10-30-2020, 01:24 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-30-2020, 01:48 AM by Eric the Green.)
Democrats have a lot to do if they win. It's hard to remember it all. Here's just a taste.
1. Reverse all of Drumpshit's executive orders, such as keeping out "feriners," polluting our environment and climate, destroying our government, and destroying education.
2. Rejoin the Paris Climate Accord, the Iran Nuclear Deal, Arms Control, realistic Middle East peace negotiations, full backing for our NATO allies, and end the funding for deadly, useless wars like the one in Yemen. Reduce the absurd size of the military budget.
3. End gerrymandering across the country so Republicans or any party can no longer ruthlessly require that legislators choose their voters rather than the other way around. We need a democracy with power given to the people, not to a bunch of "republicans" who think some people deserve to have more power than others.
4. Remove the filibuster, at least as long as we have a bunch of crazy reactionaries like Classic Xer block every damn thing the people want.
5. Once that is done, DC and Puerto Rico and maybe Guam too need to be given representation in the Senate and the House, so that our constitution does not automatically give Republicans an easy chance to give all power to a relatively few parochial, provincial idiot white redneck voters from out in the sticks and the boondocks, every time that young people get bored or frustrated and fail to vote in a midterm election. The House has already passed DC statehood. Eventually, work around or eliminate the Electoral College.
6. The Supreme Court needs to be reformed so that it is not a political vehicle for a right-wing extremist minority who want to implant their regressive policies upon the nation for generations at a time. That may involve term limits, limits on how many judges a president can appoint per term, and at least for now, adding liberal justices. And with the other reforms, at least there's a better chance that another Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump won't be back to do the same thing to us. Demographically, the extreme right wing is on the way out. And we could put things back the way they were once this cold-civil war anomaly has past.
7. The Supreme Court has already begun to throw out climate legislation, and will throw out more. This must be totally reversed, and subsidies for fossil fuels must end and be replaced with funding for building recharging stations and alternative energy that is truly green. Regulations on emissions must be restored and increased right away.
8. The new John Lewis voting rights act must be passed right away, and passed again and again until we get a supreme court that respects what he put his life on the line for at the old Edmund Pettis Bridge. The same goes for campaign finance reform and counter-acting all the effects of the Citizens United decision and all similar decisions based on the idiotic notion that wealth equals free speech.
9. Economic restructuring must begin. It can start with raising the national minimum wage to $15 an hour, and raising taxes on those making over $400,000 a year. And realistically that figure may need to be lowered a ways. And higher minimums need to be considered for wealthier states and businesses. Our economy is being roboticized and people are losing their jobs due to this and free trade. The few who own the machines should not get all the benefit from them. Raise taxes on wealthy corporations so that more income support can be given to workers, and better safety nets for those who can't find work or who work in non-profit and creative pursuits.
10. I'll leave it at 10 for now, and I won't discuss gun control, abortion, women's and gay rights, trade, workers' rights, consumer rights, unions, regulating speculation, infrastructure, housing, and education here, etc., but health care and the pandemic is on everyone's mind. Trump and the repugs have slashed funding and programs for disease control and research, and it must be restored at once, including full plans to control the current and future pandemics. Health care reform must proceed with plans to move toward a medicare for all system.
1. Reverse all of Drumpshit's executive orders, such as keeping out "feriners," polluting our environment and climate, destroying our government, and destroying education.
2. Rejoin the Paris Climate Accord, the Iran Nuclear Deal, Arms Control, realistic Middle East peace negotiations, full backing for our NATO allies, and end the funding for deadly, useless wars like the one in Yemen. Reduce the absurd size of the military budget.
3. End gerrymandering across the country so Republicans or any party can no longer ruthlessly require that legislators choose their voters rather than the other way around. We need a democracy with power given to the people, not to a bunch of "republicans" who think some people deserve to have more power than others.
4. Remove the filibuster, at least as long as we have a bunch of crazy reactionaries like Classic Xer block every damn thing the people want.
5. Once that is done, DC and Puerto Rico and maybe Guam too need to be given representation in the Senate and the House, so that our constitution does not automatically give Republicans an easy chance to give all power to a relatively few parochial, provincial idiot white redneck voters from out in the sticks and the boondocks, every time that young people get bored or frustrated and fail to vote in a midterm election. The House has already passed DC statehood. Eventually, work around or eliminate the Electoral College.
6. The Supreme Court needs to be reformed so that it is not a political vehicle for a right-wing extremist minority who want to implant their regressive policies upon the nation for generations at a time. That may involve term limits, limits on how many judges a president can appoint per term, and at least for now, adding liberal justices. And with the other reforms, at least there's a better chance that another Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump won't be back to do the same thing to us. Demographically, the extreme right wing is on the way out. And we could put things back the way they were once this cold-civil war anomaly has past.
7. The Supreme Court has already begun to throw out climate legislation, and will throw out more. This must be totally reversed, and subsidies for fossil fuels must end and be replaced with funding for building recharging stations and alternative energy that is truly green. Regulations on emissions must be restored and increased right away.
8. The new John Lewis voting rights act must be passed right away, and passed again and again until we get a supreme court that respects what he put his life on the line for at the old Edmund Pettis Bridge. The same goes for campaign finance reform and counter-acting all the effects of the Citizens United decision and all similar decisions based on the idiotic notion that wealth equals free speech.
9. Economic restructuring must begin. It can start with raising the national minimum wage to $15 an hour, and raising taxes on those making over $400,000 a year. And realistically that figure may need to be lowered a ways. And higher minimums need to be considered for wealthier states and businesses. Our economy is being roboticized and people are losing their jobs due to this and free trade. The few who own the machines should not get all the benefit from them. Raise taxes on wealthy corporations so that more income support can be given to workers, and better safety nets for those who can't find work or who work in non-profit and creative pursuits.
10. I'll leave it at 10 for now, and I won't discuss gun control, abortion, women's and gay rights, trade, workers' rights, consumer rights, unions, regulating speculation, infrastructure, housing, and education here, etc., but health care and the pandemic is on everyone's mind. Trump and the repugs have slashed funding and programs for disease control and research, and it must be restored at once, including full plans to control the current and future pandemics. Health care reform must proceed with plans to move toward a medicare for all system.