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Latest news, links, ideas |
| Scot Berry |
Due to the increasing complexity of the products used in production, the interconnectivity of the supply chain, and the globalization of the market, the Federal Drug Administration is underfunded and unable to effectively regulate food safety. |
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| David Butler |
The US is too dependent on foreign oil. |
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| Damita Chambers |
There are too few federal resources allocated toward effective programs aimed at moving individuals and families out of poverty. More federal funds should be directed toward anti-poverty programs that help end generational poverty. |
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| Tyrone Davis |
The nation and its citizens have an aging and inadequate electrical infrastructure that is not capable of meeting the energy demands of a growing US population. |
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| Holly Durham |
By 2041, actuarial projections reflect that the Social Security Trust Fund will be exhausted. As a "pay-as-you-go" system, Social Security is projected to begin paying out more in benefits than taxes collected in 2017; by 2041, the Social Security Trust Fund will be exhausted and taxes collected will only cover about 78% of scheduled benefits. |
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| Jorge Ferreira |
Entry of zoonotic diseases into the U.S. |
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| Holly Fowler |
Too few people in America have access to broadband internet. |
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| Christopher Jones |
Current capital requirements for financial institutions holding risky mortgage securities are too low and not uniform across financial institutions. This will increase the likelihood of future insolvencies and create future systemic risks for the banking industry. |
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| David Kelly |
Due to the expiration of the Federal Assault Weapon Ban, a key provision of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act by President George W. Bush in 2004, violent crime rates committed using assault weapons in the United States have increased. |
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| Alex Keyes |
Mandatory minimum sentencing is not achieving the intended goals. Additionally, mandatory minimum sentencing has created unintended and unwanted side-effects. There are too many first time non violent drug offenders overcrowding our prison system. |
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| David McNulty |
The U.S. is a nation that relies heavily on petroleum products for transportation, production and many other uses. This is a resource that is both limited and unsecured leading to long term systemic problems if nothing is done to mitigate the nation’s reliance on oil, especially oil that is procured through foreign sources. |
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| Kelly Pasour |
The recidivism rate for state prisons in the United States is too high. |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090324/ap_on_he_me/insurers_sick_people |
| Danielle Seale |
States are missing out on collecting needed supplemental revenues by not legalizing the agriculture/ manufacture, distribution, and sale of marijuana and imposing a tax and regulatory fees on such activities. |
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| Leigh Sizemore |
Health care is too expensive for too many Americans. |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090324/ap_on_he_me/insurers_sick_people |
| Zane Stillwell |
The emissions placed into the atmosphere by the citizens of the world have exacerbated the problem of global warming to a state of extreme emergency. |
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| Coleman Tew |
While laws have recently been passed to help educate students with severe and profound disabilities, schools are often unable to implement them effectively because of economic, organizational or legal reasons. |
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| Mary Wright |
There are too many undisclosed interests, relationships, and transaction in the Federal Government that are or have the potential of being conflicts of interest. |
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