Takeaways from the State of the Union:
Double child-care tax credit, only 10% of income can go to paying off student loans, health insurance reform, energy bill, tax the big banks if they can pay out bonuses, jobs in the US through small businesses, elminating capital gains tax, increase manufacturing in 5 years to beat China, tax cuts for small businesses, federal government will tighten its belt to reduce deficit. No more tax cuts for oil companies, investment fund managers, individuals making over 250,000/year, Bi-partisan fiscal commission. Please feel free to add more in the comments.
Earmark request website. Transpartisanship. “Everyday can not be election day”. Come on Republicans, what can we do?
Nuclear power plant, off-shore drilling.
Troops can come home sometime in 2011, win the war in Afghanistan. We’ll leave Iraq to its people by the end of this August. Reduce stockpiles, reach arms-control treaty.
Republican response:
Good government policy can spur the private sector — no regulation, taxation, litigation.
Archein