Barry, you should run for president and find out how many votes you can get. But you may have to select a female VP to get the female votes.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > "If you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use > > stale tactics to scare the voters." > > > > True when spoken about politics and the Reduh!lican > > Party. Even truer on Fairfield Life, when someone > > who paints themselves as a liberal can't find it > > in themselves to be FOR anything, only AGAINST. > > > > And if she claims this isn't true, I DARE her to > > spend an *entire* post saying *exactly* what she is > > FOR and what she would like to see achieved for the > > U.S. and the world in the next four years, and to do > > so in *completely* positive terms. > > > > ANY negativity in the post invalidates it where this > > dare is concerned, even something like "Prosecute the > > people in the Bush administration who have committed > > crimes." That's just more negativity and scape- > > goating. What I'm after in this dare is whether > > she is CAPABLE of presenting, say, ten things she > > is FOR, without ONE WORD about what she is AGAINST, > > or ONE WORD assigning blame or scapegoating or > > screaming for retribution. > > > > I don't think she can do it. > > > > I think she'll come up with some excuse to not > > even try. > > > > That's why I call her a Nouveau Reduh!lican. She > > certainly isn't a Democrat. Democrats can actually > > put the things they want to achieve into words. > > > Since I created this dare, I might as well do it myself. > I don't claim that the following ten points of the Turq > Platform are completely 100% positive, but they are my > best shot at positivity given the ten minutes I gave > myself to write them, off the top of my head. > > My bet is that Judy cannot create such a list in ten hours. > > 1. Create a completely new tax structure that ensures that > corporations and non-profit entities like churches that > in fact make huge profits cannot avoid paying taxes on > those profits. Currently, according to the US government, > most corporations pay no taxes. > (http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/aug2008/ctax-a15.shtml) > As businesses and corporations begin to pay their fair > share, reduce taxes on individuals accordingly. > > 2. In any country in which American troops are currently > "needed" to fight a war there, put democracy to the test > and allow the people of that country to decide whether we > should stay or withdraw. For example, since we claim that > Iraq and Afghanistan are now basically democracies, hold > well-publicized and *heavily* monitored elections, and ask > the people to vote on: 1) Should U.S. troops stay or withdraw? > 2) If stay, for exactly how long? 3) If withdraw, exactly > when? Then abide by the decision of the people. Isn't that > what democracy is supposed to be about? > > 3. Given that both Iraq and Afghanistan will vote for us > to get the hell out of their countries and we won't be > throwing money into those black holes, and given that a > fairer tax structure will bring in more tax revenues, use > this money to create a massive research program to find > and exploit alternative and clean sources of energy. Do > nothing to bring down the price of gas; the more expensive > it gets, the more likely this new energy program will be > to succeed. > > 4. Establish a health care system that provides a basic > level of regular preventative (not just emergency) health > care for everyone in the country, regardless of whether > they work or not, or even if they are just visiting. > Individuals can *supplement* this basic level of care > with private insurance if they want to get higher levels > of service or specialties such as cosmetic surgery, but > the basic care is there for everyone. If most of the > nations of Europe and even Cuba can do this, why can't > the United States? > > 5. Another sizable chunk of the newly-increased revenue > stream should be aimed at eliminating homelessness, and > making the availability of a basic level of food and > shelter available to everyone. Even one homeless person > is too many; three million is *far* too many. > > 6. Tie the salary rates of school teachers to the salary > rates of U.S. Representatives and Senators. Whatever the > Senators/Representatives make per year, teachers should > make 1% more than that per year. The education of our > children is far more important than filling the media > with a lot of hot air, and should be recognized as such. > > 7. Require that all electronic voting machines in America > have their software audited by independent computer > specialists, and that the machines have an incorruptible > "paper trail" that is verified against the electronic > totals and the actual ballots before results of any > election are finalized. > > 8. Limit the ability of all parties in national elections > to campaign in the media to three calendar months before > the election. Any candidate who violates this and spends > a penny to distribute print ads, TV commercials or even > printed campaign materials by mail earlier than the three- > month limit has to immediately withdraw from the election. > > 9. Establish laws that define what constitutes "profiteering" > in the health care and pharmaceutical industries. Make the > penalty for breaking these laws a minimum of 20 years in > prison, without possibility of parole. > > 10. Establish laws that define what constitutes "profiteering" > in the defense industry and for any materials provider or > contractor who defrauds or overcharges the U.S. government. > Make the penalty for breaking these laws life in prison, > without the possibility of parole. >
