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The fight is for democracy
To make living affordable, safer and healthier for Americans we MUST: unrig corrupt systems, drive down debt, break up monopolies, fairly tax corporations and 1% wealthiest, increase minimum wage, reduce the wage gap, support small businesses and farms, while being a good global citizen to protect national security.
Although rigged systems have existed for decades, the current administration is a wrecking ball to our democracy, our institutions, our economy and global relationships.
Our greatest challenge is to rebuild a stronger democracy that better fulfills the promise of our constitution with an accountable, competent government that serves the people, not the 1%.
All Priorities
Our families, our communities, our country deserves a representative that works for us.
- Strengthen separation of powers between branches of government and non-partisanship and independence of DOJ, military and other selective agencies.
- Remove and prosecute corrupt government officials.
- NO WAR or military action unless responsive to clear, direct and immediate provocation.
- Supreme Court reform and expansion (to 13- one per appeals district)
- No more shadow docket.
- Consider 2 – 3 panels or other procedure to increase productivity.
- Ethics Code & Disciplinary Body to investigate federal judicial complaints & remove for cause.
- Government & Judicial immunity pierced for violations of law by revising 42 USC 1983.
- Presidential pardon eligibility limits and exclusions
- NO privatization of government agencies
- No days off or pay during shutdowns
- All Congress: 4 Year terms with 3 terms (12 year) lifetime term limit
- Ban stock trades for Congress and federal executives involved in contracting decisions.
- Strict contracting controls with eligibility and contract performance requirements.
- Limits with transparency on congressional representatives direct spending of tax dollars.
- No use of tax payer dollars for settlements shielding government officials from misconduct or illegal actions.
- Seat forfeiture for changing party after election, legal violation or job abandonment.
- The same affordable and quality medical benefits congressional representatives have available to all Americans.
We must stop allowing government seats to be bought by the 1% to make the 99% poorer and sicker.
- Eliminate Citizens United (limit political donations with transparency)
- Eliminate Electoral College & protect voter rights so every vote counts equally, popular vote wins.
- End Gerrymandering (Fair, sensible maps not favoring any political party.)
- For the People Act to protect voting rights and mail-in voting.
- Ensure private right to sue & ability for multiple minority groups to form coalition under Voting Rights Act.
- John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to ensure equitable representation and address modern voter suppression.
- Fairness Doctrine and Truth in Political Advertising laws to require balanced media coverage, prohibit false and misleading political advertising.
- Government issued photo ID validates identity to vote, even if expired. Public high schools, colleges, government employee ID and military ID's all qualify.
- Due Process, humane and dignified treatment for all.
- Enable efficient processes securing our border and enforcement of expired visas and permits.
- Mitigate border surges leveraging migrant programs and technology instead of an ineffective physical wall.
- Reform number of admissions based on labor needs and available housing resources by city for initial 24 months with immediate eligibility to work and obtain driver's license upon entry. This enables the workforce needed to fuel our economy.
- This eliminates benefits to migrants not available to US citizens and mitigates population concentrations.
- Quotas based on formula tied to data points to automatically adjust quarterly. Add assessment on employable skills and incentivize English skills with language resources.
- Citizenship for Dreamers
- Dramatic process improvement to cut red tape & eliminate loopholes.
- Programs and enforcement to stop human trafficking.
- Fair & consistent treatment across all jurisdictions.
- NO citizenship selling, No more catch & release, No more family separations or kids in cages.
- Stop requirement to return to country of origin for when already legally in USA.
- Protect & expand Social Security, an earned investment. Safety nets for our elderly and disabled are non-negotiable.
- Increase earnings level allowed up to cost of living of zip code.
- UNRIG Wallstreet
- Reduce Deficit & balance budget within 12 years. Stop burdening future generations.
- STOP corporate welfare and subsidies.
- Aggressively break-up monopolies controlling supply chains (groceries, housing, energy, and pharmaceuticals)
- Instead support small and medium sized businesses and farms so that competition drives down consumer prices.
- Strategic tariffs controlled by Congress.
- Invest in domestic manufacturing, production and employment strengthening national security and reduce foreign dependency.
- Funding for roads and internet infrastructure.
- Tax offshore profits equal with domestic profits to stop incentive sending jobs overseas.
- Fairly tax corporations and 1%.
- Increase minimum wage AND reduce the wage gap. Tax high wage executives on a sliding scale for total compensation above 50x their average worker (including lowest paid positions).
- STOP Stock buybacks and tax stocks (when used as assets for loans).
- Remove social security payroll tax cap.
- Strengthen safety net programs including paid child care.
- Expand Child Tax Credit allowing access to our poorest families.
- Reinstate the IRS’ free Direct File program for individuals and small businesses.
- Better restrain use of non-profit status to avoid taxation.
- Regulate bank mergers, cap banking fees, require separation of commercial and investment banking and prohibit abuses making being poor very expensive.
- Corporate bankruptcy reform to protect employee pensions.
- Bankruptcy reform to include student loan forgiveness.
- Develop corporate citizenship rating for government contracting eligibility requiring livable wages, benefits and public disclosure of wages and demographics of all workers and fair access for small, woman, veteran and minority owned businesses.
- Regulate Bitcoin and make them pay for impact to environment, drain on water and electricity.
- Consider US Postal Service Banking Services for rural communities.
- Single Payer System for core healthcare with reforms for provider services and streamlined billing and payment processing with "bank" in advance so providers want to participate.
