What would be the annual investment in sending 21 million Americans to serve under the umbrella of the American World Service Corps for 27 years? About $30-35,000 per year. For an investment that is 1/23rd of our annual expenditure on maintaining our military personnel as targets in Iraq's Civil War, we can stem terrorist recruitment, win hearts and minds, erase poverty that seeds extremism, and dramatically reduce the hatred fired at our soldiers and the cost to protect them. For an investment of about $700 billion over 27 years, American World Service Corps volunteers could once again set the model for improving the world "" and dramatically reducing the cost and use of our military.
Economics involves counting, comparing, and contrasting expenditures. Smart economics involves comparing the benefits of different investment approaches to see what most effectively builds stable communities and most cost effectively spreads common sense throughout the world. Implementing the AWSC provides America and the world one of our best means to invest in building common sense and community, which reduces the likelihood and need to march into costly wars Who pays for 21 million Americans serving for 27 years?The AWSC Congressional Proposals provide at least six funding streams. However, with enlightened leadership steering our ship of state, America could use just #1 below to fund the AWSC totally. For more details go to: Financing AWSC web page http://www.worldservicecorps.us/financing_awsc.htm 1. Presidential Lobbying of the Forbes Richest 400 Americans. If our next president lobbies the Forbes 400 to donate 2% of their accumulated wealth per year, that donation would underwrite the total estimated investment ($700 billion) of implementing the AWSC for 27 years. Presidential candidates lobby billionaires to fund their campaigns. Ask those candidates. Will they lobby 400 billionaires to fund creating a safer world for your loved ones? (See The 2% Forbes solution to a well-armed Live Earth 7-11-07 http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_dwayne_h_070709_the_2_25_forbes_soluti.htm 2.
With the passage of the AWSC legislation, a public AWSC web site will be created listing corporations that have paid ZERO or little in taxes over the last 3-5 years. This public relations education will encourage non-taxpayers to donate to underwrite the cost of the AWSC. Their non-tax deductible contributions will be posted at the web site.3. Import Levy on developed nations, such as China and the Arab states, with whom we hold significant trade imbalances and with whom free trade may not equal fair trade at home. 4. Individual donations a la Gates, Buffet, and Turner's thoughtful gifts. 5. Surtax on the richest 1% of Americans, who have grown much richer during our middle class's harder times.6. Excess War Profits Tax.7. Replacing some of the Bush cuts to the Inheritance Tax, so more Americans grow their character by earning their wealth, rather than shrink their character by inheriting wealth.Tax credits to those individuals and corporations who escrow their tax credit donations to fund the AWSC. (Read the legislation at http://www.worldservicecorps.us/world%20service%20backup%20proposal%201yr%20national%20service.htm With visionary leadership smartly pursuing these revenue sources, we invest in serving Americans and creating a saner, safer world. Should our elected leaders fail to use these least burdensome revenue streams then other more tradition streams of revenue could be used that also do not impinge on the life needs of Middle Americans. In addition, we can turn to more traditional funding sources on which many legislative proposals will be relying, such as re-instituting Clinton's top bracket, or even moving toward the top rates for the very rich that existed during President John Kennedy's term, when our middle class was growing and strengthening America.
During the last week in August, People's Lobby goes to DC seeking cosponsors for its American World Service Corps Congressional Proposals. Please contact your congressional representatives to become one of the bipartisan cosponsors of this critically needed American World Service Corps (AWSC) Congressional Legislation. Ask your elected reps and presidential candidates, do they want us toquit being scared, broke, and marched into costly wars? Do they want us to excite the world again? To hear the world again cheer, "The Americans are coming! The Americans are coming!"- Being scared and complaining won't change the world. Helping People's Lobby implement the American World Service Corps (AWSC) will.
Economics involves counting, comparing, and contrasting expenditures. Smart economics involves comparing the benefits of different investment approaches to see what most effectively builds stable communities and most cost effectively spreads common sense throughout the world. Implementing the AWSC provides America and the world one of our best means to invest in building common sense and community, which reduces the likelihood and need to march into costly wars Who pays for 21 million Americans serving for 27 years?The AWSC Congressional Proposals provide at least six funding streams. However, with enlightened leadership steering our ship of state, America could use just #1 below to fund the AWSC totally. For more details go to: Financing AWSC web page http://www.worldservicecorps.us/financing_awsc.htm 1. Presidential Lobbying of the Forbes Richest 400 Americans. If our next president lobbies the Forbes 400 to donate 2% of their accumulated wealth per year, that donation would underwrite the total estimated investment ($700 billion) of implementing the AWSC for 27 years. Presidential candidates lobby billionaires to fund their campaigns. Ask those candidates. Will they lobby 400 billionaires to fund creating a safer world for your loved ones? (See The 2% Forbes solution to a well-armed Live Earth 7-11-07 http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_dwayne_h_070709_the_2_25_forbes_soluti.htm 2.
With the passage of the AWSC legislation, a public AWSC web site will be created listing corporations that have paid ZERO or little in taxes over the last 3-5 years. This public relations education will encourage non-taxpayers to donate to underwrite the cost of the AWSC. Their non-tax deductible contributions will be posted at the web site.3. Import Levy on developed nations, such as China and the Arab states, with whom we hold significant trade imbalances and with whom free trade may not equal fair trade at home. 4. Individual donations a la Gates, Buffet, and Turner's thoughtful gifts. 5. Surtax on the richest 1% of Americans, who have grown much richer during our middle class's harder times.6. Excess War Profits Tax.7. Replacing some of the Bush cuts to the Inheritance Tax, so more Americans grow their character by earning their wealth, rather than shrink their character by inheriting wealth.Tax credits to those individuals and corporations who escrow their tax credit donations to fund the AWSC. (Read the legislation at http://www.worldservicecorps.us/world%20service%20backup%20proposal%201yr%20national%20service.htm With visionary leadership smartly pursuing these revenue sources, we invest in serving Americans and creating a saner, safer world. Should our elected leaders fail to use these least burdensome revenue streams then other more tradition streams of revenue could be used that also do not impinge on the life needs of Middle Americans. In addition, we can turn to more traditional funding sources on which many legislative proposals will be relying, such as re-instituting Clinton's top bracket, or even moving toward the top rates for the very rich that existed during President John Kennedy's term, when our middle class was growing and strengthening America.
During the last week in August, People's Lobby goes to DC seeking cosponsors for its American World Service Corps Congressional Proposals. Please contact your congressional representatives to become one of the bipartisan cosponsors of this critically needed American World Service Corps (AWSC) Congressional Legislation. Ask your elected reps and presidential candidates, do they want us toquit being scared, broke, and marched into costly wars? Do they want us to excite the world again? To hear the world again cheer, "The Americans are coming! The Americans are coming!"- Being scared and complaining won't change the world. Helping People's Lobby implement the American World Service Corps (AWSC) will.
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