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Top Twenty Questions on Select2008

Trend   Question Yes / No
Levy Social Security taxes on income revenues higher than $200,000/year 50% / 50%
8 votes
Create personal Social Security accounts 60% / 40%
7 votes
Help youth connect with growing job sectors, in the fields of energy efficiency and environmental services 100% / 0%
7 votes
Close the tax loophole that enable employers to treat employees like independent contractors 57% / 42%
7 votes
Ensure freedom to unionize 100% / 0%
6 votes
Support the Employee Free Choice Act to give workers democratic choice over whether to form a union. 100% / 0%
6 votes
Appoint people to the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board who are pro-labor 75% / 25%
6 votes
Expand transitional employment 80% / 20%
6 votes
Extend the Family Medical Leave Act to help employees address domestic violence and sexual assault against themselves, their children and their parents 100% / 0%
6 votes
Expand family leave options for employees including through existing entitlement programs, or through individual and business tax credits 50% / 50%
6 votes
Increase child care funding through the Child Care and Development Block Grant 80% / 20%
6 votes
Encourage retirement savings by low-income families, by exempting retirement account balances for means-tested benefit programs, such as food stamps, Supplemental Security Income, and Medicaid 80% / 20%
6 votes
Allow individuals to contribute up to $5,000 per year on a tax-deferred basis to a new type of retirement savings plan 50% / 50%
6 votes
Creating tax credits of up to $1000 for the middle class is a better incentive for retirement savings than lowering taxes on capital gains down to zero 40% / 60%
6 votes
Enable and encourage retirement savings through financial incentives and tax credits 75% / 25%
6 votes
Raise or eliminate the cap on Social Security taxable income to prevent benefit cuts for future retirees 33% / 66%
6 votes
Reform Social Security 83% / 16%
6 votes
Strengthen the Jobs Access and Reverse Commute program to ensure that additional federal public transportation dollars flow to the highest need communities 100% / 0%
6 votes
Improve transportation access to jobs 100% / 0%
6 votes
Foster public-private partnerships to expand childcare options at the State level 50% / 50%
6 votes
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