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bravenak

(34,648 posts)
20. Okay.
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 10:25 PM
Jun 2014

1. Schools should be free up to an AA or technical degree. Free Jr. College.
2. Punishment for not violent drug crimes should be and education trade training program and Caltrans ( work program, community service) a small fine to cover court costs, and probation.
3. Voting rights returned as soon as released from jails
4. Better housing programs and end the welfare reform ( it targets the poor)
5. Cash payments for welfare increased to 1500 a month and a minimum wage of 18 per hour.
6. Amnesty for undocumented people and free programs to help new citizens assimilate.
7. Increase of at least 100 percent in funding housing and food programs.
8. Free lunch to all students up to 18 years of age
9. More music education for students
10. Mandatory bilingual education all students must learn a second language
11. End profiling and the suing of departments that engage in it.
12. Review of all criminal cases to find sentence disparities and the lowering of sentences for those who have been violated by the system and reparation made to the victims of profiling
13. Veteran housing
14. More accessible senior housing and assistance for the disabled
15. Wage reviews to determine if pay disparities are occurring. If they are payments must be made by employers to the employees they shafted.
16. Taxes on incomes of more that one million at 50 percent, more that a billion at 80 percent . No one gets a billion dollars that fast with out being a crook.
17. Capital gains tax rise and a transaction tax.
18. Give back the native americans 20 percent of the land available and owned by the government for their use and control. There should be a contiguous mass so they can have a sovereign nation or it should be negotiated with the tribes.
19. Reparations to Blacks and natives in the form of cash payments, and any hispanics that were discriminated and a review of reparations to asian american to see if the were repaid in full plus interest.
20. Review of death row inmates and new trials should be easier to get.
21. No more all white juries judging minorities. They have shown bias many many times and innocent black men were murdered by the state for crimes they did not commit. ( everyone should get a review since we don't know what the fuck we are doing)
22. End the drug war and put in place centers for user to purchase their drugs from a pharmacist. They must be combined with in patient and out patient rehabilitation centers, with a sober living component in town. Must watch a film on the dangers before you are prescribed meds and must have a purchase limit. ( some substances should remain banned, some should be regulated)


I have much more but i thought this was getting long.

Because of my rheumatoid arthritis I haven't been able to do any Autumn Jun 2014 #1
well said Chaco Dundee Jun 2014 #2
It's always been that way. SheilaT Jun 2014 #3
It was different in the '60s. Ron Green Jun 2014 #4
The draft had an impact on young peoples' consciousness. The prospect of hanging in the morning... Hekate Jun 2014 #6
I was born in 1948. SheilaT Jun 2014 #15
The activists from the sixties were so successful at Jesus Malverde Jun 2014 #37
EPA, CWA, Wilderness lands, etc RobertEarl Jun 2014 #38
Disappointed in this. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #39
I saw it at the rallies against Bush-Cheney: so many old(er) protestors. Do the youngsters think... Hekate Jun 2014 #5
Yet statistically younger people are more likely to vote for a Democrat totodeinhere Jun 2014 #7
I just hope they show up at the polls on election day. Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #8
Young people are involved, you're just missing us somehow. DemocraticWing Jun 2014 #9
I still say we should push for the ERA and get women involved. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2014 #10
Dear older generation: please listen to our ideas... Earth_First Jun 2014 #11
I always vote since Barack Obama told me mine counted. bravenak Jun 2014 #12
How much worse can it get...? RobertEarl Jun 2014 #13
For Black people dude. bravenak Jun 2014 #16
Ok, lets try this..... RobertEarl Jun 2014 #17
Okay. bravenak Jun 2014 #20
That was long RobertEarl Jun 2014 #22
The reason we can't get people to vote... bravenak Jun 2014 #23
Whoa..... RobertEarl Jun 2014 #24
No. No government is perfect. bravenak Jun 2014 #25
Gonna withold your vote? RobertEarl Jun 2014 #26
Is this a joke? bravenak Jun 2014 #27
I'll see yours RobertEarl Jun 2014 #30
Do you realize that i apologized for that post over and over. bravenak Jun 2014 #32
Heh RobertEarl Jun 2014 #33
No sir. bravenak Jun 2014 #34
My bad RobertEarl Jun 2014 #35
You are too much. bravenak Jun 2014 #36
I'm not so sure not voting has anything to do with non respect. napi21 Jun 2014 #29
I just see it as a lack of respect because i'm younger and get shut down and hounded when i misspeak bravenak Jun 2014 #31
May I add to your list nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #14
It would be down right embarrassing if the 'principals' and reporters were not on a first name basis Brother Buzz Jun 2014 #18
There's only one organization where I see younger people frazzled Jun 2014 #19
OH, I wish that were true in every area! I'd much rather work along side a 20 something napi21 Jun 2014 #40
This has been my issue for years... Chan790 Jun 2014 #21
Nope, that's not condescending at all. LeftyMom Jun 2014 #28
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