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kentuck

(115,294 posts) Sun Jan 25, 2015, 07:34 PM Jan 2015

The New Democratic Party Platform? [View all]

What should be in it?

Should the Party denounce the inequality in incomes in this country? Should the Party denounce trade treaties that makes it tougher for American workers to find good-paying jobs?

Should the Party call for radical reform of our tax system?

What should be our Party's position on military spending?

What should be the foreign policy stance of our Party?

What should we do to get full-employment in our Country?

Aren't these important issues?

Shouldn't we know where our Party stands??

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The New Democratic Party Platform? [View all] kentuck Jan 2015 OP

Here are a few ideas (12) RiverLover Jan 2015 #1

K&R!!! If the dems did this as a platform, I think they would see huge numbers of Americans RKP5637 Jan 2015 #2

I would be surprised if everything except number 8 wasn't already in the last party platform BainsBane Jan 2015 #8

Maybe just a bit of overlap, but no, its different~ RiverLover Jan 2015 #9

And of course it's the specifics that make all the difference BainsBane Jan 2015 #12

That's the one. I'll fight in the trenches for that Populist_Prole Jan 2015 #17

Excellent question! I've wondered more and more what the democratic party RKP5637 Jan 2015 #3

Contact your local DNC chair and your state chair and volunteer to be on the platform CK_John Jan 2015 #4

+1 Recursion Jan 2015 #13

The counter question to that is: sadoldgirl Jan 2015 #5

"if they are not binding" YoungDemCA Jan 2015 #11

If we cannot agree to a platform...? kentuck Jan 2015 #6

That is the point of going to your local caucus BainsBane Jan 2015 #7

No, no, you've got it all wrong! YoungDemCA Jan 2015 #10

I'm a slow learner BainsBane Jan 2015 #16

+1000 Recursion Jan 2015 #14

Here's the amazing bit: you can actually help decide this if you show up Recursion Jan 2015 #15

It'll be whatever the Turd Way wants it to be ... Scuba Jan 2015 #18