And It’s One, Two, Three, What Are We Fighting For?

Special interest groups – Big Oil, Big Pharma, the Insurance Industry, and the Financial Industry – have controlled the dialog for far too long.  They use money to buy off politicians, enriching themselves without concern of consequences to others.  It’s time to end the stranglehold that Special Interests and Wall Street have on government policy. 

Where Do We Start?

• End trade policies that ship our jobs overseas and encourage off-shoring.  Give incentives and provide favorable environment for rebuilding the American manufacturing base.
• Restore Truth in Advertising and Truth in Media.
• Return to Prudent Banking Act. Reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act.
• Investigate and prosecute the Wall Street Criminals.
• Reverse Citizen’s United Supreme Court Decision. Corporations are NOT people.
• Return to fair taxation so the rich and corporations pay their fair share. Close corporate tax loop holes and prohibit hiding funds off shore.
• Revamp the Securities and Exchange Commission.
• Limit the influence of lobbyists and the practice of lobbyist-written legislation that ends up on the floor of congress.
• Eliminate the ability of former government regulators to work for corporations that they once regulated.
• Eliminate ‘Personhood’ status for corporations.
• End Free Trade. Reimpose trade tariffs and sanctions on all imported goods entering the American market.
• Strengthen The Commons: Ensure adequate funding for mail delivery, education, fire and police protection, and public services.
• Rebuild and Upgrade our Crumbling Infrastructure: Water, Sewer, Rail, Roads and Bridges, the Electrical Grid, Schools and Hospitals.
• Bring American elections up to international standards. Reinstate the use of  paper ballots. 
• Restore America’s Standing: America ranks 43 in Education Expenditures as a percent of the GDP. (World Factbook ).America ranks 176 in Infant Mortality. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country. (World Factbook). America ranks 50 in Life Expectancy, which is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculation of various actuarial measures.  (World Factbook)