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In reply to the discussion: Dems Back Bigger Social Security Increases--(See what happens when the Dem LEFT Yells Louder ) [View all]Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)Don't just drag our feet as we're pushed to the right; fight back with an active push to the left.
Here are a few suggestions for the Progressive Platform:
Increase the COLAs
Support unions
Institute a single-payer health care system
Legalize and tax pot
Enact & publicize protections against corporate predators.
Disband corporations that commit egregious violations of environmental laws
Build a national rail system, a modern Internet infrastructure, etc. with a new WPA, putting everyone to work, & fuckin' NATIONALIZE them as monopolies.
Pour significant research funding into alternative energy, battery technology, etc.
Scale back our hypertrophied military
Increase the number of private jobs by shortening the work week without cuts to weekly wages