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ctembreull · 08-19-2003, 07:43 PM

What would be the policy cornerstones of a party founded by me? Hmmm. In no particular order...

Economy & Business:
Elimination of corporate personhood. Strict limits upon campaign contributions from corporations. Stricter penalties for accounting, wire, and securities fraud. Personal responsibility of corporate officers for the malfeasances of their corporations. Living Wage laws and reduction of payroll taxes. Continually progressivize taxation, including the estate tax. Retain Alan Greenspan or his ideological clone as chairman of the Fed. Reinstate federal ergonomic requirements.

Transportation:
Additional taxes on any vehicle averaging less than 22 miles per gallon city or 25 miles per gallon freeway. Mandatory periodic drivers tests for individuals younger than 24 or older than 70. Greater liability requirements for SUVs exceeding a certain height. Increased money to states earmarked for traffic infrastructure improvements.

Environment:
End all logging and drilling in ANWR. Strict logging caps. Rejoin Kyoto Treaty. Stiffer sanctions for corporate polluters. Increase enforcement budget of EPA. Increase National Parks Service operating budget.

Media & Information:
Reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine.
Expansion of Digital Signatures Act. Strict enforcement of existing content-access-by-minors laws. End library Internet filters requirement, but require that youths under 18 may only use computers that do have filters. Roll back copyright terms to original limits (eliminating Bono Act, et. al.) Digital Freedom of Information act designed to reaffirm and strengthen fair-use and individual use rights of media.

National Security & Foreign Policy:
Eliminate Homeland Security Department, returning to status quo ante. Increase funding to FAA for air marshals and airport screening. Increase funding for Border Patrol. Increase funding for FBI earmarked for improving operations and flexibility. Increase funding for CIA Directorate of Intelligence. Repeal PATRIOT Act and any possible successors. Provide common-sense and useable framework for stopping domestic terrorism without infringing upon civil rights. Withdraw troops from Iraq and Afghanistan except as required as part of UN peacekeeping activities. Return to non-interventionist foreign policy, respecting international law and soverignty of foreign states. End foreign aid for Israel until suitable Mideast peace roadmap progress. End Cuban sanctions. Revocation of MFN trade rights for China pending international human-rights verifications.

Domestic Policy:
Legalize marijuana. Move from incarceration-based justice system to rehabilitate-and-release justice system.
Full recognition of rights for gays and lesbians with constitutional amendment if necessary. Legalize gay marriage. Legalize first-and-second-trimester abortion but require parental notification for minors. No third-trimester abortions except in cases of rape and/or incest. Promote alternatives to abortion including counseling and adoption. Universal health care, with single-payer system.

That's just for starters. I may edit this with more ideas as time goes on.

08-19-2003, 07:43 PM	#16 (permalink)
ctembreull Crazy Location: Silicon Valley, CA, USA, Earth	What would be the policy cornerstones of a party founded by me? Hmmm. In no particular order... Economy & Business: Elimination of corporate personhood. Strict limits upon campaign contributions from corporations. Stricter penalties for accounting, wire, and securities fraud. Personal responsibility of corporate officers for the malfeasances of their corporations. Living Wage laws and reduction of payroll taxes. Continually progressivize taxation, including the estate tax. Retain Alan Greenspan or his ideological clone as chairman of the Fed. Reinstate federal ergonomic requirements. Transportation: Additional taxes on any vehicle averaging less than 22 miles per gallon city or 25 miles per gallon freeway. Mandatory periodic drivers tests for individuals younger than 24 or older than 70. Greater liability requirements for SUVs exceeding a certain height. Increased money to states earmarked for traffic infrastructure improvements. Environment: End all logging and drilling in ANWR. Strict logging caps. Rejoin Kyoto Treaty. Stiffer sanctions for corporate polluters. Increase enforcement budget of EPA. Increase National Parks Service operating budget. Media & Information: Reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine. Expansion of Digital Signatures Act. Strict enforcement of existing content-access-by-minors laws. End library Internet filters requirement, but require that youths under 18 may only use computers that do have filters. Roll back copyright terms to original limits (eliminating Bono Act, et. al.) Digital Freedom of Information act designed to reaffirm and strengthen fair-use and individual use rights of media. National Security & Foreign Policy: Eliminate Homeland Security Department, returning to status quo ante. Increase funding to FAA for air marshals and airport screening. Increase funding for Border Patrol. Increase funding for FBI earmarked for improving operations and flexibility. Increase funding for CIA Directorate of Intelligence. Repeal PATRIOT Act and any possible successors. Provide common-sense and useable framework for stopping domestic terrorism without infringing upon civil rights. Withdraw troops from Iraq and Afghanistan except as required as part of UN peacekeeping activities. Return to non-interventionist foreign policy, respecting international law and soverignty of foreign states. End foreign aid for Israel until suitable Mideast peace roadmap progress. End Cuban sanctions. Revocation of MFN trade rights for China pending international human-rights verifications. Domestic Policy: Legalize marijuana. Move from incarceration-based justice system to rehabilitate-and-release justice system. Full recognition of rights for gays and lesbians with constitutional amendment if necessary. Legalize gay marriage. Legalize first-and-second-trimester abortion but require parental notification for minors. No third-trimester abortions except in cases of rape and/or incest. Promote alternatives to abortion including counseling and adoption. Universal health care, with single-payer system. That's just for starters. I may edit this with more ideas as time goes on. __________________ Mac "If it's nae Scottish, it's crap! Last edited by ctembreull; 08-19-2003 at 07:57 PM..