That majority favored increases in sales and graduated income taxes on individiuals like themselves, as well as lower taxes on business. Over the weekend they had persuaded one another of Michigan's need to restore job creation, and to prevent more harm to the state's competitive position by further spending cuts on education, health care and pensions. The PBS By the People project broadcast highlights of the DP last week; click here or on the screen below for the online video of the PBS broadcast; or, click here for the detailed results of the DP and links to local press coverage.
Following up on popular dissatisfaction with the UK political system following the parliamentary expenses scandal and in advance of possible elections this May, the UK Power2010 political reform campaign convened a national face to face Deliberative Poll of 200 people during January 9-10. The agenda came from over 4,000 online submissions that were boiled down to 58 ideas on how to improve the political system.
The 29 ideas that received 50% or more support in the Deliberative Poll are now the subject of a five-week online poll that closes on February 22. The top five ideas chosen in the online poll will be adopted as the centerpiece of Power2010's national non-partisan campaign to get parliamentary candidates to pledge their support for political reform. You can view all 29 ideas and their current standing in the online poll by clicking here. As of this writing the reform ideas in the lead are proportional voting, abolition of national ID cards, and adoption of a written constitution.
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