Politics is what I do and love. One of my laments is the fracturing of the Left in the United States. What we really need is much more adequate representation. The way to do this is to form a left coalition, such as Die Linke. "The Left" was formed as a response to their own political fracturing. Since uniting, they have become a force in Germany.
However, I do recognize the problematic nature of doing this in the United States, as a strong socialist organization would be near to impossible to create given our political situation and respective media issues. Whatever it is called, I have created a manifesto for ths new political organization.
The Party for Universal Democracy: Advocating Universal Democracy for All
Here is what needs to be done:
#1 Join forces with progressives, Greens, Socialists, Reds, etc.
#2 Show them the power of a united coalition with left-leaning Democrats in a united voting block
#3 Form "Get-Out-The-Vote" style of organizing. If you are a citizen you must vote for your rights!
#4 Form a national coalition and hierarchy based on the following principles.
Our enemy is the wealthy elite (2%-ers), corporate-welfare queens (Wal-Mart, Goldman Sachs), and unfair taxation. We must all pay our way.
FAIR Taxation: Federal Allowance for Income Reduction (taxation system that reduces taxes for those that make under $250,000 a year.
"Road to Recovery"
Goals:
1. Build Infrastructure
- Maintain existing Infrastructure
- Set aside maintenance funds
- research and development of existing and future infrastructure
2. Creates a taxation system that benefits all, not just a few
- Tax Reform that generates "economic independence"
3. Democracy in the workplace
- Create an environment of concensus (i.e. Workers vote for a council that specifies production)
- "Working together to make America strong."
- Pro-Union, Anti-Corruption
4. Build international ties
- Pay off our debt by increasing taxation for those who make over $250,000.
- Organize a new NAFTA. Call it the "North American Fair Trade Agreement"
- Invest in democracy in other countries by supporting truly democratic organizations, rather than our rampant imperialism,which just gives us a bad name.
- Immediate withdrawal and draw down of ALL of our troops. Costs too much to maintain.
- Cut military expenditures and reinvest in our economy and security forces.
5. Free US from foreign energy dependence
- Invest heavily in scientifically-approved means, such as bio-diesel, and "locally grown fuels"
- Eliminate taxes for those interested in solar and wind as home-energy sources.
- Complete transparency of our environmental situation
6. Improve our nation's health
- create "Medicare Part-E"
- Reform the FDA, and eliminate prohibition
- Use tax money generated from legal drugs in order to finance rehabilitation programs
- Remove "conflicts of interest" from the medical profession
- Sponsor "preventative healthcare" measures, so that we can catch diseases before they get bad
- Improve our V.A. Hospitals with money saved by withdrawing our troops from unnecessary wars
7. Universal Education, "Educate America"
- Democracy in the school system
a. teachers vote on the annual budget for principles and administrators
b. teacher boards become the administrative body, and are voted for every year
c. teachers have to re-qualify for teacher certification every 5-years
- Create universal education
a. eliminate schools for the rich (cumpulsory public education)
b. free public education
- Eliminate "No Child Left Behind"
a. form a national committee that oversees public education and initiates reforms
b. representatives based on school districts, and chosen by the teachers themselves
- Eliminate barriers to higher education
- Reform "sex eduation"
a. only qualified sexual education counts
b. no more "abstinence-only" education
c. remove repressive, religious counter-education
8. Balance the Budget
- By using the F.A.I.R. Taxes system, we can rebuild our financial trust
- Elimate the idea that banks are "too-big" to fail.
- Make private, military expenditures transparent
- Recreate a national bank with qualified individuals to strengthen our currency, and eliminate the threat of corruption by removing the "banking elite"
9. Reform Welfare
- We have created a system of dependency
- No one wants to be on welfare
a. invest in our people
b. give the unemployed jobs, benefits, and housing based upon their skills
c. create a "living wage" for the working class and poor
d. create education programs for these unemployed citizens to be able to build a new skill-set
- End predatory welfare
a. make sure that people can ween themselves off welfare gradually
b. no one should live like a king on welfare
c. make sure that welfare is distributed well
- Create "independent individuals"
a. by sponsoring our unemployed, we create qualified professionals
b. by making sure that these unemployed people are working, they aren't just living off other people
c. by giving them a fair chance, we eliminate those on welfare by allowing them to slowly get off of it
d. we can eliminate welfare entirely and put Americans to work creating economic independence
10. Reform Immigration
- Illegal immigration poses security threats
a. make immigration to the U.S. easier and safer
- Make sure they can speak the language
a. teach new immigrants English in mandatory ESL courses
b. ESL courses created by the Immigration Service and employing American citizens
c. by employing American citizens, boost economic situation in the United States
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