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Although {{:Martin O'Malley has not yet released a formal tax plan, he supports the creation of a financial transactions tax. [http://apps.urban.org/features/tpccandidate/ (TPC)] He has also suggested creating a new tax bracket for people earning over $1,000,000 and taxing capital gains at ordinary marginal income tax rates. [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=111178 (DD3)] While governor of Maryland, O'Malley used tax increases to fund many government programs. [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/martin-omalley-believe-candidate-stands-11-issues/ (PBS)] He made the Maryland tax code more progressive by increasing taxes on the wealthy. He believes in funding Social Security benefits by lifting the cap on Social Security taxes. [http://apps.urban.org/features/tpccandidate/ (TPCTax Reform)]}}
===Wages===*Reach wage growth of 4% annually by 2018 [https{{://martinomalley.com/15-goals/goal-1/ Martin O'Malley (MOW-1)]*Increase number of families with adequate retirement savings by 50% within 8 years [https://martinomalley.com/15-goals/goal-1/ (MOW-1)]*Cut the pay gap between full-time men and women workers in half by 2025 through paycheck fairness laws, strong family leave policies, and expanded access to quality, affordable healthcare [https://martinomalley.com/15-goals/goal-1/ (MOW-1)]*Increase the minimum wage and protect rights of all workers to organize and collectively bargain for better wages [http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Martin_O%60Malley_Jobs.htm (OTI)] ===Unemployment===*Cut the unemployment rate among young people in half within 3 years [https://martinomalley.com/15-goals/goal-1/ (MOW-1)]*Reach full employment for American veterans by 2020 [https://martinomalley.com/15-goals/goal-4/ (MOW-4)]*Extend unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless [http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Martin_O%60Malley_Jobs.htm (OTI)] ===Wall Street Reform=== *Require banks to separate commercial Jobs and speculative banking within 5 years [https://martinomalley.com/policy/financial-reform/ (MOW-FR)]*Ensure key political appointees are independent of Wall Street [https://martinomalley.com/policy/financial-reform/ (MOW-FR)]*Close the regulator/prosecutor revolving door [https://martinomalley.com/policy/financial-reform/ (MOW-FR)]**Institute a three-year revolving door ban**Institute an additional three-year mandatory disclosure rule*Immediately double funding for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) [https://martinomalley.com/policy/financial-reform/ (MOW-FR)]*Elevate focus on economic crimes at the Department of Justice [https://martinomalley.com/policy/financial-reform/ (MOW-FR)]**Create a standalone Economic Crimes Division*Immediately reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act and end "too big to fail" [https://martinomalley.com/policy/financial-reform/ (MOW-FR)]*Implement a financial transaction tax to limit high-frequency trading [https://martinomalley.com/policy/financial-reform/ (MOW-FR)] ===Competition and Anti-trust===*Restore competition and anti-trust laws, taking action within one year in office [https://martinomalley.com/15-goals/goal-14/ (MOW-14Business Policy)]}}
===Affordability===*Encourage states to adopt comprehensive payment reform and consider options like hospital global budgeting, patient-centered medical homes, and accountable care organizations [https{{://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]**Supports an "all-payer" system [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/martin-omalley-believe-candidate-stands-11-issues/ (PBS)]*Improve the value of Medicare [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]**Launch a "Medicare Essential" program to provide comprehensive benefits (hospital, physician, prescription drug, supplemental coverage) in one opt-in plan*Increase support for primary care and promote widespread adoption of medical homes [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]*Require clarity in healthcare billing and fairness for the uninsured [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]*Enforce anti-trust law to counter dramatic price increases [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]*Fight against corporate tax inversions [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]*Ban price gouging for prescription drugs [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]*Use the government's purchasing power to ensure reasonable drug prices [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]*Invest in health information exchanges [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]*Expand patients' access to their own health data [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]*Prioritize data security in the transition to electronic medical records [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)] ===Expanded Access to Care===*Build on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]**Ensure access to affordable healthcare for immigrants**Work with states to close the "coverage gap"**Extend access for working families and their children**Treat multi-employer and high-cost plans fairly**Address high deductibles by covering critical services*Support universal access to reproductive care [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]**Promote universal access to prenatal care and family planning**Believes abortions should be legal without any intrusion or interference from the government [http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Martin_O%60Malley_Abortion.htm (OTI)]*Set a goal for universal access to primary, behavioral, and oral health care, supported by renewed investment in community