In Afghanistan, I would have us actually ending the wars. In Iraq, I would have us reversing our Middle East Policy. And, we would be doing this not because we want the people of Afghanistan to have some kind of fate where they are brought under the rule of some brutal dictator because there are no longer American troops to defend them but because we believe that the people of Afghanistan and also Iraq can't actually be free, can't actually rebuild their country, can't actually take control of their future until they are able to have self-determination and have the right to take on corrupt regimes like Hamid Karzai on their own. And, our presence actually has an impact on the resistance to corrupt regimes like Hamid Karzai's. By our military's being in these countries, they don't really get to rebuild and reform because the situation is made worse.
#4 - Close the Prisons at Bagram and Guantanamo
We should not be a country who has prisons that are putting people in there indefinitely. The U.S. should be a supporter of human rights. These prisons are radicalizing Muslims in the world. They are giving a lot of credence and giving a lot of reason for Islamic people to take actions--acts of terrorism. Do I think closing those two prisons and any other prisons similar to them would actually be this golden thing that would make it so there were no longer terrorist activities? No. But I do think there would be a significant reduction. And, I do think there would be a significant reduction of terrorism if we were withdrawing from Middle East countries that we are fighting in.
#3 Increase Investment in Clean Energy Technologies
To address the impact of global warming, we would increase our investment in clean energy technologies--solar energy first. Investments in wind energy. We'd be combating the growing impact of global warming and we'd also be putting Americans to work, giving them green jobs. We could have some kind of a Workers' Green Administration, which would be similar to the WPA program FDR had. We could get the country off its fossil fuel addiction. The way that you get off fossil fuels and offshore drilling is that you have a way that you can meet the country's energy needs and that would be through investing in clean energy technologies.
#2 Campaign Finance Reform
We need to affirm that money is not speech and we need to set limits on contributions and expenditures during an election. We're not a nation of the corporations, by the corporations, for the corporations. It's for the people---of the people, by the people, for the people.
#1 Abolish Corporate
Personhood
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