Saturday, November 12, 2016
Sunday, July 3, 2016
BERNI'S Platform 2016 Basically the SAME Progressive Party (United States, 1912) Roosevelt
BERNI'S Platform 2016 Basically the SAME
Progressive Party (United States, 1912) Roosevelt
- Strict limits and disclosure requirements on political campaign contributions
- Registration of lobbyists
- Recording and publication of Congressional committee proceedings
In the social sphere the platform called for
- A National Health Service to include all existing government medical agencies.
- Social insurance, to provide for the elderly, the unemployed, and the disabled
- Limited the ability of judges to order injunctions to limit labor strikes.
- A minimum wage law for women
- An eight-hour workday
- A federal securities commission
- Farm relief
- Workers' compensation for work-related injuries
- An inheritance tax
The political reforms proposed included
- Women's suffrage
- Direct election of Senators
- Primary elections for state and federal nominations
The platform also urged states to adopt measures for "direct democracy", including:
- The recall election (citizens may remove an elected official before the end of his term)
- The referendum (citizens may decide on a law by popular vote)
- The initiative (citizens may propose a law by petition and enact it by popular vote)
- Judicial recall (when a court declares a law unconstitutional, the citizens may override that ruling by popular vote).[11]
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Party_(United_States,_1912)
BERNI'S Platform 2016 Basically the SAME
Progressive Party (United States, 1912) Roosevelt
- Strict limits and disclosure requirements on political campaign contributions
- Registration of lobbyists
- Recording and publication of Congressional committee proceedings
In the social sphere the platform called for
- A National Health Service to include all existing government medical agencies.
- Social insurance, to provide for the elderly, the unemployed, and the disabled
- Limited the ability of judges to order injunctions to limit labor strikes.
- A minimum wage law for women
- An eight-hour workday
- A federal securities commission
- Farm relief
- Workers' compensation for work-related injuries
- An inheritance tax
The political reforms proposed included
- Women's suffrage
- Direct election of Senators
- Primary elections for state and federal nominations
The platform also urged states to adopt measures for "direct democracy", including:
- The recall election (citizens may remove an elected official before the end of his term)
- The referendum (citizens may decide on a law by popular vote)
- The initiative (citizens may propose a law by petition and enact it by popular vote)
- Judicial recall (when a court declares a law unconstitutional, the citizens may override that ruling by popular vote).[11]
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Party_(United_States,_1912)
Saturday, July 2, 2016
Monday, June 27, 2016
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM 2016
1-Public funding of elections
2-Repel Citizens United
3-Voting reform
4-Open primaries
5-Elliminate super delegates
6-Single payer healthcare
7-Lift cap Social Security
8-Justice Reform –Repel War on Drugs –Decriminalize Cannabis
9-Public Universities and College tuition free
10-Paid family leave
11-Climate Change Energy reform
12-Living wage
13-Transparent trade deals No TPP
14-Lobying and all political donations published and go into a public fund for childcare
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