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Obama wants to give $2.5 BILLION for people to receive a $7.500 tax credit to purchase an electric car that is priced at about $50,000 so Unions can make more money. This is a complete waste of taxpayer monies. The Americans for Freedom solution detailed below will create far more Free Market jobs in the private sector while generating more local and state tax revenues for government. 

Solution
AFF Editor's Desk | March 12, 2011 - 12:49pm

Congress needs to provide a $7,000 combined annual tax credit for the next 3 years ($21,000 over 3 years), for ANYONE, any Landlord or Business to purchase energy efficient appliances or A/C units, windows, insulation, flooring , pool repair, a new roof, or re-painting.

 

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Taxpayers should understand that the AFL-CIO, SEIU and other Unions have such hard line contracts with many city and county governments that the Unions have a financial stranglehold on the taxpayers. Under current union contracts, the Unions are telling the city government what they will be paid and no cutbacks for years. If they cannot agree, then there is mandatory third party arbitration.

Solution
AFF Editor's Desk | March 12, 2011 - 11:57am

Each State needs to shift from a "Union State" to a "Right to Work" State. Local and State governments must have the legal power to cut the budgets vs. being forced to either increase taxes or create more government debt to pay for Union benefits and workers.  Government workers pay must be adjusted to the private sector in order to reduce taxes for the working families in the community. Union pension plans need to be phased out and converted to a 401(k) plan where the employee funds their own retirement with employer matching. For example, every $1 a government employee invests in his 401(k), then the taxpayers will match that with 50 cents to a $1. This is a great option. If the local government has a surplus o...