by brinstar » Fri Nov 18, 2011 7:54 am
to be fair, here's my take:
Repeal the Taft-Hartley Act. Unionize ALL workers immediately. don't care much for taft-hartley, but workers shouldn't be forced into unions either
Raise the minimum wage immediately to $18/hr. Create a maximum wage of $90/hr to eliminate inequality. these numbers are jank but i do think min wage needs to go up
Institute a 6 hour workday, and 6 weeks of paid vacation. 8hrs is fine. 6 weeks is silly, but 3 is reasonable
Institute a moratorium on all foreclosures and layoffs immediately. too broad, but i do think it's bullshit that a company can lay off a hundred workers and give its exec a half mil christmas bonus
Repeal racist and xenophobic English-only laws. lol
Open the borders to all immigrants, legal or illegal. Offer immediate, unconditional amnesty, to all undocumented residents of the US. naturalization process is jank, but this is too much
Create a single-payer, universal health care system. dig it. no nation with a GDP like ours should allow its citizens to die or suffer unnecessarily
Pass stricter campaign finance reform laws. Ban all private donations. All campaigns will receive equal funding, provided by the taxpayers. OH MY GOD THIS WILL FIX SO MANY PROBLEMS, I'D THROW AWAY EVERYTHING ELSE ON THIS LIST FOR IRONCLAD CORRUPTION-PROOF CAMPAIGNS, HOLY FUCK
Institute a negative income tax, and tax the very rich at rates up to 90%. 90%? heh. try 50%.
Pass far stricter environmental protection and animal rights laws. remove the word "far" and i'm on board
Allow workers to elect their supervisors. this is actually pretty intriguing, gonna think about it some more before commenting
Lower the retirement age to 55. Increase Social Security benefits. i'd go 60. SSI still goes up though.
Create a 5% annual wealth tax for the very rich. not very clear. how rich is "very rich"? and 5% tax on what, their net worth?
Ban the private ownership of land. lol
Make homeschooling illegal. Religious fanatics use it to feed their children propaganda. while that may be true, banning homeschooling is a bit silly. maybe test what's being learned somehow?
Reduce the age of majority to 16. wrong. 16-year-olds are biologically not mature enough to make adult decisions
Abolish the death penalty and life in prison. We call for the immediate release of all death row inmates from death row and transferred to regular prisons. death penalty has to go, it's archaic and barbaric. life imprisonment can stay.
Release all political prisoners immediately. uhh definition? come on guy
Immediate withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan. dig it
Abolish the debt limit. orrrrrrrr tax the rich at mid-90s levels and debt will start shrinking
Ban private gun ownership. what? lol
Strengthen the separation of church and state. yes please
Immediate debt forgiveness for all. like almost everything else, too hamfisted. how about audit everyone's debt and determine how much of it was due to predatory financial practices?
End the 'War on Drugs'. semi-dig it. we've been over this a billion times, but again: legalize weed, fuck the rest of that shit
compost the rich