- 05 Jul 2020 05:29
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My lists of the Progressive Party's main policies and some it intends to deal with later.
The main policies for now.
1] Use the lens that Modern Monetary Theory economics has created to see that ---
. . . a] Deficits don't matter, and the total national debt doesn't matter.
. . . b] That what does matter is the actual labor or stuff the Gov. wants to buy with the money it proposes to spend if the current bill passes. Real stuff matters, money doesn't because the US Gov. can easily create money, but it can't create stuff as easily.
. . . c] The Job Guarantee Program will replace unemployment as the way to avoid inflation automatically and also sets the new min. wage at about $15/hr.
2] Fight ACC aka AGW as hard as necessary to do what is necessary as determined by climate scientists.
3] Fight racism very hard to stamp out policies at all gov. levels that impose or retain racism.
4] While understanding the the US Gov. does not need the money of the rich to do what it needs to do, the rich got their money mostly in an immoral way and taking it away from them is fitting and proper.
. . . Find a way to tax the rich or the corps. they own that they can't avoid or pass onto their customers without leaving the US or going out of business. [See my recent post in "Economics and Capitalism" for my example tax.]
5] Tax all imports at a low level (tariffs) and use the money to fund Soc. Sec.. If the stuff isn't made by American workers it still needs to support the retired workers. Reduce the current FICA tax back to something like it was before it was increased in 1983 to have the Boomers pre-pay for their benefits.
6] Provide Medicare for all as an *option* for everyone. Fund it with the tariffs and deficits as necessary. See also #4 above.
7] A UBI is not a good idea. Automation is not going to be so much of a problem because using robots to make stuff means burning carbon to produce the energy to power the robots. This is not going to happen because of the policies being used to fight ACC.
8] Others?
The problems to be put off for now. These are put off because they help only a few voters (each one less than 2% of voters) and anger many more voters. We need to fix the economy and ACC aka AGW as the main goals.
1] Identity politics.
. . . IMHO, this is an idea imposed by bots of the rich to divide the people who might vote against the rich. This lets the rich gather votes from one side or the other.
. . . IMHO, where we are now on these issues are good enough for now. Although requiring "Family, Handicapped, &/or Transgender" public bathrooms in many businesses is not a bad idea. This solves the bathroom problem for most people.
2] Others.
Please add your ideas with replies.
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The main policies for now.
1] Use the lens that Modern Monetary Theory economics has created to see that ---
. . . a] Deficits don't matter, and the total national debt doesn't matter.
. . . b] That what does matter is the actual labor or stuff the Gov. wants to buy with the money it proposes to spend if the current bill passes. Real stuff matters, money doesn't because the US Gov. can easily create money, but it can't create stuff as easily.
. . . c] The Job Guarantee Program will replace unemployment as the way to avoid inflation automatically and also sets the new min. wage at about $15/hr.
2] Fight ACC aka AGW as hard as necessary to do what is necessary as determined by climate scientists.
3] Fight racism very hard to stamp out policies at all gov. levels that impose or retain racism.
4] While understanding the the US Gov. does not need the money of the rich to do what it needs to do, the rich got their money mostly in an immoral way and taking it away from them is fitting and proper.
. . . Find a way to tax the rich or the corps. they own that they can't avoid or pass onto their customers without leaving the US or going out of business. [See my recent post in "Economics and Capitalism" for my example tax.]
5] Tax all imports at a low level (tariffs) and use the money to fund Soc. Sec.. If the stuff isn't made by American workers it still needs to support the retired workers. Reduce the current FICA tax back to something like it was before it was increased in 1983 to have the Boomers pre-pay for their benefits.
6] Provide Medicare for all as an *option* for everyone. Fund it with the tariffs and deficits as necessary. See also #4 above.
7] A UBI is not a good idea. Automation is not going to be so much of a problem because using robots to make stuff means burning carbon to produce the energy to power the robots. This is not going to happen because of the policies being used to fight ACC.
8] Others?
The problems to be put off for now. These are put off because they help only a few voters (each one less than 2% of voters) and anger many more voters. We need to fix the economy and ACC aka AGW as the main goals.
1] Identity politics.
. . . IMHO, this is an idea imposed by bots of the rich to divide the people who might vote against the rich. This lets the rich gather votes from one side or the other.
. . . IMHO, where we are now on these issues are good enough for now. Although requiring "Family, Handicapped, &/or Transgender" public bathrooms in many businesses is not a bad idea. This solves the bathroom problem for most people.
2] Others.
Please add your ideas with replies.
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