I have been a good soldier for my beloved Democratic party. I have started to wonder if we are not being played in the health care reform debate. The two party system is primed for fraud and abuse with the voters caught in the middle. Take as example the case of the Democrats caving down to a weak public option or none at all. The Republicans are still calling it Socialism. This is anything but a government takeover of health care. We could only be so lucky as to have a government takeover. Despite all of the misinformation out there, the best available option would be medicare for all or something similar. Everyone in and everyone pays. This would provide care for all at greatly reduced prices and we could negotiate drug prices at reduced rates of 30-50% just as the other major countries with provided medical care do. There would no longer be denial of coverage or claims and preventative care would be easily available to all and would prevent the major jams at the emergency rooms. I just wonder if both political parties are not playing football with the health and wealth of out Nation? Please say it isn't so and make us all believe that there is hope out there. Below, I can sum up what I believe the progressive / Democratic party should stand for. If these simple beliefs could be pulled together, I believe more of the general population could once again see a distinction between the parties and would support the leaders that have produced real results for the Nation.
Universal Health Coverage for all. Not some delayed minor coverage with restrictions that keep it from the masses.
Free higher education for anyone with a minimum grade ratio. How could it hurt us to be more freely educated?
Remove the rights that corporations now enjoy. I mean that a corporation should not enjoy the same rights as humans....i.e. freedom of speech that allows endless donations to political parties.
Public funding of all elections. This would eliminate the politicians from selling their souls for cash.
Eliminate the electoral college. 1 person, 1 vote. The system as we know it has failed. When the State that I live in is given 100% to 1 candidate and no credit is given to the minority vote, this is wrong. The least that should be done is a change to an ability to divide the electoral college on a percentage basis. If a candidate carries a state at a 60 / 40% rate, that is how the electoral votes should be divided as well.
Term limits are needed is order to allow the average person to have a chance to be involved in the process.
Make it illegal to be a domestic terrorist and pursue them to the fullest extent of the law and this includes people that harm abortion doctors and clinics. These folks are no better then the terrorist that hit us on 9-11.
Protect a woman's right to choose. Men should never be allowed to make these decisions unless men can have the kid.
Provide protection under the law against discrimination based on sexual orientation. This includes gay marriage. Military included as well.
National free access to high speed Internet.
Pursue green projects and fossil free energy programs. Get off of foreign oil and local reliance on big oil.
Restore our privacy rights and end broad monitoring of communications without warrant.
Please feel free to comment on additional party platform ideas.
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