I have a plan that will go miles toward bailing out the automakers and lots of others

[Stinky The Clown]

Universal

Single-Payer

Healthcare.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. But....but....Isn't that socialized medicine.. So what if it saves the

economy, and lives.... :sarcasm:

DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[navarth]

2. yes. and tariffs.

[valerief]

4. Oh, yeah. We need those tariffs BIG TIME! nt

[backscatter712]

8. Tariffs can bite us in the ass.

I'd say make our tariffs in parity with those from other nations. We don't want to go Smoot-Hawley and jack the import tariffs to insane levels - that will fuck the economy even worse.

I'd say probably the biggest thing to do is give companies tax breaks for hiring workers here in the U.S., and take the tax breaks away from companies that outsource/offshore work.

Remember that a big purpose of taxation (aside from raising revenue for the .gov) is to alter behavior (I know, behavior-altering taxes get the Rethugs screeching.) We want to alter behavior, not take so much money out of the economy that things get worse.

[Virginian]

17. Giving work visas to foreign workers to come here is the same as offshoring.

Indian companies like TATA and SATYAM bring in their own workers from India on H-1b or even worse L level visas.
These companies are undermining our IT industry and even some of our accounting firms.

If a lot of companies are laying off employees by the thousands, why are we still importing workers by the thousands?

[backscatter712]

18. Good point. Time to rein in the H1-B abuse.

It's time for U.S. policy to reflect preference for U.S. citizens rather than offshored, outsourced, or in-sourced H1-B workers.

Put a U.S. citizen to work, you get a tax break. Prefer non-citizens or offshored workers? You pay.

[bvar22]

19. Tax breaks will NEVER be able to compete with....

...Slave Labor and NO environmental regulations when it comes to cutting Corporate Costs.

[AndyTiedye]

12. Tariffs Won't Help Much

The most popular "Japanese" cars are made here.

Universal health care would help a lot.

So would the EFCA.

[navarth]

13. disagree.

what we have now are unfair trade policies that don't protect American workers and industries. Screw this globalization crap. Force them to make the stuff here.

[scarletwoman]

3. Socialist!!!! Marxist!!!! Commie!!!! Don't you understand that people would rather DIE than give in

to your evil terrorist agenda!!!!

[valerief]

5. Well, then, it's a good things they ARE dying, since there's no safety net

from the govt.

[scarletwoman]

11. Exactly my point!

:D

[JeffR]

6. Why, you... why, you... you... you...

[OwnedByFerrets]

7. I have said for years that I just dont understand why every big corporation

in America isnt bonkers for this. It makes bottom line financial sense.

[Winterblues]

9. Gee why didn't you think of that a few decades ago?

Maybe our Corporations would not be in this shape...Maybe America would be a healthy nation instead of a complete and total mess.

[aquart]

10. That's what I keep saying.

GIVE TEDDY WHAT HE WANTS!!!!!

[Coexist]

14. yup.

[Fumesucker]

15. Too bad that's not what we're going to get...

Anyone who thinks the insurance companies are going to get kicked out of the medical racket needs psychiatric coverage desperately.

[formercia]

16. As opposed to the GOP single prayer health system.

Make peace with your God and kiss your ass goodbye.