finance

That all stock, derivative etc. transactions - for purchase and sale - be taxed at .25 percent. The US had such a tax from 1914 to 1966. It is not a large tax but it can bring in a lot of money overall and it would help to discourage speculation.

1. Rewrite bad mortgages and pay them up to current good standing, so the banks get their money through the homeowners who stay in their houses. See current head of FDIC and what she did with Wa Mu. 2. Don't just give money to banks, use Warren Buffet to explain what he did, look at England. 3. Prevent the cause of most bankruptcies: medical bills. We need a single payer, but your idea of opening federal employee plan is almost as good, and please don't give up on it! Yes we can!!!

www.americanprogress.org/projects/poverty/ Peter Edelman from the Center for American Progress Poverty Task Force says it's shocking the number of Americans who struggle to make ends meet in today's United States. Read the Center for American Progress's new report on poverty, FROM POVERTY TO PROSPERITY. What if our most powerful weapons were ideas? www.AMERICANPROGRESS.org