A random sample of voters could decide elections
By Hicbd
Random-sample elections (where registered voters are randomly selected to vote in federal elections) could allow more educated and representative voting, reform campaign finance, and save money overall.
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| Caleb | Non-representative, uneducated voters are included in a random sample. |
Job sharing or short-time working could decrease unemployment
By Hicbd
Job sharing or short-time working could allow companies to make temporary, across the board reductions in hours worked by and wages paid to the same number of employees in order to reduce unemployment.
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Mealtics could be purchased by restaurant-goers to provide food to the needy
By Hicbd
Local soup kitchens and organizations could pick up meals to give to the needy and homeless.
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The birth control pill could be offered over-the-counter
By Hicbd
Pharmacies in metropolitan Seattle have experimented with a model of “safe use”—the Direct Access study—of making contraceptives available over the counter, in which community pharmacists were permitted to dispense hormonal contraceptives after a woman completed a self-administered screening tool. In addition, a progestin-only minipill could be offered that has low prevalence of contraindications.
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The EITC could be changed to minimize the distortion of incentives to work, marry, and have children
By Hicbd
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) could be increased to create more resources for children from noncustodial parents and from second-earners in two-parent families. It could provide all adult low-wage workers (ages 21-54) who work full time (30+ hours a week) a payment close to the current family EITC and be based on an individual’s personal income. Singles could be eligible regardless of dependents or marriage as could second earners in a married family to minimize the distortion of incentives to work, marry, and bear children. The minimum wage could also be indexed to inflation to make the EITC more effective and affordable.
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The U.S. minimum wage could be indexed to inflation / increased
By Hicbd
Studies suggest that a small increase in the minimum wage would not have a negative effect on overall employment rates, could decrease labor turnover therefore increasing labor productivity, could increase employment rates for single, low-income earners, and could increase consumer spending to stimulate the economy.
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Taxpayers could receive receipts
By Hicbd
Taxpayers could be given receipts that show how their tax dollars are spent, making it easier for people to understand government spending.
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The WTO could have a parliamentary assembly
By Hicbd
A WTO parliamentary assembly could be created to allow for more democratic participation in WTO decision making.
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Microinsurance could be offered to citizens in developing countries
By Hicbd
Health insurance, insurance against bad weather, insurance against the deaths of livestocks, etc. could be more widely offered to the poor. Government subsidies to fund insurance schemes could pay for themselves in terms of higher citizen's incomes.
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Banks could be easier to access at local shops
By Hicbd
Banks could use local shopkeepers to take deposits into accounts and issue receipts to customers that a bank is legally obligated to honor rather than only using bank employees. India has enabled this through the Banking Correspondent Act.
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