Summary of Jason's Past:

My family was forced to endure some hard times.  We have had quite a few Christmases without presents.  We have been on welfare and food stamps because we couldn't make ends meat.  We have also been homeless for approximately a year, all six of us living in one hotel room for a portion of said time.  As a teenager I worked from the day that I was physically able to do so.  From painting and construction with my father, mowing every yard I could, to waking on a fresh snowy morning anxiously waiting for the snow to stop so I could shovel driveways for money.  When I was 15 I started working as a waiter and did so for 12 years.  The first couple years, I did as my sister had done and brought the money home and gave it to my parents to help support the family.  All through high school I paid for all of my basic needs, such as clothes, and any of the extras that I desired, after sufficing for the family.   I took out loans for my schooling as an engineer and worked 40 hours a week all through school to pay for all of my living expenses.  It was extremely hard, but it taught me the value of hard work.  I graduated Cum laude from the school of Industrial Management and Systems Engineering in June of 2002.  I landed a job with IBM as a project manager.  I derived the business plan for Aquatic Physical Therapy & Beyond in 2003.  It took about a year to get enough investor money to really start negotiating with the banks.  I then attempted to get a loan to launch the clinic by meeting with the high ups at about 22 different banks.  I finally found Rogger Plott with CCB who could see my vision and determination.  He backed us, five years later and thousands upon thousands of hours worked, here we are today!

The Major Issues that I, Jason Olivotti, Feel Need Addressed & An Idea as to How to Fix said Issues

