Ask Federal Agencies to Adopt the Core Principles for Public Engagement
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Use Randomly Selected Citizen Deliberative Councils to tap the collective wisdom of We the People
These similar approaches all enable a microcosm of a country or community to generate informed public judgment about specific... more »
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4. Convene the American Public in National Discussions of One Million People or More on the Issues of Highest Public Concern
President Obama should call for regular national discussions of one million Americans... more »
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Promise USA - National Network of Citizen Conversation
What if we could create a listening and learning environment through structured conversations to lead us to better understand one another, establish common ground and transform ideas into action?
What if all of us had a role in making this a reality?... more »
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Public Financing for All Federal Offices, Ban All Corporate Lobbying
All corporate lobbying should be... more »
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Develop and Implement a National Strategy for Sustainability
It is commonly recognized that those of us in the United States are not living sustainably today. With... more »
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Have a national vote on the legalization of marijuana!
I think we need to let the people decide on this issue. Bring it to a national vote so that it's not a bunch of politicians deciding what is good for us based on irrational fears and personal gains.
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A RADICAL IDEA: Let's stop spending what we don't have
Stop the bailouts, corporate subsidies, the money-printing, the insane borrowing.
I know, probably too radical.
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Enforce and respect our laws: Legal immigration only
If we are to preserve our environment we have to take note of the size of the growing human footprint on Earth and especially in our country. We need a national population policy. Bringing more consumers to our country hurts our environment. Allowing more and more unauthorized persons inside our borders threatens the integrity of all our laws, our sovereignty as a nation and our personal safety.
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Constitution
Hey I have a novel idea why doesn't the Fed get back to doing what is enumerated in the Constitution and stay out of the states sovereignty. In addition quit trying to be a dictatorship.
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Create an Open Government project directory and knowledge base
The project directory would contain project briefs, contact information, key performance indicators, lessons... more »
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We the people demand single payer universal health care S 703 get enacted into law.
Congress and the President must
enact S 703 single payer universal... more »
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Teaching citizens how to facilitate and experience true dialogue
There is an existing network of Obama neighborhood organizers - add in other representatives from local nonprofits, businesses, local government, faith communities and other organizations.
To this group, teach proven dialogue methods for engaging conversation and discussion - forms... more »