Climate Change
- Heavy investment into nuclear energy
- Ban on single use plastics
- Tightening of restrictions of CO2 emissions and penalties for using “dirty” fuel sources
- Focus on corporate pollutants, thousands of individual carbon footprints are dwarfed by single corporate footprints
- Explore options to relocate high water consumption farming away from California and the West to ease drought conditions
Death Penalty
- Abolish death penalty at federal level
- A single wrongful conviction invalidates ANY rightful one
- If convicted of death penalty equivalent crime, allow choice of euthanasia or life imprisonment without parole
Drug Reform
- Decriminalize all drugs
- Regulate and tax marijuana at levels equivalent to alcohol and tobacco
- Allow clinical research of hallucinogens and mushrooms
- Expand rehab facilities to offer risk free help for addiction
- Sale and distribution of “hard drugs” (bath salts, fentanyl) will still be punishable. Cut off line to be determined
Education (Under 18)
- Greatly expand funding for all schools, both teacher pay and school budget for supplies
- Reduce administration pay
- Provide comprehensive afterschool programs
- Expand funding for sports, music, and the arts
- Remove zero tolerance policies
Education (Over 18)
- Free college education
- Professors cannot require their own self written textbooks
- Total out of pocket costs cannot exceed 1/2 annual minimum wage
Employment
- 21 days PTO standard for all jobs
- 18 days paid bereavement for all jobs
- 7 sick paid sick days
- 6 months paid maternity and paternity leave
- Minimum wage replaced with living wage
- All jobs must offer a yearly raise to AT LEAST match annual inflation
- Union formation cannot be discouraged
Euthanasia
- Options of physician assisted or medicinal home suicide for those with terminal illness, old age, or mental illness
Family Planning
- Abortion legal at the federal level
- Contraception protected at the federal level
- Free tubal litigation / vasectomy for any person WITHOUT outside approval over the age of 21
Free Speech
- Direct threats of violence or intentional incites of panic (Fire! in a theater) are NOT protected speech
- Social media is owned by PRIVATE companies and, therefore, NOT protected
Gerrymandering
- Redrawing of all US districts
- Finding the longest lengthwise section, each state will be split into equidistant slices (i.e. California will have slices going down, while Tennessee will have slices going across)
- Allow multicandidate districts
Gun Control
- Background checks for all purchases
- Private sales must go through broker
- Ban on assault weapons, you can still go to ranges and rent them for fun
- If used in crime, both perpetrator and person of registration receive equal punishment
Healthcare
- Universal healthcare
- Removal of pre existing conditions
- No referrals needed for specialists/imaging
- Dental/vision included as they are in fact part of human anatomy
- Medications maximum cost of 2 hours living wage per monthly supply
- Hospital costs capped at 4 hours living wage per day
- Ambulances free
Immigration
- Demilitarize borders
- Increase in visa center personnel
- Removal of ICE
- Greatly reduce wait times and requirements for acquiring citizenship
Israel
- Revoke all special treatment and funding
- Recognize Palestinian crisis and pressure Israeli action
Marriage
- Any union between two consenting adults will be recognized and protected at the federal level
- Polygamy allowed but capped at 2 additional spouses, all must be consenting (total of 4 person married unit)
Net Neutrality
- Protect full equal access to all online content at the federal level
- Ban preferential site speed
- Ban data caps and throttling
- Full transparency and opt-out options for user tracking
Police Reform
- Police no longer eligible for military surplus gear
- If body cam is turned off, officer is immediately guilty of any associated convicted crime/misconducted
- No-knock warrants are banned
- Physical fitness test must be passed every 9 months to maintain badge
- Ineligible for self investigation
- All misconduct cases are paid for with pension funds
Prison Reform
- Prison labor allowed only if paid at least 1/2 living wage and offered 4 floating days off of choice per month and is voluntary labor
- Ban of solitary confinement
- Expansion or prison education and re-entry programs
- No minimum sentences
Public Transportation
- Expansion of bus, subway, rail, and bike options
- High-speed interstate rail investments
- Free buses
- Removal of toll roads
Social Security
- Prevention of insolvency
- Remove early and late options, 65 is the only age eligible
- Amount tied to living wage
Supreme Court
- 10 year term limit
- 12 justices
- 4 up for reelection every 3 1/3 years
- Age limit minimum of 30 and maximum of 60 at time of election
Tax Reform
- Tax filing is automatic
- Corporate tax hikes
- Increase of taxes for high earners
- Increase of capital gains tax
- Introduction of wealth tax
- Close estate tax loopholes
- Elimination of tax for those earning living wage
Universal Basic Income
- Everyone with social security number over the age of 16 receives 40hours of living wage per month
Whistleblowers
- Whistleblowers immune to persecution if announcing breaking of law or story of immense public interest
- If fired from job for whistleblowing, receive one years pay at rate at time of firing
- All whistleblowing events will be announced publicly at Whitehouse briefing the morning following the revelation