____ 1. Dismantle all nuclear weapons and nuclear-energy power plants, simultaneously and voluntarily, the world over as soon as
possible.
____ 2. Bring home all U.S. troops and close down the government's 700-1000 military bases around the world. Even with such a drawdown, our nation would retain more than enough capacity to defend its own borders. The money previously spent on the military would be used to create jobs and rebuild our nation's infrastr uctur e: "[A]nd they shall turn their swords into ploughshares." (Isaiah 2:4). Military ships, submarines, and planes can be used for low-budget travel and tourism.
____ 3. Establish Single-Payer Health Insurance with
the federal government as the single payer.
____ 4. Remove the influence of private financial contributions and of lobbyists on members of Congress in the traditional way. The Library of Congress will create a website that will become an online forum and clearinghouse for the advocacy of all public policy. All positions and arguments will be publicized. Everyone will know who is lobbying for what and why. Publicly provide the same finances to the political campaigns of the seven largest, national political parties and give all seven parties equal public exposure.
____ 5. Elect the U.S. House of Representatives
through a system of Proportional Representation, and abolish the U.S. Senate:
Why should California and Wyoming have the same number of senators when
California's population is about 70 times greater? The seven largest, national
political parties will be empowered in a single-chambered, national
legislature. Under proportional
representation, the National Green Party may get 15 percent of the vote, for example, in the
435-membered House of Representatives, and Indiana's population currently allows it to
have ten members in the House of Representatives. But it may be that of the seven national
political parties, the Indiana Republican Party will get to select five of
Indiana's ten representatives in the House of Representatives because Indiana
is a conservative state.
____ 6. Abolish the Electoral College System for
electing a president. A president must
win by a majority of individual votes (not just a plurality of votes) using the
method of Instant Runoff Voting, in which each voter will rank slated
candidates from most favorite to least favorite. And it may take two or more
rounds of voting to eliminate the candidate with the least amount of votes,
until eventually one of the remaining candidates captures at least 51 percent
of the vote.
____ 7. Allow Congress--not the president--to select
Supreme Court judges who will serve for 4-year terms. Judges may serve multiple terms.
____ 8. Implement a decentralized, non-hierarchical,
or grassroots, approach to public schools:
The neighbors who live within the boundaries of each public elementary,
middle, and high school will democratically establish their own school
philosophy and curriculum, using public funds.
There will no longer be federal, state, county, or township control of neighborhood
schools. This should improve
neighborhood togetherness, as neighbors ideally become tribal, in a new and
modern way.
____ 9. Abolish the Federal Reserve and allow the
Treasury Department to oversee a publicly owned banking system like the Bank of
North Dakota.
____ 10. Strive to establish a democratic world
government that provides equal pay for equal work, with no one earning more
than three times the wages of the lowest-paid worker. This will eliminate the extremes of poverty
and wealth and provide adequate food, housing, and jobs for all citizens of the
world. A system of workplace democracy
will be instituted. The world map can be
divided into 500 rectangular-shaped, legislative districts of equal population.
The World Legislative Council could then make executive and judicial-branch
appointments.
____ 11. Implement a Progressive income tax up to 94
percent for any income amounts over $100,000 with a simplified tax code.
____ 12. Abolish compulsory education--learning is a
choice.
____ 13.
Phase out fossil fuels through government incentives.
____ 14. Provide free post high school, public
education for students whose parent(s) have an annual income of less than
$100,000.
____ 15. Reduce taxes for small businesses; increase
taxes on large corporations.
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