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Rabid progressive:
* Single Payer Health Insurance. All health insurance companies must be not-for-profit; faith-based hospitals and caregivers cannot deny care based on their religious doctrine: all medical decisions for contraception, family planning, abortion or end-of-life decisions are based on patients' individual preferences
* Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) will only cover one child, be limited to 5 years lifetime benefit and require contraception
* Repeal NAFTA, CAFTA
* Reinstate Banking Act of 1933 (Glass-Steagall)
* Too-Big-To-Fail is too big: break up the big banks, jail and significant fines for Wall Street who perpetrated the financial collapse of 2008
* No more health insurance for current and former members of Executive, Judicial and Legislative branches - must purchase insurance on open market.
* cut the military by 80%, Stop all wars, close 800 military bases including all bases in Middle East
* A Palestinian State to pre-1967 borders, ban AIPAC and its members from US continental territory
* No 'revolving door' for lobbyists and members of Congress
* Mo tax amnesty for corporations, remove loopholes and require a AMT for corporations, tax penalties for outsourcing jobs outside continental US
* Bush tax cuts should expire, restore taxes to Pre-1981 levels
* No more tax-free status for the churches, tax all businesses owned by churches
* No more corporate welfare to coal and petroleum producers, rescind all tax breaks and incentives to oil companies
* New tax revenue from military cuts and wealthy will fund green energy technology: wind, solar, geothermal, transform to 75% green based economy by 2020, cancel Keystone XL Pipeline and make Alberta Tar Sands illegal source of oil
* Reinstate a Works Project Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)