What are the most important issues facing us today...

[FromTheLeft]

I am writing my very own road map and I want everyones opinion on what issues need to be address in this country.

This is my first post on this topic, more will follow, for now I am looking for a list.

This is not a question of what your opinion on these issues are, just what you feel are the issues.

One at a time tell me what you biggest issues are.

[ohioliberal]

1. Healthcare!!!

[DoBotherMe]

2. YES!

[LiberalEsto]

3. Restricting the powers of corporations

and insurance companies.

If that's accomplished, we will be able to create a decent healthcare system.

[FromTheLeft]

7. I am looking for your "End Game"

Is what you want a better health care system? I want the broad terms. The details will come later, look for what I am calling "The List" for now.

[Alisa]

4. Peak Oil and what this government is doing about it - WAR!!

So I have two issues here, sue me.

[El Fuego]

5. New right-wing appointees to the supreme court

A right-wing majority on the SC will negatively affect us for the next thirty years, long after * is out of office.

[Wisc Badger]

6. Iraq and the Middle east

followed by what China may be up to (economically):hi:

[undergroundpanther]

8. Helping the poor

Helping the environment
OUTLAWING TORTURE
stopping chuild abuse,prison abuse mental hospital abuse ect.
Doing away with corporate personhood
Ending Nafta and stopping globalization
Getting the rich to pay thier share of taxes and forbid outsourcing or tax ghavents front orgs,if they call themselves an American company.
End secrecy.
Healthcare for all
Getting off of oil dependance /alternative energy
better education
Seperating church from state
and seperating corporation from state..
SEperating rich lobbyist from state
Forbidding companies interfering with research about products they make so studies on safety can be truly honest inthier assesments.
Making the FDA and USDA DO thier jobs protecting our food and whatnot from pollution montsano and big pharmas rush for greed.
Teaching people what freedom is and how a government is supposed to have checks and balances to protect human rights and why human rights are important.


Ensuring every person in America has acess to food water shelter and warmth(all the nessecities for survival being met should be a birthright considering our wealth here)
Is that ok for starters?

[FromTheLeft]

9. It is a start

I'm look for more inclusive concepts though. Those are all highly important, but what I'm trying to do here is set up a platform. Those are important planks, but what I need is the base structure.

[TexasLawyer]

10. Election Fraud

Whoever counts the votes gets to run the show.

Stolen elections have allowed right-wing extremists to take over America. Nothing will change unless elections are made verifiable and they are no longer run by the Ken Blackwells of the world.

[KissMeKate]

11. mine

nursing shortage.
economy.
food security/local food
the environment
the deficit

[jdots]

12. work, production and consumption

the abstractions about what is productive.The jobs lost in this country and why.

[Virginian]

13. Education

and I don't mean schools.
Did anyone bother to campaign in the red states? There are some with only 1 or two blue counties. Some of these people are die hard Republicans who will vote for a plow horse if it ran for office. Others, they're just influenced by their neighbors.

People voted in those states voted for Bush over Gore because of Clinton's weakness of the flesh. What did Gore have to do with it? Why should he be punished? Bush was the 'moral' candidate who discovered at age 40 that going to church might get him votes in the Bible Belt. Al Gore had actually considered going into the clergy at one time. Al Gore had never fallen away from his faith. I ask you, "Who's more moral?" No one bothered to tell anyone in the red states this.

I could go on, but I am sure most of you know plenty of stories like this. Someone needs to spread the word to the red states.

In Virginia, we need to have candidates run against incumbent republicans. They get into office and no one runs against them to get them out. Some of these guys are only getting 89% of the vote against unknown third party candidates. Imagine what would happen if there was actually a campaign.

[cyn2]

14. Consolidation of media ownership.

it's happening, and it's not good.

In particular, I like to see something like the fairness doctrine re-instituted.

[FromTheLeft]

15. Could you point me in the right direct

I would like to read some info on the fairness doctrine, do you ahve anywhere you can point me.

[txaslftist]

16. Rampant statism and buying off dissent.