So... If You Could Hold The Entire Government Hostage... What Would Your Demands Be ???

[WillyT]

Me...

Public Option in 2 years... Single Payer in 6...

Real Teeth in Dodd-Frank with a reinstatement of Glass-Stegall...

Smack down the NSA to reasonable spying...

Tie the top-marginal tax rates to some formula that counts higher employment and wages, to lower taxes...

De-Privatize anything the Government should be doing on its own, and cap at 10%, anything it contracts out for.

Raise the SocSec contribution to... a billion dollars...

Off the top of my head...

[onehandle]

1. A final season of 'Pushing Daisies.' nt

[WillyT]

3. LOL !!! - More 'West Wing' ???

[AgingAmerican]

2. Finish the HBO series "Carnivale"

nt

[Lil Missy]

4. Un-screw gerrymandering and the rest will fall into place. n/t

[WillyT]

5. VERY Good !!!

[justabob]

6. campaign finance reform

If that gets dealt with, everything else is easier to do.

[Jackpine Radical]

7. A new WPA to build a 21st century publicly owned infrastructure

including high-speed rail, universal high-end broadband, and renewable energy.

Universal public education from preschool through MD/PhD for any who have the interest and ability.

Publicly owned banks like North Dakota's

Guaranteed minimum income

Money out of politics

Gimme a couple secs & I'll have 20 more.

[Cleita]

8. I want a pink unicorn with sparkles.

I think it's a more reasonable demand than what they are making and less harmful than what they are doing to our poor and under privileged.

[Control-Z]

9. Emergency measures to immediately

stop/prevent further climate change. Remove religion from government in every way. And tell the truth. Everything else would take care of itself after that.

[flvegan]

10. Stop being so corrupt. n/t

[NV Whino]

11. 10 million dollars and a plane to New Zealand.

[Kennah]

16. Why not 10 million planes and a $1 to New Zealand?

[NV Whino]

20. What are you, a Republican?

[niyad]

12. pass the ERA--ratify CEDAW, eliminate ALL federal laws restricting women's rights and equality

all of the recommendations in posts above

slash pentagon spending by 75%

eliminate the monsanto rule

remove the restrictions on taxing churches--they want to play politics, let them pay

[WillyT]

13. + 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!!

[niyad]

15. and perhaps I should add, "THESE DEMANDS ARE NON=NEGOTIABLE"

[uppityperson]

23. +++++

[Courtesy Flush]

14. Nobody mentioned seizure of all privately-owned firearms.

The freep lurkers are disappoint.

[Kennah]

17. Bring back 8 track tapes

[WillyT]

18. Hey Man... I Used To Have An 8 Track Recorder...

[Ellipsis]

22. Max is that you?

[Walk away]

19. All republicans turned into Soylent Green!

And sold to Libertarians on the Free Market.

[WillyT]

21. We Could Show Them A Nice Movie !!!

[Walk away]

31. The only problem is that Soylent Green is People and I'm not sure that republicans...

fit the description.

[WillyT]

33. Well There Is That...

[Pretzel_Warrior]

24. World peace. Nobody back to work at Yellowstone til it's done

[WillyT]

25. You Laugh... (And So Do I)... Yet...

My sister and hubby were all set to go to Mount Rushmore, Yellowstone, Grand Teton National Park...

And between the shutdown and the Rocky Mountain storm...

They canceled it all.

Now going to Bodega Bay, Mendocino, Eureka, and most of NorCal.

On the one hand, the dollars stay local, good for us.

OTOH... the airlines, hotels, cabs, buses, and restaurants they were planning to spend their money with... not so much.

[Agnosticsherbet]

26. That no one ever again hold the government hostage.

It's just wrong.

[WillyT]

27. + 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!!

And... automatic debt limit increases.

[bravenak]

28. No more congressional alcohol enemas.

They call it tea but I know what's going on. Buttboozers are ruining this country!!!
I'll also take Medicare for all, fully funded federal poverty programs with job and housing assistance, drug treatment emphasized rather than criminalizing addicts, more community colleges, and a complete weaning off of fossil fuels.
But the alcohol induced shut down euphoria must end first.

[WillyT]

29. ROFLMAO !!!

[bravenak]

30. Glad you liked it.

It was the smell in the halls that tipped me off.

[LibDemAlways]

32. Eliminate h-1B visas. Penalize

companies that send jobs overseas. Establish a living wage nationwide. Strengthen unions. Strengthen laws and enforcement of laws against age and gender discrimination in hiring and employment.

I can dream, can't I?

[WillyT]

34. Dream On !!!

[Initech]

35. Send the people responsible for putting us in this position to the Hague.

I'm looking at you BFEE...

[WillyT]

36. Most Excellent Post !!!

[Isoldeblue]

37. Decriminalize the kind herb, so

then no one will care about anything else. Just joking about the not caring part....

Seriously, make it legal in all states, selling and taxing it the same as cigarettes and alcohol. That is for me personally, very important.

Time for me to get an illegal grin going....

Night, night, all

[Posteritatis]

38. "Do your God damned jobs already." (nt)

[Tree-Hugger]

39. Make the environment a priority

End Keystone XL.

End coal.

Expand solar power 'n' stuff

Keep all drilling and fracking out of National Parks. In fact, stop fracking altogether.

Wean off oil.

End to factory farming.

Move a whole lot of manufacturing and IT jobs back here.

Goodbye Monsanto.

True equality for LGBTQ across the board. None of this shit where it's up to each state.

Leave the wolves, bears and lions alone.

Get Vick off the Eagles.

Minimum wage of at least $14.00/hr.

Public option.

Freebie college.

Student loan forgiveness and a massive slash to interest rates.

Reasonable gun control. Weaken the NRA.

Film a new ending for Dexter.

Bring back Storm Chasers on the Discovery Channel.

Deport Bieber.

Improve maternity care. Reduce infant and maternal mortality rates. Demand a standard of evidence-based medicine in maternity care.

Increase mpg standards.

World Peace.

National Coffee Day should be held monthly, complete with free coffee.

End No Child Left Behind

Bring back The Muppet Show.

Bring back My So-Called Life.

[Niceguy1]

40. restore the previously

Removed tax exemptions for churches.....they do good work for the poor and globally they provide more human aid.

And review and shift wasted foreign aid, and silly internal spendinand repurpose that money fir public transit and bike lanes. Like I Haiti, despite all kf the promises from foreign leaders the only groups that actually came through were the churches and ngos

[LuvNewcastle]

41. I can't believe no one has mentioned an amendment to

make all elections publicly-funded and disallowing any contributions to politicians. That's number 1 on my wish list. Another would be a law taking profit out of prisons and decriminalization of drugs, along with adequate treatment for addicts.

[JDPriestly]

42. End homelessness. Give the homeless their own places to live -- free if necessary.