This is for a movie idea set in the Second Renaissance timeline, but could easily be placed in the broader "Next 100 Years" timeline being used for Sam Rami's upcomming "World War III" movie. I'm sick as a dog while writing this, so its gonna be in multiple installments, but the general idea is to see how you could take a dry, policy dense book like the next 100 years and turn it into a compelling story about the most iconic topic it covers.
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The film opens with narration by our protagonist, talking about how everyone thought the world would have more time to do something about climate change. We see news clips of glaciers falling into
The basic geopolitical assumptions of today:
-Rise of China to equality and than beyond USA in terms of international influence
-Continuation of globalization
-Slow relative decline of US
-Slow integration of EU into a non-federal but non-supranational middle ground political entity
-Continued heating of the climate
-Irrelevance of Russia and Japan
-Rise of the BRICS and others as Europe declines long-term
-Rise of non-state actors to prominence
The Irrationality of this Worldview:
-The US is a resilient economy and emerged, unanimously accepted, as the focal point of the int'l system in 1991; how does a rise last such a short amoun
"In response to the financial struggles Americans were facing, the government raised taxes on the middle class to fund a public works program meant to put the 8.2% unemployed to work constructing new ports and roads, while tax breaks on corporations increased, stimulating investment in new sectors and generating more capital. After _ years of doing this, sufficient capital had been flowing through the banks and confidence had been restored in the economy. The middle class was still pressed hard by the tax hikes, so the government lowered the taxes on the middle class so they would start buying again and raised taxes on the corporations to cap
-So I have been spending my night reading through the Tea Party Movement's Pledge to America and found proposals I like. But As well, I looked through the Occupy movement's 99 Percent Declaration, and it has its own gems. Yet both have proposals that risk unbalancing the delicate equilibrium between government and corporation that holds up this country. Therefore, I have decided to post the proposals from both that I believe are the real gems. Tell Me what you think.-
>A tax deduction for small businesses on up to 20 percent of their business income.
>A hold on all unspent funds authorized as part of 2009's stimulus bill or the 2008 TARP le
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