Democrats believe in the following principles of American government:
- A strong Federal government with minimal concern about state's rights
The principle is based on an ideal of efficiency of process and thus reduction of bureaucratic overhead, equal treatment for all regardless of location in the country, etc.
The problem with a strong Fed is exactly what we see now in which cops have become the military arm of the Right wing. They have helicopters, armored vehicles, machine guns, every damn thing they need for a full-scale war.
The problem with state's rights is also what we see right now with capricious enforcement of the death penalty, drug laws, medical care, etc, etc. Rather than turning into a balance against the power of the Fed, it has created a desert storm of tumbleweed legislation that has no particular pattern and no particular direction.
- Rejection of any corporate oligarchy
The rights of the worker override the rights of the corporation. If a corporation cannot take adequate care of its employees then it has no right to continue as a corporation.
- Taxation
The state will collect taxes based on the ability to pay rather on an illusion of fairness that comes from flat rate plans, etc. There is no taxation of corporations as any corporate tax is immediately passed to consumers of the product and thus may unfairly tax specific segments of the population.
- Personal freedom insofar as the government has no right to intrude on anything in your life without specific court order
Abortion, recreational drug use, prostitution, etc all become personal choices rather than the imposed morality of the state. No state that ever existed had morality. That logic is fundamentally flawed.
- Military is required for the defense of the country but nothing more
America's agenda of regime change has caused far more problems than it has solved and has thus created its own need for an enormous military buildup. Eliminate the regime change agenda and use the military for its primary purpose, defense of the country.
- Social programs and the welfare of the American people are paramount
It is a disgrace when one child goes hungry or one child goes sick just because they did not have the money for these things. People claim there are higher priorities but this is unacceptable. Priorities can be discussed after those kids have food in their bellies.
- Strong enforcement of the separation of church and state
Restore the original Pledge of Allegiance, remove any incantations from the money, and stop pretending there is religion in politics. This also means the state will never tax the church and may never tax the church as that violates the separation. Lots of leftists lust after taxing the church but this cannot happen as anything the state can tax it can tax out of existence. It is not the purpose of this position to harm the church but neither will it be constrained by the church.
- Strong support of education
The current student loan debt in the US is something of the order of 1.2 trillion dollars. The government should have been covering this all along instead of turning into a gigantic loan shark that cripples kids before they even get into the game. Why do kids feel hopeless. Well, you tell me, Dagwood.
They teach sex education in schools and that apparently consists largely of how it works. There isn't much evidence of what it means and there also seem to be little toward socialization.
I believe in all of the above. I do not believe in Democrats who don't. I think I may be the only one left in the Democratic Party as all the others turned into Republicans but didn't change shirts.
- A strong Federal government with minimal concern about state's rights
The principle is based on an ideal of efficiency of process and thus reduction of bureaucratic overhead, equal treatment for all regardless of location in the country, etc.
The problem with a strong Fed is exactly what we see now in which cops have become the military arm of the Right wing. They have helicopters, armored vehicles, machine guns, every damn thing they need for a full-scale war.
The problem with state's rights is also what we see right now with capricious enforcement of the death penalty, drug laws, medical care, etc, etc. Rather than turning into a balance against the power of the Fed, it has created a desert storm of tumbleweed legislation that has no particular pattern and no particular direction.
- Rejection of any corporate oligarchy
The rights of the worker override the rights of the corporation. If a corporation cannot take adequate care of its employees then it has no right to continue as a corporation.
- Taxation
The state will collect taxes based on the ability to pay rather on an illusion of fairness that comes from flat rate plans, etc. There is no taxation of corporations as any corporate tax is immediately passed to consumers of the product and thus may unfairly tax specific segments of the population.
- Personal freedom insofar as the government has no right to intrude on anything in your life without specific court order
Abortion, recreational drug use, prostitution, etc all become personal choices rather than the imposed morality of the state. No state that ever existed had morality. That logic is fundamentally flawed.
- Military is required for the defense of the country but nothing more
America's agenda of regime change has caused far more problems than it has solved and has thus created its own need for an enormous military buildup. Eliminate the regime change agenda and use the military for its primary purpose, defense of the country.
- Social programs and the welfare of the American people are paramount
It is a disgrace when one child goes hungry or one child goes sick just because they did not have the money for these things. People claim there are higher priorities but this is unacceptable. Priorities can be discussed after those kids have food in their bellies.
- Strong enforcement of the separation of church and state
Restore the original Pledge of Allegiance, remove any incantations from the money, and stop pretending there is religion in politics. This also means the state will never tax the church and may never tax the church as that violates the separation. Lots of leftists lust after taxing the church but this cannot happen as anything the state can tax it can tax out of existence. It is not the purpose of this position to harm the church but neither will it be constrained by the church.
- Strong support of education
The current student loan debt in the US is something of the order of 1.2 trillion dollars. The government should have been covering this all along instead of turning into a gigantic loan shark that cripples kids before they even get into the game. Why do kids feel hopeless. Well, you tell me, Dagwood.
They teach sex education in schools and that apparently consists largely of how it works. There isn't much evidence of what it means and there also seem to be little toward socialization.
I believe in all of the above. I do not believe in Democrats who don't. I think I may be the only one left in the Democratic Party as all the others turned into Republicans but didn't change shirts.
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