health centers [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]*Eradicate lead poisoning by restoring funding for state programs and creating an interagency task force to find solutions to keep children healthy [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]*Reduce diseases and premature deaths caused by air pollution [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]*Mobilize communities to address the cause of health disparities [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]*Expand the National Health Service Corps and Area Health Education Centers and invest in the next generation of the health care workforce [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]*Task the Department of Health and Human Services with developing the basis for states, health systems, and health care providers for progress in health equity [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)] ===Cures and Healthier Lives===*Invest in NIH and FDA research [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]*Support promising therapies at every step of development [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]*Release clinical trial data to advance scientific discovery [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]*Invest in early childhood health [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]**Provide stable funding for the ACAMartin O's Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program*Build on the ACA [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]**Protect the Prevention and Public Health Fund*Renew focus on preventing and treating infectious diseases [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]**Set goals for disease prevalence for diseases like HIV, hepatitis C, and tuberculosis*Reauthorize and fully fund the Older Americans Act [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]*Require Medicare and Medicaid programs to create a consistent set of incentives to encourage community-based care [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]*Encourage physicians to speak with their patients regarding end of life care and support the implementation of patient wishes [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ Malley (MOW-HC)] ===Mental Health and Addiction===*Invest in strong community health systems [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]*Integrate behavioral health and physical health care [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HC)]**Introduce new incentives through Medicare and Medicaid to increase ease of access to behavioral health care*Stop the criminalization of mental illness [https://martinomalley.com/policy/health-care/ (MOW-HCPolicy)]}}
===Drug Overdose and Addiction===*Reduce deaths from drug overdose by 25% by 2020 [https{{://martinomalley.com/policy/addiction-treatment-and-prevention/ Martin O'Malley (MOW-AT)]*Establish a national dashboard to monitor the overdose and addiction problem, track nationwide responses, and target resources to increase access to critical services [https://martinomalley.com/policy/addiction-treatment-and-prevention/ (MOW-AT)]**Create and adopt a national strategy to reduce addiction to fentanyl (a deadly narcotic laced into heroin) within 100 days of taking office*Stop the over-prescription of pain medications [https://martinomalley.com/policy/addiction-treatment-and-prevention/ (MOW-AT)]**Require physician training on pain prescribing**Strengthen prescription drug monitoring programs**Support patient education on pain*Expand access to treatment [https://martinomalley.com/policy/addiction-treatment-and-prevention/ (MOW-AT)]**Expand access to Naloxone (a reversal drug used to treat overdoses from heroin and prescription opioids)**Equip all first responders with Naloxone and ensure all hospitals and first responders can quickly direct patients to effective addiction treatment options**Increase funding for effective therapies**Expand coverage of proven treatments under Medicare and Medicaid**Assure every veteran access to treatment within 12 hours*Invest in community resources for recovery [https://martinomalley.com/policy/addiction-treatment-and-prevention/ (MOW-AT)]**Implement a public health response to addiction**Support community services**Launch a national campaign to reduce the stigma associated with drug addiction ===Marijuana===*Supports the decriminalization of the possession of small amounts of marijuana [http://www.denverpost.com/election/ci_28832902/democratic-candidate-martin-omalley-talks-marijuana-2016-campaign (DP)]*Supports the legalization of medical marijuana [http://www.denverpost.com/election/ci_28832902/democratic-candidate-martin-omalley-talks-marijuana-2016-campaign (DP)]*Wants to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule II drug [http://www.denverpost.com/election/ci_28832902/democratic-candidate-martin-omalley-talks-marijuana-2016-campaign (DPDrug Policy)]}}
===Foreign Policy===*Adapt national security institutions to better anticipate fast-emerging threats [https{{://martinomalley.com/policy/foreign-policy/ Martin O'Malley (MOW-FPMiddle East)]*"Engage with a new generation of leaders from different walks of life—often in hostile environments where we lack historic ties; where we lack relationships" [https://martinomalley.com/policy/foreign-policy/ (MOW-FP)]]*Create a more far-sighted and proactive foreign policy based on engagement and collaboration [https://martinomalley.com/policy/foreign-policy/ (MOW-FP)]] ===Iran===*"Negotiations are the best way to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon" [https://martinomalley.com/policy/foreign-policy/ (MOW-FP)]]**Supports a verifiable, enforceable, tightly-monitored nuclear deal ===ISIS===*"Containing, degrading, and defeating ISIS will require an integrated approach" [https://martinomalley.com/policy/foreign-policy/ (MOW-FP)]]**Focus on both military power and political solutions**Amplify credible, local voices in the region and counter ISIS propaganda**Encourage the Iraqi government to govern more inclusively ===Israel===*Supports a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/martin-omalley-believe-candidate-stands-11-issues/ (PBS)] ===Syria===*Opposes a no-fly zone over Syria [http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/11/politics/martin-omalley-against-no-fly-zone/ (CNN)]*Believes that the U.S. should accept 65,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2016 [http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/04/politics/martin-omalley-syrian-refugees/ (CNN)]}}
