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grahamhgreen

(15,741 posts)
Thu Dec 13, 2012, 04:40 PM Dec 2012

“I don’t mind losing when we lose, but I hate losing when we win.” - Jim Hightower (kinda)

"Now it's time for us to "win the post election"--to win the progressive policies that the people just voted for.

It's time to end the wars,

rollback Citizens United,

put a Robin Hood tax on Wall Street speculators (to tax the rich, invest in jobs, education and green energy),

raise the minimum wage,

end the war on drugs,

cut the wasteful military budget,

and leave Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid alone."


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This is our agenda, what's yours?

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“I don’t mind losing when we lose, but I hate losing when we win.” - Jim Hightower (kinda) (Original Post) grahamhgreen Dec 2012 OP
Hear, hear. May this crystal-clear message ring out in every town and hamlet throughout the indepat Dec 2012 #1
K&R Just this would go a long way toward healing this nation. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #2
the DemocratRepublicans running this country will reject your agenda lol nt msongs Dec 2012 #3
The White House doesn't take calls... bvar22 Dec 2012 #4
Yeah, except Aldo Leopold Dec 2012 #6
Good start to a great agenda yends21012 Dec 2012 #5
Isn't the Progressive Caucus adding members this next year? calimary Dec 2012 #7
+1 HiPointDem Dec 2012 #8
I would add a few that "should" be "no brainers" for any "Democat". bvar22 Dec 2012 #9
It's really not that tough, people, is it? grahamhgreen Dec 2012 #10
 

Egalitarian Thug

(12,448 posts)
2. K&R Just this would go a long way toward healing this nation.
Thu Dec 13, 2012, 05:05 PM
Dec 2012

There is a lot more we could do, but this is a good start.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
4. The White House doesn't take calls...
Thu Dec 13, 2012, 06:20 PM
Dec 2012

...from the "Fringe", "Far Left Wing", "Purist", Wacko "Retards".






[font color=firebrick size=4][center]"The only thing in the Middle of the Road
are Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos."
--Jim Hightower
[center][/center][/font]

calimary

(81,350 posts)
7. Isn't the Progressive Caucus adding members this next year?
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 12:45 AM
Dec 2012

How much bigger are we than the teabagger caucus? How much bigger will we be as of the next Congress? After all, the bad guys lost not one but TWO big ones - joe walsh and allen west. Good Riddance 1 and Good Riddance 2. AND todd akin isn't there anymore, either. He tried to move from the House up to the Senate, and failed. We gain outright, and we gain from their corresponding loss.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
9. I would add a few that "should" be "no brainers" for any "Democat".
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 02:20 PM
Dec 2012

Last edited Fri Dec 14, 2012, 04:02 PM - Edit history (1)

*Bust Up the Too-Big-to-Fails

*Reinforce the Sherman Anti-Trust Act,
and use it to prevent Walmart (Big Boxes) from using their "Unfair Competitive Advantage" to undercut Locally Owned Businesses.

*STOP Privatizing the Commons,
and return to Regulation, Public Ownership, & Public Accountability

*End the failed War on Drugs

*Expand Medicare

*End the insanity of "Free Trade"

*EFCA








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