but that can be broken down into most of these:
*Transparent and Verifiable elections (Why isn't this a front burner issue?)
*Decreasing the influence of
For Profit Corporations in our government.
*Cut Military Spending (Decrease by 50% immediately)
*End the phony WARS in the Middle East (Out Now)
*Medicare for anyone who wants it
*The immediate break-up (Trust Busting) of everything "Too Big to Fail".
*Fair Competition Legislation that lets Mom&Pop (small locally owned businesses and farms) compete with Big Box and Factory Farms on a level playing field.
*An end to "Free Trade" (Race to the Bottom)
*Organized LABOR and local co-ops.
*An end to the two-tiered Judicial System
*Prosecution of rich American War Criminals and War Profiteers. (Oh yes they did!)
*An END to "Corporate Personhood"
*Strictly Enforced Publicly Financed Elections (severe penalties for criminals)
*Re-Regulation with strict oversight of Banking/Investment, Transportation, Communications, Trade, Energy, Utilities, Insurance.
*NO Public Money for private Prisons, armed Private Police, armed Defense Contractors, private intelligence agencies, For Profit Health Insurance Corporations, or Charter Schools.
*Immediate Civil Rights and Equal Protection for ALL. (No Exceptions)
*Free Quality Universal Education to everyone who wants it.
*Strong Social Safety Net and Consumer Protections.
*An end to The Patriot Act and a return to The Constitution (especially Habeas and privacy protections).
*A refutation of the "Unitary Executive", and legislation to ensure it NEVER happens again.
*An END to Republican/Corporate influence INSIDE The Democratic Party !
(NO! They DON"T deserve a seat at the table!)
*Ironclad Environmental Protections with HEAVY penalties for Corporate Polluters
I've always thought that THIS guy said it best:
"In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for all—regardless of station, race, or creed.
Among these are:
*The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;
*The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;
*The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;
*The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;
*The right of every family to a decent home;
*The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;
*The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;
*The right to a good education.
All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being.
Americas own rightful place in the world depends in large part upon how fully these and similar rights have been carried into practice for all our citizens.
For unless there is security here at home there cannot be lasting peace in the world.---FDR, 1944
Man, I LOVED THAT Old Democratic Party!!!
Today's "Centrist New Democrat Party"....not so much.
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