Beside our own individual vision statements as candidates, we intend
to apply some localized applications of the Progressive Agenda (go to www.progressive2008.org for complete statements on the following issues):
to apply some localized applications of the Progressive Agenda (go to www.progressive2008.org for complete statements on the following issues):
Progressive Agenda
1. End Imperial Foreign Policy, Redirect Funding
All U.S. troops and military contractors must be safely withdrawn from Iraq now with war funding redirected toward social needs at home, and humanitarian and reconstruction aid to the Iraqi people. Under our Constitution, Congress has the power of the purse to cut off funding that prolongs the occupation of Iraq. The disastrous war in Iraq must not be extended into an even more disastrous attack on Iran.
2. Healthcare for All
It is immoral for a country as wealthy as ours to have 47 million people with no healthcare coverage, and millions more with inadequate, overly expensive coverage. [more]
3. Economic Justice
The Bush Administrations enormous tax breaks for the wealthy must be rolled back so that the richest 1 percent of our population (with yearly incomes averaging $1.3 million) will not pocket $300 billion over the next few years.
4. Stop Global Warming
No issue reveals more clearly the flaws of the U.S. political-economic system than global warming the triumph of greed and corporate power over the public good, and the near-sighted focus on the short-term over the welfare of future generations.
5. Reproductive Freedom/Civil Rights & Liberties
A womans reproductive freedom, including the right-to-choose, is essential to personal privacy and gender equality. Equal rights and equal opportunity must be a guiding principle of society, especially in view of historic and ongoing discrimination against women and racial, ethnic and sexual minorities.
6. Clean, Fair, Transparent Elections
The U.S. election system is in crisis, with voters facing political and racial obstacles in casting votes and in getting their votes counted. Big money and entrenched power deform the political process, with incumbents unfairly insulated by district gerrymandering and rules obstructing independent candidates and parties.
7. Media Reform
A half-dozen media conglomerates now sit on the windpipe of the First Amendment, having seized the publics broadcast airwaves; these companies helped facilitate the Iraq War.
On June 3rd, please mark your ballot for these 5 candidates endorsed by Sonoma County Progressive Democrats of America (SCPDA):
