CARDS:
Defense and Diplomacy:
Bring troops home soon: -$1,347B
Bring troops home gradually: -$957B
Cut military spending by 10%: -$541B
More for diplomacy and foreign aid: +$390B
Cut foreign aid: -$218B
Increase homeland security spending: +$165B
Add two new active Army divisions: +$93B
Spend more to fight AIDS overseas: +$85B
End Army’s modernization program: -$50B
Cancel stealth fighters: -$48B
End spending on missile defense: -$13B
Fund university defense projects: +$11B
Replace some military with civilians: -$9B

Schools and Kids:
Spend to educate disabled children: +$162B
NCLB vouchers for poor students: +$150B
Expand funds and testing in K-12: +$140B
End No Child Left Behind: -$110B
Educate disadvantaged children: -$124B
More help to needy college students: +$41B
More for after-school learning: +$11B
Cut school lunch help: -$6B
More funding for arts in schools: +$0.53B

Science and Nature:
Fund research on clean energy: +$150B
Increase funding for cleaner coal: +$20B
Ground the space program: -$176B
Increase NASA funds by 50 percent: +$98B
Double funds for weather science: +$44B
Increase EPA Budget by 50%: +$38B
Cut EPA budget in half: -$38B
Increase NSF grants by 50%: +$35B
Cut NSF grants by 50%: -$35B
Double funds for alternative energy: +$17B
Clean up nuclear waste sites: +$16B
Stop exploring Earth from space: -$13B
Reform and reduce farm subsidies: -$10B
Cut conservation payments to farmers: -$9B
Double funds for wildlife refugees: +$5B
Drill for oil in the Arctic: -$3B
Cut wildlife refugee funding in half: -$2B
Protect more endangered species: +$1B
Cut endangered species funding: -$1B
Give prize for cheaper car battery: +$0.30B

Housing and Living:
Cut federal housing assistance: -$22B
More rental assistance for the poor: +$4B
Increase food stamp benefits: +$11B
Cut food stamp benefits: -$0.70B
No more trade assistance: -$10B
More for workers affected by trade: +$4B
More money for child care: +$5B
Tax break for first-time homebuyers: +$4B
Help people refinance subprime loans: +$2B

Misc:
Cut discretionary spending: -$265B
Eliminate “pork-barrel” projects: -$242B
Cut “pork-barrel” spending in half: -$121B
Double FDA funding: +$18B
Cut FDA funding: -$9B
Strengthen border security: +$5B
Cut arts and the humanities funding: -$5B
Tighten product oversight: +$1B

Infrastructure:
Reduce federal aid for highways: -$108B
Increase mass transit funding: +$33B
Decrease funding for mass transit: -$16B
Provide relief for states: +$50B
Fund bus rapid transit: +$16B
Increase aviation security fees: -$15B
Cut safe drinking water grants: -$11B
Fund anti-congestion experiments: +$10B
Cut funding for Amtrak: -$2B
Increase funding for Amtrak: +$2B

Health Care:
Require health insurance for all: +$1,100B
Offer government health plan for all: +$650B
Require employer health coverage: +$534B
Computerize health information: +$70B
Cover more low-income parents: +$42B
Simplify and raise Medicare fees: -$31B
Raise Medicare eligibility to 67: -$24B
Cut Medicaid payments: -$21B
Cover more young adults: +$18B
Add money for kids’ health care: +$11B
Increase Medicare costs for wealthy: -$10B
Open Medicare to people 62-64: +$3B

Social Security:
More help for widows and widowers: +$275B
More low-income worker benefits: +$140B
Cut benefits across the board: -$117B
Raise the Social Security Age: -$108B
Cut Social Security for the wealthy: -$75B
Partially privatize Social Security: +$8B
Slow Social Security benefit rise: -$7B

Taxes:
Repeal the Bush tax cuts: +$2,725B
Repeal Bush tax cuts, tax the rich: +$2,954B
Keep Bush income tax cuts: +$0.00B
Keep Bush tax cuts for all but rich: +$1,360B
Cap and limit greenhouse gases: +$1,990B
Eliminate the AMT: -$1,763B
Link AMT to inflation: -$1,286B
Give credits for health insurance: -$1,200B
Change health insurance taxes: -$120B
Cut corporate taxes: -$735B
Reform and hike corporate taxes: +$28B
No state, local tax deduction: +$710B
Give workers a tax credit: -$710B
Add 50 cents to the gas tax: +$701B
Eliminate the gas tax: -$306B
Lower estate taxes: -$580B
Freeze estate tax rates: -$284B
Increase SS taxes for the wealthy: +$536B
Raise the payroll tax: $519B
Limit breaks for charitable giving: +$255B
Tax carbon dioxide emissions: +$234B
Increase tax exemptions for kids: -$178B
Increase tax credits for college: -$139B
Give mortgage credit to all filers: -$126B
Cut the mortgage interest deduction: +$90B
Make research tax credit permanent: -$85B
Tilt payroll tax burden to the rich: +$77B
Repeal Bush capital gains tax cuts: +$73B
Raise tobacco taxes: +$54B
End income taxes for seniors: -$52B
Tax more of seniors’ benefits: +$19B
Expand tax write-offs for business: -$45B
Raise taxes on multinationals: +$40B
Tax private equity, hedge fund managers: +$26B
No breaks for extractive industries: +$26B
Tax toxic industries: +$20B
End breaks for big oil: +$14B
Let everyone deduct property taxes: +$1B