- Expand access to mental health and addiction treatment.
- Promote provider co-ops.
- Vision, hearing, non-cosmetic dental, prescription, substance abuse and mental health treatment included.
- Exclusions for elective, cosmetic procedures not medically necessary.
- Supplemental insurance available for purchase.
- Removes businesses from healthcare management entirely. No loss of benefits due to a change or loss of employment or 1099 contractor status.
- Prohibit health insurance companies and providers from being publicly traded.
- Regulate drug prices at fair price consistent with international pricing and sales volume.
- Prevent monopolies and privatization to STOP medical deserts in rural communities.
- Prohibit insurance companies from dictating or restricting who can be added to their policy, no more requirement as to marriage, dependency or age.
- Require providers to share trajectory information with patients based on health indicators and implement best care practices, ie. uncontrolled diabetes requires Automated Insulin Delivery System.
- Prohibit providers from scheduling or care favoritism.
- Tuition coverage for medical personnel.
- Codify Roe leaving decisions to women and their doctor.
- Prohibit criminalization or penalty to women or providers.
- Require care for miscarriages and medical emergencies.
- Prohibit travel and birth control bans.
- Protect IVF access (supplemental not included in core)
- Promote building and renovations while controlling density. Encourage zoning changes.
- Stop abuse of HUD bonds and discrimination against housing programs.
- Tax corporations limiting available housing inventory to drive up housing costs.
- Expand first-time home ownership program.
- Reform Housing loan regulations to promote home ownership.
- Prohibit monopolies and price manipulations in home insurance and residential rental leases with incentives to limit price increases compared to profit.
K-12:
- Require proper education funding, teacher pay and accountability with taxpayer funds.
- Consistent operational and performance requirements.
- Taxpayer ownership of school buildings.
- Limit K-12 testing and require custom response to results to improve performance.
- Expand college credits & trade certifications in high school.
Skilled Labor & College Tuition:
- Free public tuition for up to 4 year degree with performance, completion and graduate employment requirements imposed on both institutions and students.
- Provide options for skilled trade or college with assessments.
- Limit tuition & fees on Pell Grant students.
- Incentivize employer reimbursement programs.
- Student loan forgiveness for public service and non-profit workers.
- Deny federal funding to for-profit colleges which fail to provide graduates with living wages.
- Re-instate income based student loan repayment plans. Retro-calculation of student loans to correct abusive fees and interest rates.
- Reform of bankruptcy laws to include student loan debt.
- Student loan forgiveness:
- For teachers, law enforcement, first responders, medical field or other government, military or high need jobs.
- Gun manufacturers & sellers can be sued (no more PLCAA). Criminal and civil liability to anyone who illegally provides access to weapons or knowing they will hurt themselves or others.
- Red flag laws.
- Close loopholes ensuring protection against domestic violence,
- universal background checks,
- raise minimum age to 21,
- limits and reporting required on purchases, increased communications.
- Better enforcement when military personnel or law enforcement has warning to remove weapons.
- Gun training required on gun usage, storage and laws.
- Ban ghost guns, kits and other untraceable firearms.
- Ban open carry laws.
- Reinstate assault weapons ban.
- Exceptions for shooting ranges and grandfathered individuals who register weapons, submit to annual mental health exam, safe storage regulations and insurance.
- DC Statehood immediately. Existing elected leaders into temporary roles until new election.
- Puerto Rico statehood immediately with automatic complete independence within max of 10 years- unless Puerto Rico election votes otherwise. This provides time to plan and be ready for independence.
- Immediately exclude Puerto Rico and Hawaii from Jones Act or require competitive pricing on resident goods to stop crippling their economy and cost of living for residents.
- Legalize marijuana.
- Expunge criminal records which are exclusive to marijuana possession or distribution.
- Support mass transit.
- Support Building Green.
- Rejoin Paris Agreement & reimplement environmental regulations.
- Invest in renewable energy & wireless power transfer.
- Promote energy diversification and partnership with increased transition to green energy.
- Stop subsidies and corporate welfare to oil industry.
- Require clean-up by corporate polluters and abandoned wells.
- Strategic tariffs controlled by Congress.
- Reinstate USAID
- Re-join WHO
- Support NATO & allies.
- Stop being a shameful, greedy bully.
- America must be a responsible global citizen caring about the most vulnerable, promoting democracy with accountability for taxpayer dollars.
- Support international trade and mutually beneficial relationships respecting sovereignty of other nations.
- Support Ukraine & strengthen sanctions on Russia.
- STOP what Holocaust scholars identify as genocide and war crimes in Gaza.
- Support Palestine independence and sovereignty.
- Join International Criminal Court
- Support investigation as to HOW October 7th occurred and prosecution of war crimes, without favoritism.
Social Media & AI Accountability:
- Stop monopolies and regulate AI comparable with Intellectual Property.
- Host meetings with ethical IT leaders to develop legislation that promotes innovation while responsibly limiting the dangers of AI with accountability to those who use AI to harm American interests.
- Fairness Doctrine to prohibit False or Misleading Advertisements against poster and platform.
- Protect youth, require and enforce posting ratings.
- Accountable for data protection and usage, algorithm management or manipulation which causes harm and notification to law enforcement for threats of harm or broadcasted harm.
- Disclosure required of AI usage.
- Character likeness require advance approval & share in profits.
- Mitigate risks and potential abuses
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