OK OK don’t call just yet- because the bill does not yet exist! But, here is what I propose.
We need to get a US Representative and a US Senator who are a champion of the people (I'm thinking Alan Grayson, Bernie Sanders, Ted Kaufman) who will write short straight forward identical bills that takes away tax breaks for corporations to export jobs and turns that tax break around to give the same tax break for importing those jobs. Now you are probably thinking that is absolutely ridiculous because that will meet instant death as soon as submitted in committee. That would be true but the key is for them to bring it straight to the floor and invoke the procedure whereby it is voted on requiring a two-thirds majority to pass. Will it pass? Well I think there is a one in a thousand chance that it will.
But, it forces everyone to take a stand and it gets then on record.
This bill would be exactly what republicans have been crying for. Private sector job creating - check. Tax breaks to create Jobs - check. Deficit Neutral - check. Will any of them vote for it? No way in HELL!!! Then the Democrats have a big fat Christmas gift going into election season. In fact, if any dems vote against it then fine let their blood be on their own head and explain that to the electorate.
We all know that the Middle class is screaming for this type of bill and here is an opportunity to give it to them. Then when the republicans vote against it the, the dems can say, we gave them EVERYTHING they wanted and they still rejected it , they will vote against themselves in order to kill the recovery and kill the middle class.
If we get our friends at Moveon and SEIU and Credo etc behind it we may be able to create some attention and all the better.
When I initially prepared this diary I thought there was a million to one chance to pass a bill like this. But the more i read and listen the more believe that an incredible number of Americans are demanding just a bill like this. I'm going to email those elected officials mentioned above asking them to go ahead with this. I am also going to email our left leaning 527 friends mentioned above. I ask you to send them a brief note of the same.
Sorry in advance that I will not be able to respond to the comments because I have to work my tail off to make a living.