Cut payroll taxes by 50% for TWO years.
Allow expensing of new equipment purchases of 75 - Or - 100% for the same timeframe.
Leave the 'BUSH' tax cuts in place until the employment rate falls to 6.5 - 7% then phase them out over TWO additional years.
Pay 'Lump-Sum' distributions for Local, State, Federal employees (Including retirees of such). I.E.: Calculate pay increases utilizing current formula, divide that # by total employees, pay the amount calculated to employees - PRO-RATED over the 12 month period, the lowest paid receives the same payment as the chiefs.
Increase the BASE - AND - reduce Corporate tax rate to 23 - 25%, close most existing loop-holes.
Leave dividend and capital appreciation tax at 15% for the same two years. Remove savings from a taxable event.
Change unemployment benefit to be supplement to employment check, not a deterrent from such (eliminate taxes on these benefits)!
Beneficiary finds work at 80% of old salary, Employment Security office, on verification of income, pays an aditional stipend to 50% of difference for first year - OR - until promoted into higher paying position. Then subsidy is removed - OR - phased out as necessary!
Reduce ALL other Federal - State - Local programs by 5% per year for these same two years.
Suspend all Unnecessary regulations until employment rate recovers to 5.5 - 6.5%, remove all impediments to recovery! All Boards, Commissions, Delegates, Czars - unless directly involved in reduction of the Unemployment rate - SUSPENDED!
Pick it apart, add, delete, otherwise change it! But, DO SOMETHING besides BITCH!