General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: By the way, my friends... *this* is why Republicans are winning the war [View all]joshcryer
(62,269 posts)II. Goals
A. Free and Fair Elections - win a majority of state legislatures to fix gerrymandering, win the presidency, win the congress with a majority
1. Public Funded Elections - win the presidency, win the congress with a majority
2. Instant runoff voting - win the congress with a supermajority
3. Eliminate Electoral College - unconstitutional, win all state legislatures, win the congress with a majority, wait several years for the constitutional amendment
B. Representative Government, Reestablish
1. Eliminate corporate person-hood - win the presidency, put in sane SCOTUS judges
2. Remove corporate influence from all levels of government - win the presidency, win the congress with a supermajority
3. Ban public officials from accepting lobbyist positions - unconstitutional, win all state legislatures, win the congress with a majority, wait several years for the constitutional amendment
C. A Free Press
1. Strengthen and expand alternate media - win the presidency, win the congress with a majority
2. Strengthen public media - win the presidency, win the congress with a majority
3. Fight to keep internet free - win the presidency, win the congress with a majority
D. An Economy for All Americans
1. Oversight of the Federal Reserve - ???
2. Tax reformation - win the presidency, win the congress with a majority
3. Budget reformation - win the presidency, win the congress with a majority
E. Foreign Policy free of Military Industrial Complex Influence - win the presidency, win all state legislatures, win the congress with a supermajority
A. Infiltrate existing political organizations to affect changes
1. Local political organizations (Democrat, Republican, Green, etc.)
2. PTA and school boards
3. Unions
B. Exploit current means to pressure representatives
C. Prepare, run and support Liberal/Progressive candidates
Good luck with that.