Taxes
. Give a tax break to 95% of Americans.
. Restore Clinton-era tax rates on top income earners.
. "If you make under $250,000, you will not see your taxes increase by a single dime. Not your income taxes, not your payroll taxes, not your capital gains taxes. Nothing."
. Dramatically simplify tax filings so that millions of Americans will be able to do their taxes in less than five minutes.
. Give American businesses a $3,000 tax credit for every job they create in the U.S.
. Eliminate capital gains taxes for small business and startup companies.
. Eliminate income taxes for seniors making under $50,000.
. Expand the child and dependent care tax credit.
. Expand the earned income tax credit.
. Create a universal mortgage credit.
. Create a small business health tax credit.
. Provide a $500 "make work pay" tax credit to small businesses.
. Provide a $1,000 emergency energy rebate to families.
Energy
. Spend $15 billion a year on renewable sources of energy.
. Eliminate oil imports from the Middle East in 10 years.
. Increase fuel economy standards by 4% a year.
. Weatherize 1 million homes annually.
. Ensure that 10% of our electricity comes from renewable sources by 2012.
Environment
. Create 5 million green jobs.
. Implement a cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
. Get 1 million plug-in hybrids on the road by 2015.
Labor
. Sign a fair pay restoration act, which would overturn the Supreme Court's pay discrimination ruling.
. Sign into law an employee free choice act - aka card check - to make it easier for unions to organize.
. Make employers offer seven paid sick days per year.
. Increase the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by 2009.
National security
. Remove troops from Iraq by the summer of 2010.
. Cut spending on unproven missile defense systems.
. No more homeless veterans.
. Stop spending $10 billion a month in Iraq.
. Finish the fight against Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaida terrorists.
Social Security
. Work in a "bipartisan way to preserve Social Security for future generations."
. Impose a Social Security payroll tax on incomes above $250,000.
. Match 50% of retirement savings up to $1,000 for families earning less than $75,000.
Education
. Demand higher standards and more accountability from our teachers.
Spending
. Go through the budget, line by line, ending programs we don't need and making the ones we do need work better and cost less.
. Slash earmarks.
Health care
. Lower health care costs for the typical family by $2,500 a year.
. Let the uninsured get the same kind of health insurance that members of Congress get.
. Stop insurance companies from discriminating against those who are sick and need care the most.
. Spend $10 billion over five years on health care information technology.
Article
