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End the "war on terrorism". Bring our troops home and cut the voracious appetite of the defense industry. Put our people to work rebuilding our infrastructure. Stop the "testing" for political purposes and start educating our children. Create a healthcare system that works for all our people. Cut the salaries of politicians and reform the campaign financing of elections and guarantee the right of every citizen to vote without hindrance or roadblocks. Reform the tax system to rebuild the middle class in this country. Break up the banks and the oil companies and regulate the pharmaceutical industry. Start talking about the poor and homeless and build shelters as part of an infrastructure initiative. Raise the minimum wage to $12 per hour. Communicate with the people instead of the corporations. This is just for starters.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)But it is apparently "too far left" for many Democrats these days
Freddie
(9,265 posts)Life Long Dem
(8,582 posts)If your lining your pockets? When 90 percent of the country want something and they don't even take a vote on it, then there is no democracy.
kentuck
(111,080 posts)Is it because they know their propagandists have thoroughly brainwashed all their followers and nothing will turn them against their "Party"?
Life Long Dem
(8,582 posts)Maybe brainwashed. I was brought up believing big brother was out to get us. Maybe some never wake up to the fact that big brother is you and I. But with no democracy we can't control big brother.
Capt.Rocky300
(1,005 posts)kentuck
(111,080 posts)But if it is, they should change their name to the Democratic Party. I have no idea what the Democratic Party would change its name to??