What Do You Want to See In the Party Platforms?

[LongTomH]

Please note - the things that Thom is suggesting for the Democratic Platform are items that more than 50% of the public agree on - according to the Progressive Change Institute. Here are a few:

• Let the government negotiate drug prices,
  
• give students the same interest rates as big banks,
  
• negotiate fair trade agreements that protect big banks,
  
• end tax loopholes for corporations that ship jobs offshore,
  
• pass a Medicare-for-all buy-in,
  
• institute a infrastructure jobs program,
  
• close offshore tax havens,
  
• break up the big banks.

Most of these are favored by 71% or more of all Americans - Democrat or Republican!

The question is: Will the Democratic platform be the product of a truly democratic process, with all delegates participating, or will it be a top-down process, with HRC and the DNC coming in with a pre-written platform. Such a platform will, of course, favor the big corporations who have donated to Clinton's primary campaign.

[oldandhappy]

1. well here are a few

immigration reform
no war
no voter suppression
no fracking
tax reform
women in charge of health care for women
end death penalty
money out of politics