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Elements of a Republican Reform Agenda

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

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Elements of a Republican Reform Agenda

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  1. Elements of a Republican Reform Agenda Tom Giovanetti North Texas Conservative Strategy & Victory Conference September 27, 2014

  2. Health Care • 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

  3. The American Health Care Reform Act • 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.

  4. Tax Reform • 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.

  5. Energy • 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.

  6. Immigration • 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)

  7. National Security • 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

  8. Privacy • 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.

  9. Federalism • 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.

  10. Welfare Reform • 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.

  11. Spending Limitation • 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.

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