* stimulate the economy by investing in infrastructure,
research and teachers;
* spur more start-ups;
and
* offer more people postsecondary vocational or college
education.
We must have job-creating infrastructure investments tied in
with a program to stimulate more start-ups (which have slowed), followed by a credible deficit-reduction plan, which would be
phased in only as the economy recovers . And all of this needs to be accompanied by an
aggressive effort to get more Americans postsecondary education.
Third, the country needs a tax plan that is fair:
The wealthy must be made to pay at a significantly higher rate than the
rest of us, not at their current lower rate, which is manifestly unjust. And, fourth, the country needs a plan that is
aspirational -- a plan that is about making America a great country for the next
generation, and that is not just about "balancing the budget."
The presidential candidate
who offered such a plan would win the election! If
neither offers it, one of these men will still win of course -- probably
narrowly -- but the country will lose by a mile.
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