Hi Faith,
THESE PROTESTS ARE AGAINST HALF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. ...
I'm going to ask you to keep your political comments to
The 2016 United States Presidential Election thread, where you are already doing overtime, so we can focus here on what people would see as positive changes in red states and what people would see as positive changes in blue states.
Yes I'm picking on you, sorry, but that is because you are most likely to hijack this thread with continual off topic comments.
This is the split we already have, one we can work with to compare ideology and results. For instance we can already compare Wisconsin and Minnesota for overall performance on economy and public health and happiness.
Let me start:
Red State wish list:
- No government healthcare of any kind - use private for-profit insurance
- No public schools, all education via private or religious schools or home-schooled, curriculum decided by school not state
- No social safety net programs, no social security, no unemployment, no welfare, no disability assistance, no housing assistance
- No "intrusive" government programs, no EPA, no ADA, no OSHA, etc
- Public works constructed by prison labor
- All protesters and dissenters put in prison
- No public lands
- No indian reservations, no special treatment
- No unions, no right to organize or protest
- No abortions, no women's rights
- No gay marriage, no gay rights
- No anti-discrimination laws
- Stand your ground laws (= legalized murders)
- Right to work laws (= workers have no rights)
- Restrictions to prevent illegal voting
- Restriction on immigration
- No restrictions on businesses
- Sales tax instead of income tax
This is my opinion, of course, based on what I see republicans saying, so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
I notice that this list is predominantly negative, but that is because I have not personally seen any positive suggestions from republicans for years.
Blue State wish list:
- Universal healthcare, including free birth control and provision for abortions
- Free public funded school through state community college (associates degree) or Trade School to learn a skilled trade, emphasizing scientific evidence based approaches
- Guaranteed living income, replacing social security, welfare, unemployment etc, and that covers cost of housing, utilities and food.
- Rights to unionize, for associations strengthened
- All citizens free to vote without restrictions, using recountable paper ballots and ranked voting, all elections automatically audited to ensure proper counting of votes as cast
- No gerrymandering, so each vote has equal power
- Strengthen EPA, ADA, OSHA, etc
- Prisons shut down by providing education and health care, treating drug use as a health problem and providing a path to work
- Path to citizenship for all immigrants and expanded immigration
- Rights of people over corporations
- Make indian reservations sovereign and independently run
- Simplified tax laws that close loopholes and shift burden to those who benefit most from the economy, no more tax assistance to red states
- Reasonable gun laws that restrict ownership of mass killing guns and ammunition systems and close purchasing loopholes
- Reduction of militarization of police and security
And these are my wish list points, ones that I have seen espoused by different progressive leaders.
Enjoy