The Crazy Left

[LWolf]

152. Are you sure you want to read all of my Crazy Left ideas?

In no particular order:

100% public, and equal, financing of all candidates, with no private funding allowed; equal, and equally neutral, press coverage of candidates; actual debates where all candidates answer the same questions and are given equal talk time; IRV

Re-regulate every damned thing that has been de-regulated.

Abolish free trade, returning to trade based on stringent labor and environmental standards.

De-privatize every damned public service that has been privatized.

Expand Social Security.

Universal FREE PUBLIC pre-school through university or trade school

Universal National Health Care system, with easily accessible, equally high quality, and free at point of service CARE, funded entirely by taxes.

Guaranteed jobs and an authentic living wage

Abolish homeland security. Repeal the Patriot Act. Restore every Civil liberty that has been eroded, and advance more civil liberties. Start with the ERA, and finish the work on gay marriage.

"Right to work" can become "Right to belong to a labor union."

Explore the idea of a guaranteed income for all.

No Citizens United

Limit CEO pay to 10X their lowest-paid employee

KICK THE FUCKING CORPORATE DEFORMERS OUT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION:

Ban high-stakes testing.
Treat teachers like professionals. Put them in charge of education reform.
Fully fund a rich, vibrant education system with everything we need to make a difference in every student's life.
Acknowledge that the overwhelmingly largest factor in "student achievement" is parent SES, and ABOLISH POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES. FOREVER.

Look at rehabilitation instead of punishment for criminals; incarcerate to protect the public, not to punish; implement various systems to provide the rehabilitation and support offenders need. Look at Norway: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/europe/091017/norway-open-prison Look at Circle Justice and other models of restorative justice: http://www.livingjusticepress.org/

Make a significant investment in sustainable agriculture and energy.

Get out of the business of empire and global domination, and focus resources on building domestic infrastructure.

Tax all religious organizations that participate in politics in any way.

Become responsible stewards of the biosphere.

Regulate capitalism to the nth degree, or get rid of it entirely.

A NEW AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION: THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY. To be very broadly interpreted.

Wow. I guess I could keep going all day.

Edited, because I forgot to add things like guaranteed safe, affordable (AUTHENTICALLY affordable) housing, utilities, and food.