Economic Stimulus & Energy Efficiency

Imagine if the government made LEED more accessible to the lower rung of the economic ladder. If say, a non-LEED home sells for $100k, but with $30k of updates the home could be LEED.

However, the home-buyer can only afford the former home. A program could be created where the government owns a slice of that home, the $30k slice. Then all new build homes could be LEED. So when the home is sold, the government would get its money back or could allow the next buyer the option of the government to retain that same slice. No need for interest charges on the $30k, as it would already be made back by increased economic activity.

*I sent this message to both of my Senators Brown & Portman.

Too Many People, Change the Tax Code!

Dear Senator Portman & Brown (each prefaced with only appropriate name)

Please fix the Tax Code, so no longer will the United States (US) Government promote its citizens breed children as if we are cattle. The US has too many people, action needs to be taken, our resources are stretching thin.

Within the next 100 years, life expectancy could exceed 150 years. The future holds an untold bounty of technological advances, in addition technology within reach of many of our lifetimes. These are not limited to: micro-scale DNA repairing robots, growing replacement organs, stem-cell organ regeneration ...

People right now need to limit themselves to having a single child, so as to have a world unburdened by unsustainable population growth rates. We need birth control, now more than ever.

So please end the deduction for children. I understand existing families with children will need to be grandfathered.