Obama must not have ever played SIM CITY. LOLI think our economic issues can be solved by doing a few things like:1. Raising tax on all imported goods and services. This will decrease foreign relations... so what? Make it cheap for them to buy American too!2. Making sales tax 0.0 on any goods or services made in the United states. Manufactured, distributed by and sold in the U.S.A. This will increase sales for domestically made items. Increasing demand, which will increase the need of employees in America. Nissan, Toyota and other foreign companies have plants in the U.S.A.3. No citizenship, no job in the U.S.A. We have too many Americans unemployed. 4. Decrease income tax for those who make less than 100,000, and increase income tax a little for the bracket between 100k and 200k, then increase from 200 to 500k, then really increase for 500k and up.5. Screw the banks! Get our billions back. Their greed in seeing dollar signs on hope-full interest on high-risk loans, is what got them in the shape they are in. So what if they go under. Another bank will form. Hopefully a bank that will not send our Economic Stimulas Money overseas like the billions AIG has sent!6. Legalize marijuana and tax the heck out ot it. We are spending millions and billions on trying to keep it off the streets. Treat it as beer, wine, and liquor. DUI's public intoxication, etc.7. Kill everyone on death row, who has DNA proof of guilt, immediately. This will decrease the money spent on them as well as decrease the murders around the Nation.8. Make health insurance manditory for every family. The more people we have paying insurance, the cheaper it will be. Insurance companies will begin to have a surplus of money as not everyone will need a doctor every year.9. Standardize pricing on healthcare. An eye exam should cost X amount for you, the same for me, and the same for oru neighbors. Etc. Etc. Etc. Simply because I'm young and don't need glasses and my neighbor is old and he needs glasses, is no reason his exam should cost $50 bucks more than mine. Same with an operation, or other procedures.10. Make manditory clean air factories and transportation vehicles. The pollutions comming from those is contributing to our Global warming which is causing more severe storms, Volcanic activity, polar melting. If not, we will see the end of the world.Section 9 oru neighbors should be "our neighbors". Opps, didn't spell check. :-)

While I appreciate that you put thought into this.. NO..sorry,,

It's a lot better than Obama's plan of Spending Our Way to Wealth.

lol sounds good to me..i got this in an email..This was an article from the St. Petersburg Times Newspaper on Sunday.The Business Section asked readers for ideas on "How Would You Fix the Economy?"Dear Mr. President,Patriotic retirement:There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force - Pay them $1 million a piece severance with the following stipulations:1. They retire immediately. Forty million job openings - Unemployment fixed.2. They buy NEW American cars. Forty million cars ordered - Auto Industry fixed.3. They either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed.It can't get any easier than that!P. S. If more money is needed, have all members in Congress and their constituents pay their taxes…

NO sim city was written by Bush's Haliburton buddies. LOL. Everyone KNOWS raising taxes and excessive spending is a GOOD thing!!

As a whole, the proposed 10 items constitute a bad idea gone worse. Some parts may look nice, but watch out for the unintended consequences of requesting the Federal Government to step in and force people and business to spend on things that they do not need or hinder State and Individual Liberties.Increasing taxes NEVER leads to prosperity for the masses.

Interesting thoughts. Unfortunately, states get to decide sales tax. Maybe we could put higher tariffs on foreign goods. Also, if everyone has to get health insurance, make it affordable in the first place. I wouldn't be able to pay for it without my job covering most of the costs, and I know a lot of companies that don't offer insurance.

Wow. There's a lot of stuff there. And a lot of it that would hurt the economy more than help. I'll touch on a few:-Putting tariffs on goods/services only creates less supply, therefore raising prices.-#3 is already a law.-The rich people who are in that top bracket are the ones who provide jobs for many people. Also, raising their taxes substantially gives them an incentive to move their money and businesses overseas where taxes are lower.-Let the banks fail... Good. Live and learn.-Legalizing and then heavily taxing marijuana will only create a larger black market for the drug. When you tax something that heavily, underground markets form to avoid taxes: like the taxes on cigarettes, alcohol, cigars, etc.-I'm all for the death penalty, but killing everyone right away just isn't feasible. If there's 100% proof they're guilty, and they've had their appeals, then I suppose that's not a bad idea.-Not everyone wants health insurance. Something like 1/3 of the uninsured in the U.S. CHOOSE not to have health insurance. Don't make them pay for something they don't want.-Standardizing prices is totally against the free market economy. Let the market decide what prices should be.-This whole clean air stuff has nothing to do with the economy. You're basing your claim of global warming on a premise that isn't scientifically proven. See the 17,000 signatures of scientists and climatologists that say it doesn't occur because of human activity.Here are a few ideas:-Implement the Fair Tax. It doesn't punish saving like the current system does. No income taxes, no IRS.-Let the companies like AIG, GM, etc. fail and file for bankruptcy.-Stop SPENDING so much. Eliminate worthless government programs like Dept. of Education. Stop spending so much on things like the "stimulus plan" that has barely anything to do with stimulating the economy.-Seal the border so as to end ILLEGAL immigration.-Force the govt. to balance the budget within X amount of years (maybe thru an amendment).