| Manufacturing infrastructure and jobs |
- Lower business overhead
- Remove health insurance burden for businesses
- Single-payer national health insurance (Medicare for All)
- Boost competitiveness with green economy revolution (like in WWII)
- Strict alternative energy and efficiency standards and tax incentives
- Massive investment in mass transit and inter-city rail
- Energy independence and energy security
- Create millions of jobs
- Lower risk to tax payer
- Restore strict banking regulations
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| Save America's middle class |
- Lower middle class taxes, remove loopholes for wealthy
- Remove health insurance burden and provide career flexibility with national health insurance
- College education subsidies
- Create millions of jobs with green revolution
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| National debt |
- Lower cost
- 5% across-the-board budget cut
- National health insurance
- Raise revenue
- Remove tax loopholes for wealthy (income, payroll, capital gains)
- Increase business competitiveness with national health insurance
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| Save the planet |
- Green revolution (see above)
- Prevent catastrophic climate disruption
- Address balance of trade and national debt
- Energy independence is ‘red, white, and blue’, not just ‘green’
- Millions of jobs
- Fair carbon tax
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| International relations |
- Support the troops
- President Obama’s approach in Iraq and Afghanistan
- Support mission accomplishment rather than predetermine failure
- Cripple enemy’s economic base with energy independence
- Two-state solution for Israel/Palestinians
- More enlightened security (be a good neighbor)
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| Immigration |
- Secure borders and enforce law
- Path to citizenship for those already here (amnesty)
- Controlled work visa program
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| Raise the bar for political ethics, take back Congress |
- Vermont Political Revolution
- Term limits
- Minimize conflicts of interests
- No Special Interests money
- Recusal from voting where one has conflict of interest
- Put Country ahead of Party
- No automatic Party caucasing
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| Live and let live philosophy |
- Women’s rights
- Equal pay for equal work
- Reproductive rights
- Pro-choice for abortion
- Gay rights
- Same sex marriage rights
- Revoke don’t ask don’t tell
- 2nd Amendment rights
- Marijuana
- Legalize or decriminalize (with 10-year review)
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| Overall approach |
- Address underlying structural issues (not just ‘low hanging fruit’ bandaid pork projects)
- Long term (sustainable) thinking
- Personal responsibility
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