Ten Substantial Revenues For Any Political Party Understanding long-term trends is an important tool in identifying opportunities and

risks. Persistently high levels of government debt will result in low levels of real economic growth, for at least the next five years. A lack of clarity regarding future government policies has created an environment of economic uncertainty and doubt. Here are ten substantial ideas for any political party to control government spending, restructured entitlements and increase revenue:

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End corporate welfare Federal subsidies to private businesses cost taxpayers $87 billion per year. No tax credits for mortgage or interest payments. It's expected to cost the government $84 billion in 2012.

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Cut military expenditures by $100 billion and sell off valuable bases as desired by Robert Gates and as described in the successful military base closure commission reports. From such sales for four past closures about $4.7 billion in revenue. End wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and our aid to Pakistan totaling about $170 billion per year.

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End the economy fixing of the Fed by valuing the dollar against a basket of commodities including oil, natural gas, gold, silver, copper and sugar. Alternatively, start creating/negotiating a trade reference currency or a global currency pegged to a mathematical equilibrium of existing major currencies, and backed by a world basket of commodities.This will end Chinese trading influences, stem Euro crisis effects and goes beyond the reach of taxation or central bank policy. It does promotes safer, cross-border transactions and helps improve international trade, those are all qualities that few can find fault with.

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Fix the US price of oil at $150/bbl [Eisenhower fixed the barrel to help US industry] Revenue estimates are $1 trillion in government revenue. Also, use tradable gasoline, diesel and fuel permits that would cap the total level of transportation fuel consumed in the economy. Conservation would then pay.

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Set 32hr work week as standard - very easy for all government contracts and contractors - and include a $10/hr minimum wage. There is also a stimulus program here - employ vets first. Broadens tax base by 8% with much fewer unemployment and welfare recipients. Lowers inflationary forces and stimulates growth.

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Pledge the replacement of individual and corporate income, sales, excise, capital gains, import and export duties, gift and estate taxes with a single comprehensive revenue neutral Automated Payment Transaction (APT) tax [ $0.01] levied on all voluntary transactions that can be digitally assessed and collected. Collection revenue increases by $1trillion according to authors. The proposed tax is simple, comprehensible, fair and efficient, with minimal administrative and compliance costs for governments, businesses and individuals and will greatly reduce tax evasion, which the IRS estimates at $325 billion per year. Scrapping the present tax system tax promises added benefits of nearly $1 trillion annually.

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Join with Ron Paul, many Republican prosecutors, the voting majority and religious broadcaster Pat Robertson and propose laws to decriminalize and tax marijuana, permit industrial hemp farming, and constitutionally delegate to states how to enforce extant medical marijuana. A combined savings and tax revenues of between $10 billion and $14 billion per year

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Make Medicare into universal health care for all free up to 45 years old and means tested thereafter. Have free catastrophic coverage for all. This helps small businesses and lowers medical costs. The potential savings on paperwork alone are more than $400 billion per year

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Reverse retirement income strategy of Social Security. That is, at age 62 your receive more SS income than retiring at 70 to help force boomers to retire and create jobs. Since 50% of baby boomers say they will not or never retire this lowers the government payout.

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A simple carbon revenue of $25 per metric ton of carbon dioxide coupled with an equal, offsetting reduction in fees or even a financial return for business or individuals. This dynamic new energy security policy is favored by a majority of Americans from both political parties -- increasing taxes on traditional energy sources such as oil, coal and natural gas, because Americans support holding the fossil fuel industry

(coal, oil and natural gas) responsible for all the hidden costs we pay for citizens who get sick from polluted air and water, military costs to maintain our access to foreign oil, and the environmental costs of spills and accidents in return for a personal revenue offset. Australia Predicts $20 Billion Carbon Revenue. Why no welfare or food stamp reform? Future government policies must be with the knowledge that we are shifting away from mass consumption towards mass communication and mobility. This digitization makes it possible to sustain economic growth within the context of increasingly limited physical resources. Economics is becoming less about ownership and more about access. Therefore, expect major changes in the consumption patterns, including smaller homes. Younger generations are less interested in accumulating debt for the purchase of cars and housing. Renting and sharing are becoming more common arrangements for large physical assets. So cities will grow in popularity, as they allow for a greater interaction between people and opportunities. And, as robotics continue to displace human works in manufacturing and agriculture, the career ladder will be replaced by a patchwork quilt of work experiences so that mobile workers and their families will need a bridge loan to each opportunity.