• GIVE THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE, BACK TO THE PEOPLE:  There are a couple topics that we the people need further investigated with this issue and need them investigated soon before we have no power.  
  • Why is our president signing off on major decisions without congressional opinion?  Doesn’t what we want count for anything?
    • Do you remember voting for a Super Highway to connect Canada, US & Mexico?  ME NEITHER  ("Spain will own most of the toll roads that connect to the superhighway. Mexico will own and operate the Kansas City Smart Port. And NAFTA tribunal, not the U.S. Supreme Court, will have the final word in trade disputes.)
    • Do you remember voting for a Unionization of Canada, US & Mexico?  ME NEITHER
    • Many Americans are unaware of the Bilderberg Conferences that take place each year and is a secret meeting of the top officials in the world!?  Please go to the Bilderberg site to read all about this secret society that many of our presidents and other officials have attended, yet never speak about it.   Did you ever wonder why Busch Senior is now such good friends with Bill Clinton?  Did you know that they both desire to have a New World Order and both attend the secret Bilderberg meetings?  
    • Do you remember voting for the members of the North American Competitiveness Council that make decisions for us and affect our border patrol?  ME NEITHER
  • Why do we have the delegate and super delegate approach for our elections and don't just go by what the Americans vote for? Why have we made an election so complicated?  Is it to hide something such as the fact that we aren’t really the ones to decide who will be our president?
  • When it comes to ALL bills that are to influence America, they need to be viewable online, Americans’ should be able to submit their opinion and it should count towards the decision of whether the bill will pass. 
• TAX BREAKS FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES:  Being a small business owner myself, this is a topic I feel strongly about.   Small business owners put their lively hoods at risk, endure extreme stresses and work hundreds of hours to be successful.  Small businesses are being put under by the large corporations where the majority of the money is being redirected to just a few individuals rather than many small businesses being successful and all of those small business owners sharing in the hard earned wealth. Therefore I would create big tax breaks for the small business owners.  Small business owners that produce jobs would be given even larger tax breaks based on the salaries that they pay, how many jobs they support and how those salaries are divided amongst said jobs.  In other words, if you provide 4 Americans with $60,000 per year salaries, you would receive a larger tax break in comparison to an employer that pays 1 American $150,000 and the other 3 Americans $30,000 per year.   My system would basically support paying American's more, keeping the jobs in America where we need them and supporting the small businesss.
• Actors, Sports Stars and OTHERS Getting Paid MILLIONS OF DOLLARS:  An extremely large percentage of Americans' money is paid out to actors, sports stars & others.   The majority of this money is spent on their own heart's desires, which is fine, but they should be taxed highly for it (~70%).  They would only be able to receive tax breaks if they produce jobs here in America with said funds and the tax breaks would be based on the salaries that they pay, how many jobs they support and how those salaries are divided amongst said jobs
• UPDATE 10/27/2008  Jason's FAIR TAX LAW IMPLEMENTATION:  Our tax system has some serious issues. 
  • We never own anything.  It is sad when property tax alone is evicting Americans from their homes that they worked so hard for.  We buy a house with our hard earned money that we and our employer are taxed on, we then pay property tax each year, we then die and leave it to someone else who then gets stuck with an inheritance tax & property tax for every year after that??!!??  My God!
  • The American government needs to start each year with a zero based budget evaluating the costs that had been expended the year before and learning what we can cut before instantly taking the stance of increasing taxes to cover the increased costs. 
  • Income tax was put into place in World War II to support the war.  More importantly, the government needed to mop up the influx of expendable cash that Americans now had, giving the government the ability to control inflation, deflation and the market itself (http://www.devvy.com/notax.html).  I therefore feel that income tax needs to be eliminated.  We should be taxed on the luxury items that we purchase and not the money that we need just to survive such as paying the electric bill, food, rent, healthcare and much more.  This would help part of the healthcare & welfare crisis’s that we are in today, but needs to be combined with my tactics below.
• REGULATING HEALTHCARE COMPANIES, INSURANCE NETWORKS, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND OTHERS: Being a healthcare provider myself, it is amazing how many people state that the cost of healthcare is going up.  My payments from insurance have done nothing, but gone down and the same goes for doctors and many other medical professionals as I am sure they will attest, yet monthly premiums for patients from their insurance companies have gone up 5% to 40% per year.  In addition, as everyone is aware, co-pays have increased by 400% reducing the amount that insurance has to pay by 50%. In addition to that, some insurances do everything they can not to pay me for services rendered.   If you were to go to work for an insurance company you would find that many of their bonuses and other pay incentives are based on the number of claims and charges that an employee can deny.  There needs to be an organization that regulates insurance companies, insurance networks, medical providers and any others that take a role in providing cost efficient quality healthcare to All Americans alike.   Someone needs to ensure that the best interest of all parties involved is the health of the patient and not just the financial gains of a FEW. 
• WE REALLY NEED TO WORK ON OUR WELFARE SYSTEM:  I am amazed that we possess a welfare system that encourages working less.  The ones that strive to be as productive as they can be for America need to be supported by America.  Not the other way around.  Please remember, as I stated in the summary about me, I was on welfare at one time!  These days if you are on welfare, the more you work results in you making more money so the government cuts your assistance, despite the fact that you still don’t have enough to provide for your family because 1/3 or more of the extra you make goes to the IRS and you still can’t pay your bills.  This makes no sense.  If I am struggling to just pay my bills, don’t let the IRS deduct a 1/3 of it right from the start.  If I work more hours and to my best ability, reward me for it, don’t penalize me.  We really need to reconsider our current structure, so that we inspire individuals to work harder and to their best ability, assuring them that they will be taken care of for the efforts in supporting America.
• WAR IN IRAQ & IMMIGRATION:  I would setup timelines and true objectives for withdrawal of our troops.  Not just a general objective such as the one we have all heard for the past 5 year, “to win the war on terror”.  We are not the world police, but I would ensure that there is no threat to America.  I would use tactics to ensure that we have leverage if any further issues arise in said region of the world.  Any nuclear threat would be addressed through the UN first.  If it is a direct threat to America, I would address the situation despite whether the UN wishes to stand by our side or not.  I would not over utilize our military as we have been, policing the world, but would keep our military fully skilled and armed with the most technological advances to ensure America’s safety.  I would tightly patrol our borders.  If someone wishes to become an American, we welcome them with love, but they would be required to go through the procedures to do so legally to once again ensure America’s safety.