List of Topics

Taxes

          tax cuts and refunds

          flat tax

Trade

          outsourcing and the world trade organization

          buying pharmaceuticals abroad

Health

          mad cow disease

          universal healthcare

          bird flu

          organic food vs. genetically modified foods

Regulation of Markets

          school vouchers

          rent control

          minimum wage laws

          limiting advertising (in association with campaigning too)

          mining accident

          Wal-Mart's effect on local businesses

Social

          gay marriages

          discrimination (race, gender)

          war on drugs

          children's rights

          CA prison system

          death penalty

          Bush's terrorist surveillance

          digital divide

          tort reform

Subsidies

          farmers

          corporations

Environment

          global warming

          deforestation of global rain forests and its affect on local communities

          alternative fuels (e.g., ethanol)

          effects of Katrina and other natural disasters

marshlands: how reducing them affects cities and the environment (e.g., New Orleans and parts of Florida)

Enron and other management scandals

Value of human life

Immigration laws  

          building a wall along border with Mexico

          winners and losers in U.S. economy

Privatizing

          college education

          social security

International Affairs

          affairs with China

          current relationship with Mexico

          Russia's new place in the world and the remnants of communism

Investments

          effect of Olympics on a nation's economy

          divesting from Sudan

Others

          space tourism

          Ford's attempt to fix its budget crisis

          layoffs in automobile industry

          merging companies

          Boeing vs. Airbus

          new Supreme Court

          Israel + Gaza pullout as well as the issue of a security barrier

          urban renewal/ gentrification/ exurbs/ urban sprawl (health issues, community issues, demographics)

          cloning, stem cell research

          "green development"