A proposal that could help the Democratic Party win the House and keep the Senate.

[Chisox08]

1. Raise the minimum wage and tie that raise to inflation.
2. The federal government will be the employer of last resort. If you can not find a job we the people will provide one for you, as well as pay a wage so that you can take of yourself and your family.
3. End the drug war, legalize marijuana and tax it.
4. End our Free trade policies and replace them with Fair trade that protects our workers.
5. Provide a path to citizenship for the undocumented people living in the US.
6. Extend Medicare to all Americans
7. Forgive Student Loan debt while increasing grants and scholarship money to all current and future students.

If the Democrats were to propose these seven things to the American people and not back down from them and when they do win actually get them past, the Republicans would go the way of the Whigs.

[Jgarrick]

1. The chance that the Democratic Party will adopt these policies is considerably south of

slim and none.

[Chisox08]

3. I know and that's the sad thing.

If they did the Democratic party would give the people something to vote for them for instead of just I'm not as bad as the Republican.

[badtoworse]

2. Keep dreaming.

[JimDandy]

4. Good progressive proposal.

Unfortunately the Dem party isn't really progressive. In fact, sometimes I despair that it isn't even as liberal as it's touted.

[dreamnightwind]

5. If the party listened to the people

instead of to the corporate donors, we might have just such a platform. Very sad state of affairs.

I would add we need to defund the military and security establishments, to perhaps 10% of what we now spend on them. Unbelievable how they take the money for that from the general treasury, yet the benefits of it go to the uber rich.