Proposal Ideas

Problem- Budget Cuts to education in Pennsylvania

Why-It will kill jobs, raises tuition, and most importantly lowers the quality of Pennsylvania state schools. Providing Pennsylvanians with a quality, affordable college education is an investment that is returned by successful, productive members to society. It's in the best interest of the state socially and fiscally to provide good state colleges for a reasonable price

Solution- To not raise tuition it may be necessary to raise state taxes by a little bit as a last resort. The goal would be to raise revenue elsewhere and to cut other programs to avoid cutting into the education budget. One thing would be to tax the extraction of oil shale because gas companies will make a profit and continue to drill regardless if they are taxed for it or not. Also, state owned liquor stores can be privatized which would also help out.
http://www.publicopiniononline.com/localnews/ci_17641112

Problem- NFL standoff between players and league

Why- Owners want another billion of the leagues annual 9 billion dollar revenue. This is because the league's revenue goes up 5.5% per year and the players salaries are going up 11% a year. Players are given many benefits after their careers and are beginning to get too much money. The costs for new stadiums are being shifted from cities to the owners and the NFL business is becoming less profitable for owners. Most importantly if a solution isn't found soon there will be no NFL season next year and the fans of all the NFL teams will not be able to watch any games and the players and owners won't make any money.

Solution- A lot of the money that is made by the NFL is through the TV deals it makes with certain networks. If the TV networks were to step in they could demand that the 2011 season will happen as scheduled. If not, then the league will lose out on the billions of dollars that the networks pay to play the games. Without these networks money the NFL could not survive and the networks are more than capable of surviving without the NFL. The networks could demand that a new deal is made between players and owners that gives the owners half of what they're asking for which the courts will probably rule. This will get the problem solved quickly and save the 2011 season and beyond. 


http://packersnews.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20110313/PKR07/110313022/NFL-owners-players-equally-to-blame-for-standoff
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