In a week or so the Democrats are coming out with their version of a badly needed "Contract with America". It should and probably will look something like this:
1. A fiscal responsibility act - no spending without identifying how you are going to pay for it. I believe the Clinton admin. had something like this.
2. A right to healthcare act - affordable health insurance for everyone. If Vermont can do it, why can't the rest of the country?
3. A Corporations pay their fair share act - no more no-bid contracts to Haliburton
4. A freedom from middle eastern oil act - an energy policy that will make us energy independent within the next decade
5. A government integrity and accountability act - maybe congressmen should not be allowed to vote on acts that affect companies they have taken money from.
We need Democrats to sign off on something like this and then we need to hold their feet to the fire to insure they keep their word. I for one will be as critical of corrupt Democrats as I am now of corrupt Republicans. Let all corrupt politicians be released, unarmed in the middle of Bagdad.
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Wow Pete, that's good stuff. If the Democratic party can prove that they'll stick to their own guidelines, it would give those of us that are either disilussioned or on the middle of the fence something to vote FOR, instead of having no answers but things to vote AGAINST. There's a huge difference between having clear issues/ideals, that can be believed in, to vote for, and voting against the greater of two evils.
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