12 American Solutions

www.americansolutions.com

1Payroll Tax Stimulus. With a temporary new tax credit to offset 50% of the payroll tax, every small business would have more money, and all Americans would take home more of what they earn.


2Real Middle-Income Tax Relief. Reduce the marginal tax rate of 25% down to 15%, in effect establishing a flat-rate tax of 15% for close to 9 out of 10 American workers.


3Reduce the Business Tax Rate. Match Ireland’s rate of 12.5% to keep more jobs in America.


4Homeowner’s Assistance. Provide tax credit incentives to responsible home buyers so they can keep their homes.


5Control Spending So We Can Move to a Balanced Budget. This begins with eliminating Congressional earmarks and wasteful pork-barrel spending.


6No State Aid Without Protection From Fraud. Require state governments to adopt anti-fraud and anti-theft policies before giving them more money.


7More American Energy Now. Explore for more American oil and gas and invest in affordable energy for the future, including clean coal, ethanol, nuclear power and renewable fuels.


8Abolish Taxes on Capital Gains. Match China, Singapore and many other competitors. More investment in America means more jobs in America.


9Protect the Rights of American Workers. We must protect a worker’s right to decide by secret ballot whether to join a union, and the worker’s right to freely negotiate. Forced unionism will kill jobs in America at a time when we can’t afford to lose them.


10Replace Sarbanes-Oxley. This failed law is crippling entrepreneurial startups. Replace it with affordable rules that help create jobs, not destroy them.


11Abolish the Death Tax. Americans should work for their families, not for Washington.


12Invest in Energy and Transportation Infrastructure. This includes a new, expanded electric power grid and a 21st century air traffic control system that will reduce delays in air travel and save passengers, employees and airlines billions of dollars per year.





Now these are Solutions I could get excited about. I bet the Dow would not crash if we passed a bill that looked like this.

Apartment Hunting

Last weekend we had decided to stay in Ken's apartment after the wedding to save money. But then we went into mine, and discovered how much I actually had to move over and were a little disheartened. Especially me, since I had to think about sneaking my new favorite reading chair and bookcase back into my parents house for storage.


Also, as we are starting to prepare our taxes another thing that I did not think of surfaced. If I moved into Ken's place I would have to pay Grand Rapids City Taxes. That would make what we save by not moving up to a two bedroom less that one hundered dollars a month. On the flip side, his income would move up if he moved out of the tax zone.


So we went to Eastland first to look at what they have. I have been renting from them for 3 years and the management staff is really on the ball. The apartments are older and there is a 70's shag rug feel to them, but I overcame that in my little apartment with smart decorating.


So here is the floor plan of the one we want. Sadly it is currently unavailable, but it is a long time till May so we put our names down for a call.