When Dems finally get some power: My top three Wish List

[Robbien]

Number One. Close down K-Street. Lobbyists are evil, that cannot be said often enough.

Number Two. No more discussion on privatization of Social Security. None. Leave it alone.

Number Three. EPA: Evict BigOil/BigBusiness and bring back the Greens into the protection of the environment.

That is my top three. What's yours?

[LeftCoast]

1. The WH is going to fight every single tiny thing all the way to the SC

I wouldn't expect much from a Dem House other than a brake to the republican agenda.

Edited to add: But that in itself is good enough for me (for now at least)

[Robbien]

3. That is why I called it a wish list

and the my wishes were pretty small, within reason even. It is not like I asked to have a pie in the sky dream such as full healthcare for all.

[LeftCoast]

8. Sorry, didn't mean to seem like I was jumping on you

Nothing wrong with wishes. :)

[liberaldemocrat7]

10. My list of DEMANDS.

A progressive agenda for America.

I demand that the Republican Party hold a press conference and accede to these demands. Until such a press conference happens and the legislation and/or actions gets passed I will boycott products from Republican contributors Dell Computers, Walmart, Wendy's, Outback Steak House, Dominos Pizza, Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Eckerd, CVS and Walgreens, Curves for women health clubs, General Electric and Exxon/Mobil.

I demand that congress pass legislation ending the war in Iraq and withdraw the troops and arrange with the United Nations to replace US troops with UN troops to defend Iraq until The Iraqi army can defend Iraq.

I demand that the Republican party end their aggressive and hateful action to end a woman's right to choose abortion or not.

I demand that the Republican party end their aggressive and hateful action to harrass immigrants to this country.

I demand that the Congress of the United states and the president of the United States enact a law to increase the minimum wage to TEN dollars an hour and also to extend unemployment benefits to a year or more for all people whose unemployment benefits expired after 6 months even though they still seek work.

I demand that the Congress of the United States to not privatize social security benefits in any form including taking a percentage of the social security tax and placing it in private accounts. People can already create their own pensions with money after taxes in the private sector.

I demand that the congress make all of a person's earned income taxable for social security FICA tax purposes and remove the 88,000 dollar taxable income limit. This will make social security solvent for many years to come.

I demand the congress increase the payroll tax in order to make social security solvent as well.

I demand congress and the president enact a prescription drug benefit under Medicare Part B which covers 80 percent of medication cost, with no extra premium, no extra deductibles, no means test and no coverage gaps, and no penalties for signing up in a succeeding year.

I demand congress repeal the faulty Medicare law HR 1 / S 1 passed by congress in Nov 2003 which includes repealing the means test for Medicare Part B.

I demand the congress roll back the Medicare Part B monthly premium to 78 dollars a month.

I demand congress enact single payer universal health insurance for every citizen as minimum coverage.

I demand that congress and the president enact universal vote by mail throughout the 50 states of the United States of America with paper ballots easy to fill out and difficult to change or invalidate by Republican Party officials. This will prevent Republicans from vote suppression by skin color and political party which happened electronically and in person in the 2000 and 2004 elections.

I demand that congress and the president enact that civil servants on every state payroll keep track of voter registrations and vote counting of mail in votes in each precinct and not companies such as Choicepoint. We need to take the Republican Party out of the business of keeping track of voter registration and counting votes.

I demand that congress and the president ban the secretary of state in each of the 50 states from engaging in politics especially acting as a campaign official for a presidential campaign.

I demand congress enact legislation protecting private pensions from corporations deliberately declaring bankruptcy or ending pensions outright.



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You need to use the zip code 37205 in order to write to the Senate Majority leader.

http://frist.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorFrist.ContactForm

You can contact Wendy's Restaurants at

[e-mail]

You can contact Outback Steakhouse at

http://www.outback.com/contactus/index.asp

You can email General Electric by going to the web site http://www.ge.com

or at their consumer electronics feedback page

https://www.home-electronics.net/CustomerContactUs/1,7315,CNUS-LNUE,00.html

or at their general feedback web page.

https://www.ge.com/ge/feedback.htm

You can contact Eckerd Pharmacies at

https://www2.eckerd.com/content.asp?content=help/postoffice

You can contact CVS Pharmacies at

[e-mail]

You can contact Walgreens Pharmacies at

[e-mail]

You can contact Exxon/Mobil at

www.Exxonmobil.com

You can contact Red Lobster restaurants at

[e-mail]

You can contact Olive Garden restaurants at

[e-mail]

You can contact Dominos Pizza at

http://info.dominos.com/dominos_pizza/contact.nsf/frmContact?openform

< Dominos Pizza claims that they no longer associate with the Republican Party and the antiabortion movement but the new CEO David Brandon, a high level Republican almost ran for the senate in Michigan as a Republican and their company PACs gave money to the Republican Party. Ignore their text about the former CEO. The current Dominos Pizza CEO David Brandon also opposes raising the minimum wage and on that issue alone should give you reason to boycott Dominos Pizza. >

You can contact Dell Computers at

https://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/en/site_feedback?c=us&l=en&s=gen

Important. Remove the referring url on the Dell computer web form. Thank you.

You can contact Walmart at

http://www.walmartstores.com/GlobalWMStoresWeb/navigate.do?catg=221

You can contact Curves for women health clubs at

http://www.curves.com/contact_us/questions.php

Join the Liberal Democratic Party of the United States of America.

http://www.dmocrats.org

[beltanefauve]

2. My three:

1) SERIOUS election reform. No more Diebold, Sequoia or anything with secret, proprietary code and no paper trail. Rigged elections isn't even the stuff of "whacko conspiracy theorists" anymore; mainstream America is even saying "hmmmm" now.
2) your number one choice: close down K Street.
3) eliminate the concept of "Corporate Personhood". Corporations should NOT have the rights and entitlements of persons.

[Robbien]

4. On your number three

Yes!

And not only should they not have the rights of a person, I believe they have more rights than a person has and that status should cease.

[Dragon Turtle]

5. One of them

would be to restore the Fairness Doctrine.

[Robbien]

7. So true

That should almost be true without saying.

[lapfog_1]

6. Three is not enough...

but here are my top three...

1. Reform future elections to have paper ballots, hand counted by multiple humans.

2. Get the lobbying money out of politics.

3. Start the crash "Space Program" for energy alternatives that must be carbon neutral.

[KharmaTrain]

9. #1 Is Part of Pelosi's 100 Hours

No way will you see the lobbyists completely shut down, but at least they'll be put back in a cage and no longer will be writing legislation.

#2 is also a given. The SSI system needs revamping, but it has to be done in an equitable fashion. A major issue that needs to be addressed is Pension fraud...all the raiding and broken promises millions were given and saw their retirements wiped out. No one has yet to pay for this heinous act and it's still going on. This must stop.

#3 be happy with a windfall profit tax placed on the large oil companies that will be earmarked for alternative energy development.

Unforunately the problem Democrats may face if they take control of the House is not what to do, but where to start. There's so many messes the past 12 years of GOOP legislative control and 6 years of executive control that moving progressive issues will have to take a back seat to stopping the excesses of this regime and restoring some sanity and responsibilty to an out of control government.

I'll just be happy with being able to control the agenda of the House and putting some real accountability into this regime for the first time.

[GOPS Worst Fear]

11. Mine are Simple

1) Raise the Minimum Wage and include a COLA to keep up with inflation.

2) Change the Social Security to include domestic Partners so that unmarrieds and gays can give their spouses their SS!!

3) Maybe NOT impeach Bush & Co but at least start a slew of investigations to see what kind of crap they have been up to behind our backs!