I'm not quite sure what you want me to say -- I doubt that there is one plan that will magically cure all our ills, and if I had one I'd be running for office with that as a platform.
That said, I'd start with education. Make a commitment to creating (and funding -- ESPECIALLY funding) excellent public schools. Include sex ed -- REAL sex ed, not abstinence-only -- in the curriculum, and free condoms in the nurse's office. Provide child care during the day for students with kids so they don't have to make the choice between caring for their children and finishing high school.
Regulation of storefront check-cashing and loan establishments, which are not subject to the usury restrictions that banks face. Federal tax incentives to businesses that create jobs in economically depressed areas. Eliminate the $90,000 income cap on Social Security contributions. Ditch the Bush tax plan. Overhaul the pharmaceutical industry so that poor people not forced to choose between paying their rent and buying their medicine.
...of course, all of that is easier said than done.
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Date: 2005-02-19 06:23 pm (UTC)That said, I'd start with education. Make a commitment to creating (and funding -- ESPECIALLY funding) excellent public schools. Include sex ed -- REAL sex ed, not abstinence-only -- in the curriculum, and free condoms in the nurse's office. Provide child care during the day for students with kids so they don't have to make the choice between caring for their children and finishing high school.
Regulation of storefront check-cashing and loan establishments, which are not subject to the usury restrictions that banks face. Federal tax incentives to businesses that create jobs in economically depressed areas. Eliminate the $90,000 income cap on Social Security contributions. Ditch the Bush tax plan. Overhaul the pharmaceutical industry so that poor people not forced to choose between paying their rent and buying their medicine.
...of course, all of that is easier said than done.