In addition, cut the military budget dramatically and tax the super rich and corporations at a 70% rate (during the Eisenhower administration the top marginal tax rate was 91%). Use the otherwise wasted $$$$ for the following which will ensure that we have full employment and a truly fair and sustainable society. Call it Socialism, Communism, economic democracy or a Christian-based economy. I don't care what it is called. Just do it. Share the loaves and fishes.
- End homelessness
- Full free health care for everyone
- Free education for all
- Fix the crumbling American infrastructure - roads, bridges, sidewalks, water & sewer systems, repair schools and more
- Train and hire nurses, doctors, and other medical technicians
- Train and hire legions of home care workers to help take care of the growing numbers of aging citizens
- Retro-fit all buildings across the nation with solar power
- Convert the military production system to build offshore wind turbines, commuter rail systems, solar and tidal power systems
- Weatherize every house and business across the nation
- Transform run down urban centers into parks and organic gardens. Hire unemployed people to do the work. Plant a ga-zillion trees across America
- Change the Pentagon into the 'Natural Guard' and have them help communities that are hit by big storms which are more frequent and more severe due to global warming
- Train and hire more teachers, counselors and teacher aides
- Make mental health care free for anyone who needs it. Train and hire more mental health and addiction services workers
- Free day care for all - train and hire more day care workers
- Train and hire a new generation of skilled carpenters, plumbers, electricians, mechanics, engineers, etc
- Create a world-class national public mass transit system
- Build affordable housing for everyone
- De-militarize the police and have them retrained to be true peace keepers
- Transform the prison system from punishment to restorative justice
- Pay reparations for slavery and land confiscation from Native Americans
- Pay every worker a living wage and empower unions to represent all workers in making decisions at their workplaces
- Create more cooperatives
- Dump the Federal Reserve Bank and create state banks (like in North Dakota) that are owned by the public
- Make all public spaces accessible to the handicapped
- Build and staff more museums and art spaces for everyone - not just for the rich
- Create more and wider bicycle lanes throughout the nation
- Revoke corporate personhood by amending our Constitution to make clear that corporations are not persons and money is not speech
- Give every citizen the right to vote without any impediments
- Repeal the Patriot Act and shut down the surveillance state
- Free popcorn at all movie theaters
Bruce
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