===Trade Agreements=== {{:Martin O'Malley is critical of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and rejects any deals negotiated in secret. [http://www.cbsnews.com/news/martin-omalley-to-roll-out-trade-policy/ (CBS)] O'Malley will support and negotiate trade agreements only if they: [https://martinomalley.com/policy/trade-policy/ (MOW-TP)]*Reject secret trade agreements and democratize trade negotiations*Prohibit currency manipulation*Prevent corporate power grabs**Oppose investor-state dispute settlement (ISDSTrade)**Put public interests first*Lift labor standards**Protect core labor rights**Set and enforce meaningful labor standards*Improve environmental protection*Uphold strong financial regulations*Provide fair access to markets*Protect access to affordable medicines*Support investment in the U.S. Economy**Ensure that U.S. corporations are taxed fairly, including on their global activities}}
===Comprehensive Immigration Reform===*Immediately extend executive action to protect at least 9 million immigrants from deportation [https{{://martinomalley.com/15-goals/goal-5/ Martin O'Malley (MOW-5)]*Provide deferred action to the greatest possible number of immigrants [https://martinomalley.com/policy/immigration/ (MOW-IR)]*Grant broad waivers to the three- or ten-year bar and work with Congress to achieve a permanent repeal [https://martinomalley.com/policy/immigration/ (MOW-IR)]*Expand parole-in-place to benefit all spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents [https://martinomalley.com/policy/immigration/ (MOW-IR)]*Undertake significant outreach and educational programs to promote naturalization [https://martinomalley.com/policy/immigration/ (MOW-IR)]*Rescind the regulations restricting health care for deferred action recipients [https://martinomalley.com/policy/immigration/ (MOW-IR)]*Limit detention to only those who pose a clear threat to public safety [https://martinomalley.com/policy/immigration/ (MOW-IR)]*Close inhumane detention facilities [https://martinomalley.com/policy/immigration/ (MOW-IR)]*Expand due process protections in the detention and immigration system [https://martinomalley.com/policy/immigration/ (MOW-IR)]*Prevent racial and religious profiling [https://martinomalley.com/policy/immigration/ (MOW-IR)]*Disentangle public safety and local law enforcement from immigration enforcement [https://martinomalley.com/policy/immigration/ (MOW-IR)]*Ensure a secure border through the strategic use of personnel and technology, extensive training and support for immigration officers, and policies that address the root causes of migration [https://martinomalley.com/policy/immigration/ (MOW-IR)]*Focus on priority cases that advance national security, address violent crime or financial fraud, and protect the most vulnerable members of society [https://martinomalley.com/policy/immigration/ (MOW-IRImmigration)]}}
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==Tax Reform==
==Jobs and Business Policy==
==Health Policy==
==Drug Policy==
==Middle East==
==Trade==
==Immigration==
==Environmental==
{{:Martin O'Malley (Environmental)}}
===Renewable Energy===*Create a Clean Energy Jobs Corps to partner with communities to become more energy efficient, create new green spaces, and restore and expand forests [https://martinomalley.com/policy/clean-energy-future/ (MOW-CEF)]*Generate 100% of American electricity with renewable energy by 2050 [https://martinomalley.com/policy/clean-energy-future/ (MOW-CEF)]*Federal legislation that caps on carbon emissions from all sources, proceeds from permits returned to low- and middle-class families Entrepreneurship and invested in job transition assistance and Clean Energy Jobs Corps [https://martinomalley.com/policy/clean-energy-future/ (MOW-CEF)]*Reject projects like Keystone XL and deny new permits for drilling in Alaska, the arctic, and off the coast [https://martinomalley.com/policy/clean-energy-future/ (MOW-CEF)]*Increase royalties and emissions fees for fossil fuel companies currently drilling on federal land and invest proceeds in jobs and skills training [https://martinomalley.com/policy/clean-energy-future/ (MOW-CEF)] ===Carbon Emissions=Innovation==*Caps or taxes on carbon emissions from all sources, proceeds from permits returned to low- and middle-class families and invested in job transition assistance and Clean Energy Jobs Corps [https://martinomalley.com/policy/clean-energy-future/ (MOW-CEF)]*Fully implement Clean Power Plan [https{{://ballotpedia.org/Martin_OMartin O'Malley_presidential_campaign,_2016/Taxes Malley (Ballotpedia)]*Adopt a zero-tolerance policy for methane leaks from current oil Entrepreneurship and gas production [https://ballotpedia.org/Martin_O'Malley_presidential_campaign,_2016/Taxes (BallotpediaInnovation)]}}
==Sources==
Ballotpedia [https://ballotpedia.org/Martin_O'Malley_presidential_campaign,_2016/Taxes]
HP = Huffington Post [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/martin-omalley-civic-tech_us_5628fbece4b0ec0a38935fee]
