Part of our Contract on Republicans – getting to universal health care. First insure all kids. Immediately! Day One. Medicare for Kids.
Second, restore fiscal sanity. Start by repealing the tax cuts on the wealthiest Americans. On them only. We’re at war, folks. Let’s act like it.
Three. Corruption. Restore honor and integrity to government. No outing CIA agents. Clean up Congress. Real lobbying reform. Clean elections – meaning public financing of federal elections. It will save the American taxpayer billions and billions of dollars a year that get eaten up by special interest tax breaks, earmarks for contributors, and special exemptions from environmental and workplace safety rules. It’ll save us so much money – get Congress working for us instead of their donors. Make sure our election results can be trusted. Meaning a paper trail.
Four. Education. Really Leave No Child Behind. Understand that the poorest kids in this country need MORE resources, not less. Pay teachers more to teach in at risk areas. Make the best teachers compete to work in at risk neighborhoods. Don’t make districts rely entirely on their tax base to fund schools. Lower property taxes, but let’s get serious about education about funding it from general revenues and training the best teachers possible.
There's more in
Al's Blog over at the Air America site. Be sure to scroll down for the points suggested in the comments. Is this a keeper or what?
By the way, I got the link from
Mike Treder's blog. Mike is one of the founders and contributors to
The Center for Responsible Nanotechnology. Mike is a progressive voice in a field that is too often dominated by right-wingers like Instapundit (AKA: Prof. Glenn Reynolds).
Printer-friendly format
Email this thread to a friend
Bookmark this thread
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
