On the Issues
- Invest in education to reclaim our position as the strongest workforce in the world.
- Mandate a payroll tax cut for all working and middle class Americans.
- Reward small businesses that expand their businesses and hire more Floridians.
- End tax loopholes that let corporations hide profits overseas, and invest those dollars in small businesses that create jobs in America.
- Create tax cuts for small businesses and expand lending so that businesses can create new jobs.
- Invest in a clean-energy economy, and provide tax credits to spark manufacturing of windmills, solar panels, and electric cars here at home.
- Put Americans to work rebuilding roads, bridges, rails, and ports, strengthening our economy and our infrastructure.
- Prohibit any bank or financial institution from being "too big to fail."
- Increase the penalties and establish mandatory prison time for executives and board members who defraud their clients or the government.
- Severely restrict stock investment activities of all banks.
- Require any institution that accepts public funding to suspend all executive bonuses.
- Prohibit the Federal Reserve from providing loans of any kind to a financial institution without full public notice and Congressional approval.
- Require all public loans to financial institutions be repaid with an interest rate at or above the market rate.
- Prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons and triggering a nuclear arms race in the region.
- Develop smart and tough sanctions to effectively prevent Iran from developing or obtaining nuclear weapons.
- Push for official recognition that a nuclear-armed Iran is a clear threat to Israel and that Iran is the leading sponsor of terrorism around the globe.
- Establish an international coalition to freeze any Iranian finances, which arms terrorist group.
- It is the leading sponsor of Hamas and Hezbollah, and is also arming insurgents fighting U.S.
- Outlaw special interest and corporate entities from raising and spending unlimited money on campaign advertising.
- Pass a Constitutional Amendment to define a "person" as a "natural person", which would prevent corporations from being viewed as 'persons' by our courts.
- Establish severe penalties, including prison time, for any member of Congress who uses inside information to make stock and other investment earnings.
- Honor the commitment to our seniors who held up their end of the bargain.
- Make sure that all retirees receive their full benefits.
- Prohibit any attempt to privatize Social Security by handing it over to Wall Street.
- Protect Medicare benefits.
- Overhaul the tax code to lower the tax burden on middle-class Americans and small businesses.
- Prohibit corporations from using offshore accounts to avoid paying taxes.
- Simplify the tax code by thoroughly reviewing all special interests tax loopholes.
- Terminate any tax giveaways to a corporation that is bailed out with public dollars.
- Ensure that CEOs don't have lower tax rates than their secretaries.
- Establish severe penalties and fines for any politician who supports or drafts legislation to create tax loopholes for a donor or organization that
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