Solutions

*   A "Citizen Network" talk-TV channel free to all cable companies.
       Anyone could phone in and discuss solutions.  It will be modelled
       after C-SPAN call-in programs, where there is a guest and a host
       for each segment. It will be a 24-hour 365-day LIVE TV talk show!

*   A 10-cent per gallon gasoline tax to be equitably distributed
       to individuals who file for a rebate after they purchase an
       approved alternative energy vehicle (solar, methane, propane, etc.)
       or convert an existing vehicle to use approved alternative fuels.

*   A national computer network with terminals in every public library.
       It would be used to electronically "conference" for solutions,
       like a town hall meeting, but without the physical limitations.
       It could be used to distribute educational programs, government
       data bases (such as SCORPIO) and information on pending legislation.
       Individuals who wanted to use it from home could obtain a
       commercial account; library usage could be free and anonymous.

*   A citizen polling network using touch-tone telephones to enable
       every citizen to directly register their approval or disapproval
       for pending legislation.  Passwords would be used to ensure
       one vote per person. Only registered voters could get passwords.

*   A tax deduction for every citizen who purchases a home computer,
       up to 10 percent of the total cost, or $100, whichever is less.
       Make "computer literacy" a national goal for future prosperity.

*   Federal grants to public schools which institute academic
       excellence awards.  Encourage schools to honor those who excel
       in learning, rather than sports and popularity.  Put the names
       of students who excel in a national data base registry and
       guarantee them priority consideration for government jobs when
       they graduate high school.  Honor five percent of all students
       in each school year, with awards granted on a weekly basis.
       Encourage teachers, students and administrators to nominate
       students and to make decisions using a consensus process.
       Make it "cool" to be an academic achiever.

*   Create a single-payer national health care system where every
       citizen has a health care card with a computerized history of
       their health problems, treatments, and results.
       Through such a centralized system we could vastly improve
       our health care by finding out what works and what doesn't.
       Doctors would be paid a salary based on their efficacy and
       experience, rather than on how many unnecessary tests, drugs,
       and medical procedures they prescribe. Insurance would be
       unnecessary.  Treatments which do NOT work would be abandoned.
       Alternative treatments which DO work would become accepted.
       Regular checkups would be encouraged to provide for a more
       accurate data base to increase understanding of how diseases
       progress and to catch them early on.  An ounce of prevention
       is worth a pound of cure.  Computer-assisted diagnosis would
       improve as the medical data base increased in size and quality.


*   Transfer our national debt ( 4 trillion dollars ) to the countries
       of the former Soviet Union at the rate of $300 billion dollars
       per year, giving an equal amount of U.S. dollars so that
       these countries will accept the debt. This new money will not be
       borrowed, but simply created.  The condition of the loans will be
       that one-third ($100 billion per year) will be used to purchase
       goods and services from the United States. This will revive
       our economy, remove the debt from the shoulders of our children,
       and will NOT create massive inflation since the money is NOT
       going directly into our society. These new "loans" to the countries
       of the Soviet Union will be guaranteed by the United States
       government. Even if they are not all paid back, the debt
       will merely revert to it's original owner ... the United States.
       The result will stabilize the political and economic
       future of the countries of the Soviet Union, create jobs and
       prosperity here in the United States, and eliminate the
       national debt.   If you don't like this idea, then come up with
       a better one.  But it has to tell how we will get rid of the
       national debt without hyper-inflation or defaulting on it!

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         For more information on these and other solutions, send a
                  self-addressed, stamped envelope to:

         Steven Moyer, P.O. Box 530, Brookline Station, MO  65619

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