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Policy Ideas
| Restore the Glass-Steagall separation of depository commercial banks from speculative investment banks More detail | |
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| End taxpayer-funded bailouts for banks, insurers, and other financial companies More detail | |
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| Replace big money control of election campaigns with full public financing and free and equal access to the airwaves More detail | |
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| Redirect research funds from fossil fuels and other dead-end industries toward research in wind, solar, and geothermal. More detail | |
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| Repeal the Patriot Act and those parts of the National Defense Authorization Act that violate our civil liberties More detail | |
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| Amend the Constitution to make clear that corporations are not persons and money is not speech More detail | |
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| Bring simplified, safe same-day voter registration to the nation so that no qualified voter is barred from the polls More detail | |
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| Establish the right to quality health care through a single-payer Medicare-for-All program More detail | |
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| Guarantee equal access to the ballot and to the debates to all qualified candidates More detail | |
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| Abolish the Electoral College and implement direct election of the President More detail | |
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| Celebrate our democratic aspirations by making Election Day a national holiday More detail | |
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| The right to a living wage, to a safe workplace, to fair trade, and to organize a union at work without fear of reprisal More detail | |
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| Prohibit the Dept of Homeland Security and the FBI from conspiring with local police forces to suppress our free speech More detail | |
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| Require that all votes are counted before election results are released More detail | |
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| Make corporate tax subsidies transparent by detailing them in public budgets, not hiding them as tax breaks More detail | |
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| Create a new round of nuclear disarmament initiatives More detail | |
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| Replace partisan oversight of elections with non-partisan election commissions More detail | |
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| Break up the oversized banks that are “too big to fail” More detail | |
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| Provide grants and low-interest loans to grow green businesses and cooperatives More detail | |
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| Forgive student loan debt from the current era of unaffordable college education More detail | |
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| Create ample public housing More detail | |
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| Guarantee us a voter-marked paper ballot for all voting More detail | |
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| Replace our winner-take-all election system with instant runoff voting and proportional representation More detail | |
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| Provide tuition-free, quality, federally funded, local controlled public education from pre-school through college More detail | |
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| Expand federal support for locally-owned broadcast media and local print media More detail | |
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| Provide accessible and affordable utilities through democratically run, publicly owned utilities that operate at cost More detail | |
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| Restore the vote to ex-offenders who’ve paid their debt to society More detail | |
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| Commission a thorough review of federal preemption law and its impact on the practice of local democracy in the U.S. More detail | |
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| Small sales tax on financial transactions More detail | |
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| Regulate all financial derivatives and require them to be traded on open exchanges More detail | |
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| Expand rental and home ownership assistance More detail | |
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| Democratize monetary policy to bring about public control of the money supply and credit creation More detail | |
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| Enact statehood for DC so those Americans have representation in Congress and full rights to self rule More detail | |
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| Relieve the debt overhang holding back the economy by reducing homeowner and student debt burdens More detail | |
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| Support the formation of federal, state, and municipal public-owned banks that function as non-profit utilities More detail | |
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| Issue an executive order establishing a moratorium on foreclosures of occupied dwellings More detail | |
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| Create a federal bank with local branches to take over distressed mortgages and restructure to affordable levels More detail | |
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| Restore the National Guard as the centerpiece of our system of national defense More detail | |
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| Offer grants to non-profit developers of affordable housing until all people can obtain decent housing at <25% income More detail | |
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| Create Federal Corporation for Economic Democracy to support reforms to make our society more participatory More detail | |
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| Create 25 million jobs by implementing a nationally funded, but locally controlled direct employment intiative More detail | |
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| Establish a 90% tax on bonuses for bailed out bankers More detail | |
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| Distribute taxation in proportion to ability to pay More detail | |
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| End the war on immigrants – including the cruel, so-called “secure communities” program More detail | |
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| Reduce military spending by 50% and close U.S. military bases around the world More detail | |
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Arguments
Idea #US8 - Legalize It
Legalize marijuana. Current illegality is a waste of resources.
Argument
Poor people are being thrown into prison for the recreational use of a substance that is not dangerous, and that is a crime.
Source: oregonlive.com
Idea #US282 - Let Us Hear From All Candidates
Guarantee equal access to the ballot and to the debates to all qualified candidates
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We don't need a third candidate in the debate, we need at least two.
Idea #US252 - Full Employment Program
Create 25 million jobs by implementing a nationally funded, but locally controlled direct employment intiative
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We will end unemployment in America once and for all by guaranteeing a job at a living wage for every American willing and able to work.
Idea #US96 - Protect Internet Freedom
Defeat efforts like PIPA/SOPA to curb internet freedom
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We oppose the Online Piracy Act & all other legislation that would undermine freedom & equality on the Internet.
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