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   Restore DARPA to its former glory and autonomy
2. 12,587 votes

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   Ensure the Internet is widely accessible & network neutral
3. 124 votes

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   fund more pure science research (@ universities)
4. 55 votes

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   Promote computer and Internet literacy

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1. This should not be limited strictly to energy. By focusing so, it is likely that synergistic technologies that make possible advances in energy technology will be missed. Modern advanced, complex technologies are made possibleby advances in a variety of fields.

   0 Kick Start Research and Innovation in Energy - about 1 month ago

2. Oh, and this kind of freedom of information is very much in the US's strategic interests.

   3 Ensure the Internet is widely accessible & network neutral - about 1 month ago

3. Not just in the US but globally. Creating a global neutral infrastructure will circumvent national censorship initiatives.Wireless broadband does not respect borders. The great firewall of China is effective only so long as Chinese users are forced to use the Chinese servers of China's internet backbone. This should be global in scope.

   3 Ensure the Internet is widely accessible & network neutral - about 1 month ago

4. Merge ARPA and the NSF? Well, I think that DARPA will have to be pulled out of the DoD's cold dead hands...

   3 Restore DARPA to its former glory and autonomy - about 1 month ago

Obama Detroit forum

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1. 88 votes

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   Reinvent our transportation system.
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   Reinvent the Auto Industry As We Save It
3. 301 votes

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   Let the Big 3 succeed or fail in the free market
4. 69 votes

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   Allocate funds for worker retraining

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Obama Movement forum

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1. 48 votes

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   Start a membership organization
2. 89 votes

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   to combat unemployment, create something like WPA and CCC
3. 35 votes

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   Put us to work.

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Obama Puppy forum

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Obama Scalpel forum

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1. 213 votes

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   Swap farm subsidies for renewable fuel investments
2. 110 votes

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   Eliminate Farm subsidies for all but "family" farms.
3. 471 votes

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   Tax subsidies to big oil companies
4. 166 votes

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   Demand off the shelf pricing for medical goods.

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Suggest Topic forum

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   REFORM IMIGRATION
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   Universal Technology for Schools - build the economy and all
3. 0 votes

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   Internet Security

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