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Revolutionize food system. Tax companies for producing food products that cause health problems. End farmer subsidies for corn, wheat, and soy, to create a more bio-diverse food supply.
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Charging sales tax for non-healthy food accomplishes this easily.
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Disallow food stamp use for processed, nutrition-void foods.
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Downsize military significantly.
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Become isolationist nation with policies geared towards rewarding isolationist, self-sufficient economic practices.
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Isolationist nation has and always be a terrible idea, we need the ability to export to the rest of the world to sustain financial growth. However, imposing strategic tariffs will create a level playing field in most manufacturing sectors.
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Increase teacher salaries and create more scrutinous hiring and firing standards to revolutionize the education system and remove deadbeat babysitters.
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End teachers' unions. End teachers' pensions. Make it easier for people who WANT to teach to be able to do so. For example, a professional chemist teaching chemistry. A paid intense summer training course to prepare someone to teach could easily be implemented.
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Legalize and tax online poker.
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Also a national internet sales tax.
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Enforce integrity in the advertising industry.
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Censorship is bad mmkay.
Legalization and taxation of pot would be swell.
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Increase taxes on alcohol manufactures.
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Unnecessary with decriminalized and taxed drugs.
There is some legitimate lobbying that needs to be done by various industries. Most politicians are not at all educated about all the various areas they're voting for legislation on. However, lobbyists should not be allowed to contribute campaign money.