Anyone care to propose platform items for the Democratic Party. Am going to caucus

[Skidmore]

tonight.

Please pass on your concerns.

[annabanana]

1. OK.. push to amend.. Make "person" into "natural person" and get the Corporation back to uncorporeal

That's one.

[rfranklin]

11. And political contributions can be no more than $500 per person (whether human or corporate)

No lobbyist junkets, no corporate jet rides, no bundling of contributions, no PACs, no more buying of politicians.

[jwirr]

23. That is the one that really needs to be pushed.

[comipinko]

2. Add this to each plank, ..."unless Obama says otherwise."

[Ship of Fools]

3. Push for big jobs program, for one -- to keep the pressure on.

[JustAnotherGen]

4. A New Deal

Of massive infrastructure development and renewal based upon green energy initiatives.

[cyberswede]

6. Here's one

...from a John Nichols article - some group (that I can't recall...) is encouraging caucus goers to propose this:

“to defend democracy from the corrupting effects of undue corporate power by amending the United States Constitution to establish that: 1. Only human beings, not corporations, are endowed with constitutional rights, and 2. Money is not speech, and therefore regulating political contributions and spending is not equivalent to limiting political speech.”

I'm in Iowa, and I'm going tonight, too.

[Skidmore]

16. I enjoy the caucus process and all

the give and take that goes with it. We need to represent the ideas of the left. I'm trying to get a couple to go with me tonight. If nothing else, ideas go in the hopper and hopefully rise to the top.

[T S Justly]

7. 'Do what you will shall be the whole of the law' might be useful. K&R (nt)

[DevonRex]

10. Aleister, is that you?

[hobbit709]

8. How about the 1956 Republican Party platform.

That's well to the left of the 2008 Democratic one.

[RC]

9. Single Payer, Universal Health care.

1. Get rid of Corporations as persons.
2. No more corporate welfare.
3. Change tax code to punish companies for outsourcing jobs.
4. Stop the wars and US aggression around the world.
5. Long term population control. Most of our problems have their roots in our shear numbers.
6. A realistic energy policy. Coal as used now is too polluting. Oil is running out, we need to stop burning it. Oil has plenty of other uses. Solar and wind are not robust enough to replace oil, coal or nuclear. (see#5)
7. High speed rail across the country and border to border. Include major cities in Canada.
8. Sanity test for all political offices. No more Sociopaths in political office or as CEO's in Corporations. It is a recognizable dysfunction in a social species. Treat it as such.
(What we are doing now sure is not working)
9.
10.

[comipinko]

12. single payer health care has been a plank since , at least 1976.

[jwirr]

24. I want this one also.

[indypaul]

13. Suggested Party Platform

1. Restore Glass-Steagall Act of 1933.

2. "We the people" does NOT extend to corporate structures that are creatures
of the state. Liberties "endowed by our creator" do not extend to creatures
of the state.

[jwirr]

25. Yeah.

[LonePirate]

14. Support Marriage Equality, OWS, Immigrant Amnesty and Millionaire Tax Hikes

[sufrommich]

15. I'm going to go with the majority, restore

"personhood" to mean living,breathing people only. Limit campaign contributions to $1000.00 per person.

[Dreamer Tatum]

17. Legalize it. That is all. nt

[gratuitous]

18. Quit torturing people

And apply the Constitution without legalistic sophistry that excuses obvious law-breaking as long as you can find an attorney willing to say it's not law-breaking (this goes double for the financial industry).

[Matariki]

19. Single payer health care

and more federal money for all levels of education, including college.

Oh and raise taxes back to pre-Bush levels.

[Starry Messenger]

20. Jobs Jobs Jobs.

A massive public works program. WPA style.

[rurallib]

21. Bring all our troops in foreign lands home AND

Invest in renewable and solar infrastructure

[jwirr]

27. Absolutely.

[William769]

22. MARRIAGE EQUALITY!

[jwirr]

28. YES.

[Erose999]

26. Shorten prez campaigns to 3 months and public funding. Ban superpacs and citizens united.

[jwirr]

29. That would also help.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

30. Move to Amend --

- Financial fairness and equality
- Marriage equality
- Sustainable future
- Job future for Americans

[annabanana]

31. rec'ing this thread. . needs more recs. . . . .n/t