IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
I forgot about this one. I know you know this obviously, but it's more than just drug policy. It's also about police brutality and the criminal justice system in general. Thanks for catching this.
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timschochet
Footballguy
OK here are the results of yesterday’s posts. I awarded 5 pts for everybody’s 1st priority, 4 points for the 2nd, 3 for 3rd etc. Some of these issues are obviously overlapping:
40- Climate change
31- Heath care
29- Campaign financing and spending
26- Tax reform
23- Election reform
11- Immigration
9- Defense Spending
9- Education
8- Social Security
6- Freedom of speech
6- gun control
5- Deficit
5- foreign policy
5- infrastructure
5- Marijuana
4- Economic Growth
4- Homelessness
4- Living Wage
4- Medicare
4- Wealth inequality
3- Criminal justice reform
3- Social safety net
2- IP Reform
1- Animal rights
1- Unemployment
40- Climate change
31- Heath care
29- Campaign financing and spending
26- Tax reform
23- Election reform
11- Immigration
9- Defense Spending
9- Education
8- Social Security
6- Freedom of speech
6- gun control
5- Deficit
5- foreign policy
5- infrastructure
5- Marijuana
4- Economic Growth
4- Homelessness
4- Living Wage
4- Medicare
4- Wealth inequality
3- Criminal justice reform
3- Social safety net
2- IP Reform
1- Animal rights
1- Unemployment
timschochet
Footballguy
So climate change is #1 here with healthcare a distant 2nd. I kind of suspect that the general public has these two reversed.
timschochet
Footballguy
roadkill1292
Footballguy
Speaking specifically of health care, which I presume means modernizing the system to single payer, there is real fear that medical practice will become an ugly assembly line like a state's DMV offices sometimes are -- disinterested bureaucrats dispensing care instead of skilled professionals and long wait times. That fear is somehow not alleviated by the reality that is found in most of the First World and I'm not sure why we carry that concern as part of our national libido. But it's a real thing, imo.
timschochet
Footballguy
That's one fear.
The second fear is that we will weaken the profit motive for new drugs and vaccines, and therefore there will be less new drugs, vaccines, and medical advancement in general. I don't know how much stock to put in that argument but I've heard it made quite a bit.
roadkill1292
Footballguy
Yeah, we've all heard that one plenty. I don't put much stock into it because the overall health and well-being of as many of us as possible will do way more good than the next miracle pill. And that's assuming that a huge amount of research simply ceases, which is equally simply bullspit.
Henry Ford
Footballguy
It's also partially an issue of categorization.timschochet said:
Healthcare, Medicare, Social Safety Net, Living Wage, Wealth Inequality, Homelessness - these things are all pretty inextricably bound.
roadkill1292
Footballguy
That is indeed a black hole that will bankrupt us down the road but there are a lot of voters who would choose national poverty over the forfeiture of the No. 1 spot at the top of the global military pyramid. That reckoning will come.
rockaction
Footballguy
I'd really like to reestablish old alliances and NATO. That would seem to be a number one priority for me. To have a bulwark against communist and kleptocratic encroachment on our governmental norms would seem to be an excellent place to start.
Then continue with restoring the mode and method by which political figures were selected at the turn of the nineteenth century.
Eliminate most if not all legislative impulses emanating from the executive branch.
Then continue with restoring the mode and method by which political figures were selected at the turn of the nineteenth century.
Eliminate most if not all legislative impulses emanating from the executive branch.
sho nuff
Footballguy
For me healthcare is #1...it has to be addressed and quickly.
Climate change as well.
Those two are time sensitive in that the longer we wait crap just gets so much worse and worse and may already be too damn hard to reverse the damage done (to the planet and our citizens).
Education...its a mess at all levels. Public education in this country is still bad. We need the best and brightest to want to be teachers. Free college? No. But free trade schools and community college can be done.
Campaign finance...we are being governed by corporations at the uber wealthy. Id put this above education and maybe above climate change actually.
Tax reform...but sorry, not a consumption based tax. Until you can make it where it isn't so regressive to hurt lower incomes more, its a no go.
Gun control...neuter the NRA (of course this goes into campaign finance too) and their taking of foreign money to influence our laws. Im pro 2nd amendment...but its not an amendment of unregulated gun ownership.
Climate change as well.
Those two are time sensitive in that the longer we wait crap just gets so much worse and worse and may already be too damn hard to reverse the damage done (to the planet and our citizens).
Education...its a mess at all levels. Public education in this country is still bad. We need the best and brightest to want to be teachers. Free college? No. But free trade schools and community college can be done.
Campaign finance...we are being governed by corporations at the uber wealthy. Id put this above education and maybe above climate change actually.
Tax reform...but sorry, not a consumption based tax. Until you can make it where it isn't so regressive to hurt lower incomes more, its a no go.
Gun control...neuter the NRA (of course this goes into campaign finance too) and their taking of foreign money to influence our laws. Im pro 2nd amendment...but its not an amendment of unregulated gun ownership.
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