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Originally Posted by Toccata & Fugue
In terms of tactics by voting for one of the main parties you are supporting their policies and giving them a mandate. Furthermore the Democrats policies are so vile that I don't know how anyone could vote for them in good conscience. This thread is a call for them to come to power as if that will result in any measurable improvements. I put it to you that there is little or no evidence for this. If we look at the record of the Democrats we have Clinton's woeful record of arms dealing, forcing developing economies to adopt neo-liberal policies which distributed wealth from the poor to the rich and the expansion of American empire.
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So vile? Take a look at the 100 hours agenda, which is, by all means, watered down.
1. Cleaning up Congress
a). Breaking the link between lobbyists and legislation
b). Commiting to Pay as You Go
c). No new Deficit Spending
2. Making our Nation Safer
a). Implementing the recommendations of the 9/11 commission
3. Making our Economy Fairer
a). Raising the Federal Minimum Wage
b). No new pay raises for Congress without a raise in the minimum wage
4. Making health care more affordable
a). Fixing the Medicare Prescription Drug Program by Negotiating Lower Prices
b). Promote Stem Cell Research
5. Broaden College Opportunity
a). Cut interest rates for student loans by half
6. Energize America for Energy Independence
a). Roll back subsidies for big oil companies
7. Guarantee a Dignified Retirement
a). Fight the attempt to privatize Social Security
Gross! Hold my hair!
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that's what they're trying to accomplish with a minority in constitutional powers with the most conservative administration in ages and a 5-4, occaisionally 6-3 conservative majority on the court.
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Whilst Bush has been in power they have voted for his foreign policy time and time again and supported the restrictions on freedom after 11 September 2001.
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Except for, you know, 50% of the American voters.