Reply #21: I will call and ask for expansion of SS, Medicare. Medicaid.

[PufPuf23]

IMO SS and Medicare should be for 55 and older and there should be cheap care clinics (such as Indian Health Service clinics or VA).

Taxes on income, capital gains, and inheritance should be progressive and rolled back to at least first term Clinton.

I would go for a first year Defence/Security reduction of 20% but a 5% increase in Peace Corp, foreign and domestic, federal jobs.

Imagine what good could be done in community infrastructure (by agencies like WPA, CCC, or CETA) by redeploying 75% of Homeland Security.

POTUS Obama is bright and has a nice image and personality but unfortunately I doubt his integrity (and I was a strong supporter, my unease started with his appointments alas, too neo-liberal).

There should be a transaction charge on securities, full re-establishment of Glass-Steagal, and derivative ("synthetic") securities banned beyond 2nd order as there is no rational means of valuation and they are used for arbitrage (and unjustly bailed out by the taxpayers.

Hey I'm a dreamer and recall better.

Enjoy your writing.