Agenda

Here is a list of the biggest problems and a more rational agenda for America, in no particular order

1. Special-interests, lobbyists, and for-profit corporations control government — should be made illegal
2. Require all citizens to vote in elections and guarantee elections are fair
3. All elections should be publicly funded; no contributions allows; election campaigns should be no more than 3 months
4. Cap on all income levels.  No person should be allowed to make more than 10 times the minimum living wage — 100% taxation above that level.  No taxes on income less than twice living wage.  Living wage is guaranteed to all citizens.
5. For-profit corporations privilege only money — nothing else — not people, nor the environment.
6. All for-profit corporations should be taxed at 50% of profits and encouraged to hire more people
7. All basic industries should be non-profit corporations, e.g. energy, health care, food production, education, utilities
8. For-profit corporations granted person-hood by Supreme Court, allows them to lie, cheat, and donate unlimited amount of funds into political process
9. Financial reform needed, including ban on all derivatives, separation of traditional banking from hedge funds
10. Health reform needed, including single payer system and/or public option; need to eliminate for-profit corporations from all aspects of health care
11. Guaranteed living wage for all citizens, including job, education, health care, housing, food, and transportation.
12. New energy policy to eliminate the use of all fossil fuels, i.e. coal, oil, natural gas; replaced with clean, sustainable energy
13. Reform education at all levels.  Basic education should emphasize basic skills through high school graduation: reading, writing, critical thinking, math, and computers.  Subjects like literature, history, and science should be oriented around the basic skill set.
14. High school graduates should demonstrate academic achievement which results in free college education.  Same should apply to graduate school.
15. National internet infrastructure available and free for all Americans; delivered through electrical grid and/or wireless
16. Food production should emphasize healthy food; junk food should be heavily taxed and unavailable in all public buildings
17. Let anybody get married to anybody else.  No benefits of citizenship or law should be related to whether a person is married or not.
18. Sexual orientation is nobody’s business.
19. Allow religious freedom but avoid it polluting the public domain, e.g. no day or prayer, no religious artifacts in public, all religious institutions should be taxed.

More later.