Democrats have really good ideas but the time has come to pick

[theophilus]

four or five and lead with them into the mid-terms. Here are my four. What are yours?

1. JOBS: coupled with wage EQUALITY. No difference in male or female; black, white, or brown, etc. Infrastructure, and all other good ideas. Money to be "borrowed" from military spending to "prime the pump". Of course, a more acceptable method would be to tax the rich as they need to be.

2. HEALTH CARE: Single payer transition. Buy into 100% Medicare coverage at, say, 45.

3. Universal Net Neutrality and massive move to the best broadband or other new tech on earth!

4. Legalization of Cannabis on the Federal level and the encouragement of commercial hemp production, as well.

Pick four or five. Appeal to pocketbooks and practical projects. Remember, health care is very important to almost everyone.

[guillaumeb]

1. Cut the war budget.

Use Eisenhower's speech about war spending.


Explain what the country could do if 1 trillion a year was not wasted on the war budget.

Recommended.

[theophilus]

6. I agree. However, many of our citizens live in fear of "them" way over there.

A strong defense must always be promised. There will be time to fine tune and change. Watch out for the military/industrial complex. Their factories must be switched over to peacetime production but don't give them a chance to sabotage the movement.

[marble falls]

2. You forgot one....

5. Legalization of Cannabis on the Federal level and the encouragement of commercial hemp production.

You're welcome.

[theophilus]

7. I like it! (I mean I am in favor, etc!) nt

[Initech]

3. I know guns are usually a taboo subject.

But we have got to start holding the NRA accountable for their actions. They have turned into a criminal and conspiracy theory enterprise.

[theophilus]

8. The NRA will wither when people are no longer afraid of "the other".

In the meantime, I believe it is counter productive to lead with too much anti gun rhetoric. The scared folks have been told for many years that "those liberals are gonna take your guns." We must not go out of our way to seem to be planning just that. When the culture changes the gun culture will follow.

[Ccarmona]

4. If They Run In Favor of These Issues, They Will Win:

Increase Funding for Social Security
$15 minimum wage
Medicare for All
Free College for All
Anti-War
Legal Marijuana
Overturning Citizens United
Pro-Teacher

[theophilus]

10. I really like these suggestions!

Social Security needs to be shored up and people should retire earlier and not later. That will open up jobs for the younger workers who are finding it hard to get into the work force, etc.

Medicare should also be improved and expanded until it covers each and every person in America. Great!

[c-rational]

5. infrastructure - A 4 trillion dollar infrastructure project to rebuild our crumbling transportation,

water and wastewater facilities etc. This is the projection of the American Society of Engineers (I am a member), and we pay for it with no new taxes on wages, rather a charge on all stock trades and financial institutions.

[theophilus]

9. Great! An essential part of the "jobs" leg.

Also involved is a changeover to green renewable energy technology. Keep it quiet, though. We know that many believe that being a "tree hugger" is a disgrace. (I love hugging trees and I do not agree with that slur.)

[meadowlander]

11. 1. Jobs in renewable energy and rebuilding infrastructure

2. Single payer universal health care
3. Free state university and a student loan jubilee for people who haven't been able to pay them off in more than ten years
4. Housing affordability initiatives including a significant increase in state run public housing
5. Campaign finance reform. Election day as a national holiday. Double redundant transparent systems of vote collection and tallying. Campaign season cannot last longer than two months. Caps on the amount that can be spent in a campaign. Free media access to candidates from all parties.

I also think we need to be hammering home every single day that the Russians attacked our last elections and the Republicans have done nothing to stop it from happening again. They have deliberately undermined national security efforts in a partisan bid to protect their nakedly corrupt leader. They have made America less safe and will continue to do so until they are removed from office.