Tag: Contract

A Contract for Americans (Redux)

An updated and fleshed-out version of my previous proposal.

Four years ago, I wanted to do something different when it came to political discussion. I wanted to be more positive. There was so much “NO!” going around and I noticed that there wasn’t a lot of talk about what people were actually in favor of.

Over time, I’ve noticed that there are a lot of individual issues that, when you poll Americans on them separately, you find out we agree a LOT more than people these days are led to believe. So I took a page out of the Republican’s book when they did their “Contract for America” in 1994 and decided to come up with my OWN “Contract”. I modified the title, a little, because I wanted to highlight that it was for Americans. More specifically, the people. And there I put 10 things that I’d like to see politicians sign their name to. 10 things that I thought individually could be boiled down into sound bites and 30-second spots. Each policy would part of a greater whole but would do it’s best to be “digestible” so that your eyes didn’t glaze over…

Cut to today… With all the gridlock in Washington and all the other gloom and doom that seems to permeate the atmosphere, I decided to dig out that old post and freshen it up a bit. This time, though, I was going to go into more detail in order to explain my reasons, show more examples, bring it up to date, etc. Because of that, I’m going to split it up into one post for each of the Contract’s major points.

If you didn’t see the original version or don’t want to click back to there, here’s a “Table of Contents” for what’s coming and I’ll activate links as I publish the individual posts:

  1. Taxes – Returning to What Worked.
  2. Medicare For All – Saving Money on Our Biggest Bill.
  3. Public University Education For All – Trade Schools Included.
  4. Infrastructure – The Job that Keeps Paying Off.
  5. Ending The Wars – Military Common Sense.
  6. Legalize Marijuana – Reforming Prison Policy.
  7. We’re Not Coming For Your Guns – Understanding the Second Amendment.
  8. Constitutional Amendment – Corporations ARE NOT People.
  9. Social Security Reform – For Your Economic Future.
  10. Living Wage – For Your Economic Present.
  11. Bonus Material – Items that have come up in the last few years.

Yes, this one goes to ’11’… Consider this a “0 of 11” post.