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fleur-de-lisa

(14,628 posts)
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 03:41 PM Feb 2019

Summary of Cory Booker's policy positions:

-- "Baby bonds" to wipe out wealth gap
-- Sweeping criminal justice reform (more below)
-- Antitrust action
-- Legalize marijuana
-- Job Guarantee pilot
-- Housing tax credits for renters
-- Green New Deal
-- Medicare For All

Specific criminal justice plans:

-- Beef up $ for public defenders
-- $ for areas hurt by War on Drugs
-- "Ban the Box"
-- Improve treatment of incarcerated women
-- Federal $ to states to reduce prison populations
-- New police accountability rules



more at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/01/cory-bookers-policy-agenda-baby-bonds-criminal-justice-reform-action-climate-change/?utm_term=.3a2c159429c8
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Summary of Cory Booker's policy positions: (Original Post) fleur-de-lisa Feb 2019 OP
He has some good ideas; now let's see where he goes with them. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2019 #1
Like what I'm reading here . . . peggysue2 Feb 2019 #2

peggysue2

(10,839 posts)
2. Like what I'm reading here . . .
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 04:33 PM
Feb 2019

from Cory Booker. Strong set of policy plans and Booker has the ability to expand and explain these ideas with panache. Looking good so far and he's from my native state of New Jersey. Another plus.

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