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Dr House wrote:Narcotics – Distribution of hard drugs will be nationalized, and its supply will be restricted. Soft drugs will be legalized and taxed and regulated like tobacco.
It actually isn't bad. I can't speak for my party yet, but I have a feeling the PUC would be much more amenable to working with the PNL then the current SN leadership, and the RF is simply beyond the pale.
Brio wrote:What drugs would fall under the hard drug label and what under the soft drug?
Dr House wrote:People making the minimum wage will be entitled to receive benefits up to 125% of the poverty line. From there, benefits would scale linearly down ({Y=(-.5)X+M} Y is the received benefits as percent of the poverty line, X is the earned wages as percent of the poverty line and M is the maximum benefit) until employment wages hit 200% of the poverty line. Therefore, the benefits table would look something like this (assuming the poverty line is $10,000):
dilpill wrote:You totally didn't steal this from me.
dilpill wrote:Your platform was more moderate than I expected, so I guess my favorite potential coalition would be SLD-PUC-PNL. I'm sure most other members of the SLD would be down with this as well. Maybe we should start a coalition thread.
Attica wrote:Your progressive tax is incredibly punishing to those above a certain wage.
Dr House wrote:You did the math wrong on it though.
Dr House wrote:I can't discuss a coalition on Dave's behalf without his input. We need to wait for him. I rushed to publish a platform because he's MIA and voting is drawing to an end.
Dr House wrote:However, I agree we can work something out once he gets back. One important thing about our combined platform that I can say now is that we refuse to pay people not to work. Any welfare policy we come up with must include work programs.
Karl_Bonner_1982 wrote:for once he actually supported a higher tax bracket than I did (I would stop at 50-55% for the marginal income rate).
Banking and finance - Nationalized central bank. All banking debt is to be monetized and full-reserve banking phased in. Consumer debt is to be restricted to short-term paycheck advances and mortgages. All mortgages require a minimum 20% down payment and amortization is limited to 15 years.
Monetary Policy – Inflation target of -0.5%. Any monetary expansion must be done without credit being involved, by having the Treasury spend the money into existence.
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