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Elements of a Republican Reform Agenda. Tom Giovanetti North Texas Conservative Strategy & Victory Conference September 27, 2014. Health Care. Eliminate IPAB (Independent Payments Advisory Board) from Obamacare - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Elements of a Republican Reform
Agenda
Tom GiovanettiNorth Texas Conservative Strategy
& Victory ConferenceSeptember 27, 2014
Eliminate IPAB (Independent Payments
Advisory Board) from Obamacare Repeal Obamacare and pass the Republican
alternative to Obamacare (did you know there was one?): the American Health Care Reform Acthttp://rsc.woodall.house.gov/solutions/rsc-betterway.htm
Health Care
Fully repeals President Obama's health care law Allows Americans to purchase health insurance across
state lines and enables small businesses to pool together Reforms medical malpractice. Provides tax reform that allows families and individuals to
deduct health care costs Provides all Americans with a standard deduction for
health insurance. Expands access to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Bolsters state-based high risk pools and extending HIPAA
guaranteed availability protections. Protects the unborn by ensuring no federal funding of
abortions.
The American Health Care Reform Act
Lower the corporate rate to below 24 percent
from the current 39 percent Move to a territorial tax system, so companies
can bring home overseas profits (almost $4 trillion)
Reform the IRS Approval of 501(c)(x) applications automatically
approved in 120 day “shot clock” unless specifically rejected for cause.
Criminalize use of the IRS for political purposes.
Tax Reform
Repeal the 1974 ban on crude oil exports Streamline permitting & approval process for
energy infrastructure (pipelines, refineries, export facilities) with automatic approval after 120 day “shot clock” unless specifically rejected for cause.
Open federal lands to exploration and drilling with auction process for drilling permits (like spectrum)
Repeal specific tax credits and exemptions for alternate energy
Exclude EPA from authority to regulate CO2.
Energy
Delegate to states specific authorization &
funding through block grants to accomplish border security (walls, fences, surveillance)
Implement biometric system for legal immigrants on visas. Currently entry but not exit.
Move to an auction system for H1-b and other work visas. (Market-based, better system and solves the controversy)
Immigration
Actively work with NATO partners to install
radar and defensive missile installations to deter Russia
Eliminate the VA healthcare system and integrate veterans into the private healthcare system
End program that transfers military equipment to police departments
National Security
Pass the Electronic Communications Privacy
Act (ECPA), to better regulate government snooping into private communications and to regulate data policies
Amend the Patriot Act to eliminate warrantless wiretapping and other measures that violate the Fourth Amendment.
Reinforce laws that forbid the IRS from sharing private taxpayer information.
Privacy
Resolve to block grant authority and funding
to states wherever possible (education, transportation, healthcare, social services)
Require that any proposed legislation first identify from which section of the Constitution it finds its authority.
Stay out of the way of states that seek to hold an Article V amending convention.
Federalism
There are still 184 means-tested federal
welfare programs Medicaid, Food Stamps, 27 low-income housing
programs, 30 employment and training programs,34 social services programs, another dozen food and nutrition programs, another 22 low-income health programs, and 24 low-income child care programs
Block grant them all to the states, as we did with AFDC in 1994.
Welfare Reform
Federal spending is the problem; not lack of
revenue. Republicans should be pushing spending
limitation. The budget can be EASILY and QUICKLY balanced
simply through reasonable spending limitation, with no spending cuts required (see next chart).
Because a Balanced Budget Amendment could be used to force tax increases, R’s should champion a Spending Limitation Amendment rather than a Balanced Budget Amendment.
Spending Limitation