On Sunday, March 21, 2004, at 11:42 AM, uvj at vsnl.com wrote:
> Issues like the state of the US economy, global warming, proliferation
> of WMDs etc. -don't seem to bother the US Left? It's always Iraq, Iraq
> and Iraq. There are no other issues in the coming US election?
^^^^^^^ Ulhas,
Did you happen to see the following rough foray into issues of concern to U.S. leftists ?
Charles
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From: "Eubulides" =====================
1] immediate withdrawal of US from Iraq 2] national health care system for all US citizens 3] 'free' university level education to any student with HS Dip. or GED 4] immediate cessation of the Joint Strike Fighter pork barrel project and the plans to further militarize space with funds redirected to the EPA, NIH, NSF etc. 5] repeal of Taft-Hartley legislation 6] all wage income taxed for Social Security 7] wealth tax of 3% on the top 5% of the population 8] steeper inheritance/accession tax 9] end to the war on some drugs 10] federalization of the corporate chartering process, labor representation on company boards and totally open books for all business' accompanied by greater surveillance powers by IRS to ensure compliance with US tax code 11] implementation of a variation on the Sky Trust pollution abatement alternative to the 'clear skies initiative' with payouts to all citizens modeled on the Alaska Permanent Fund 12] complete rethink and re-authorization of the Federal Reserve System 13] rewriting the US tax code ( to tax the rich -CB) 14] creeping whatchamacallit.......
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Right on, "Eubulides" !
15) Equal Rights for Women Constitutional Amendment 16) Right to Job or Income Constitutional Amendment (Reinstitute Welfare as we knew it before Clinton, and then improve it) 17) Amend Constitutional Amendment process to allow it to be initiated by citizen petitions 18) Enact Hayes-Conyers Income and Jobs Action Act of 1986 18) Abolish the Senate ( Supreme Court interpretation that current language in the Constitution allows the Senate to be abolished) 19) Whole panoply of new rights for third parties. 20) Reverse and drastically curtail privatization. 21) Reinstitute regulation ( Reverse deregulation) 22) Affirmative Action with quotas. 23) Legalize gay marriage 24) Impeach and convict Bush for violation of International/UN law ( which is domestic U.S. law by adoption of treaty). 25) Constitutional Amendment for a right to an abortion. Legalize morning after pill. 26) Constitutional Amendments and statutes to reverse all main rightwing decisions of Berger and Rehnquist courts ( and current Michigan Supreme Court) 27) Impeach and remove five justices who put Bush in office. 28) Nationalize and democratize( i.e. elect directors) auto, steel and other basic industries. 29) Legally prohibit utilities to operate for profit and democratize them. 30) Nationalize and democratize mass media 31) Abolish and destroy all U.S. W'sMD, nuclear, chemical and biological. 32) Sign Kyoto Accords and develop new , more far reaching treaties and regulations of pollution. 33) Withdrew U.S. troops from 100 countries around the world they are in ( including Guantanamo) 34) Pay reparations to African Americans. 35) Find the cure to cancer and AIDS 36) Develop non-automobile mass transportation, again. 37) Drastically reduce college tuition ( oh see 3 above) 38) End blockade and harassment of Cuba 39) Don't call it "socialism". Call it "Lincolnism" or "The New New Deal". 40) Reform intellectual property laws. 41) Forgive "third world" debt. 41) to be continued
Charles