating value" dollar. And that the value of the dollar is based on how hard it is to obtain a dollar.

Raising the min wage does not raise anyone's "real" wages. It only devalues the dollar. Why do people treat this issue as if we were on the gold standard?

[Al68]

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1. Stop violating the US Constitution.
2. Stop violating the US Constitution.
3. Stop violating the US Constitution.

This alone will reduce the size of government by at least 90%.

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Any specifically egregious constitution violations sticking in your craw?

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Yeah, but the specifics are not as important to me as my overall desire to have a legitimate lawful constitutional government.

And of course I can see posts already in this thread advocating the government do even more things that the constitution doesn't authorize.