The New Democratic Agenda Must Include The Following:

rpgamerd00d

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Thu Nov-09-06 01:09 AM
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The New Democratic Agenda Must Include The Following:

Edited on Thu Nov-09-06 01:10 AM by rpgamerd00d

1) Restore Habeus Corpus.
2) Terminate the illegal wiretapping program.
3) Outlaw torture, rendition, and secret CIA prisons.
4) Ban lobbyists, pass Public Funding for Elections.
5) Ban all voting machines with no paper trails, and all machines with over a .5% failure rate.
6) Establish a bi-partisan Federal Department of Elections to oversee all national and state elections.
7) Rollback all tax cuts for the rich.
8) Bump the Social Security tax cap up to $120k to save SS.
9) Establish National Healthcare.
10) Subpoena ... everything.

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silverweb

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Thu Nov-09-06 01:12 AM
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1. Excellent list.

Now... everyone e-mail/fax/snail mail this to your congresscritters!

:bounce:

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MarinCoUSA

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Thu Nov-09-06 01:12 AM
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2. Perfect! And in the proper order, too!

Hey rp! Quit reading my mind.

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MannyGoldstein

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Thu Nov-09-06 01:12 AM
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3. Impeach

Until the signing statements and insane executive orders stop, not much will change. The Congress no longer passes laws - it passes "suggestions".

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mattclearing

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Thu Nov-09-06 01:13 AM
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4. Good luck on 4, 6, 8, and 9

I'm all for it, but the Democratic Party is no enemy of lobbyists, and is still way more corporate-friendly than I'd like, though you'd think after the way corporate America screwed them the past three elections, they'd start to fight back.

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lonestarnot

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Thu Nov-09-06 01:15 AM
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5. And take away windfall profit from these fucking energy corps.

and stop off shore theft of our tax dollars.

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upi402

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Thu Nov-09-06 01:16 AM
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6. yep, but ELIMINATE the Soc. Sec. tax cap

Rich folks have had it their way far too long. They can now start to help America a little. Not just call workers names.

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yorokmok

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Thu Nov-09-06 01:16 AM
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7. #5 suggested change

Edited on Thu Nov-09-06 01:17 AM by yorokmok

I suggest a .o5 failure rate.  It's what we have to compete
with when going up against the FDA.

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rpgamerd00d

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Thu Nov-09-06 08:57 AM
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8. Perhaps. Ill let them dicker over the details.

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newyawker99

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Thu Nov-09-06 11:07 AM
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9. Hi yorokmok!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

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