Solutions for America
Do Your Homework: Heritage Foundation "Solutions for America"
August 21, 2010 Filed in: National Affairs
A little in-depth thinking goes a long way. As a conservatives, we are duty bound to have ‘answers’ to back up our criticism of the current administration. Reality is not a barrier to Democratic/Socialist thinking, but conservative Republicans must educate themselves in order to influence those around us about the world of social and economic reality. Do your homework!
“Washington, D.C., Aug. 17, 2010–The Heritage Foundation today released “Solutions for America,” a comprehensive policy agenda addressing the nation’s most pressing and ingrained problems.
Compiled by experts at Heritage, the leading conservative think tank, the guidebook outlines critical challenges on 23 policy fronts and makes 128 specific recommendations for Congress to confront and overcome these obstacles. Among them:
Trim excessive compensation for federal employees by bringing their salaries and benefits in line with those of private-sector pay.
Exempt those who work beyond the retirement age from paying payroll taxes.
Establish a unified budget governing all 71 federal welfare programs; cap their year-to-year growth at the rate of inflation; expand work requirements and treat a portion of benefits as loans to be repaid, not grants from taxpayers.
Spur investment, job creation and global competition by reducing the top corporate tax rate and allowing firms to deduct immediately all investments in new facilities and equipment.
“All the recommendations in ‘Solutions’ have one thing in common. They would return power to the people. And, collectively, they will put America back on the track to prosperity and greatness,” Heritage President Edwin J. Feulner said.” ... READ MORE AT HERITAGE.ORG Read More...
Heritage Foundation: Solutions for American
“Washington, D.C., Aug. 17, 2010–The Heritage Foundation today released “Solutions for America,” a comprehensive policy agenda addressing the nation’s most pressing and ingrained problems.
Compiled by experts at Heritage, the leading conservative think tank, the guidebook outlines critical challenges on 23 policy fronts and makes 128 specific recommendations for Congress to confront and overcome these obstacles. Among them:
Trim excessive compensation for federal employees by bringing their salaries and benefits in line with those of private-sector pay.
Exempt those who work beyond the retirement age from paying payroll taxes.
Establish a unified budget governing all 71 federal welfare programs; cap their year-to-year growth at the rate of inflation; expand work requirements and treat a portion of benefits as loans to be repaid, not grants from taxpayers.
Spur investment, job creation and global competition by reducing the top corporate tax rate and allowing firms to deduct immediately all investments in new facilities and equipment.
“All the recommendations in ‘Solutions’ have one thing in common. They would return power to the people. And, collectively, they will put America back on the track to prosperity and greatness,” Heritage President Edwin J. Feulner said.” ... READ MORE AT HERITAGE.ORG Read More...