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[-] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago

I mean, I could add to it...

  • Pay reparations to victims of Jim Crow/Segregation and descendants of those bound by the practice of Chattle Slavery.
  • Nationalize the telecom corporations. Use the profits to fund a Bell Laboratories type research institute as well as public college departments in the relevant fields.
  • Nationalize the freight railroads. Use the profits to fund a high quality bus system in rural areas, an "Interstate-style" 110-125 mph regional/commuter passenger rail system nationwide, and develop 155-200+ mph HSR corridors between appropriate city pairs.
  • Initiate planning for metro/light rail systems in every city with a population of 250k or higher.
  • End the Embargo on Cuba and fully normalize relations. Shutter and remove the facilities at Guantanamo Bay; return the land to the Cuban government and pay reparation for it's theft.
  • End NATO while helping the EU organize it's own native unified defense force. Form a new treaty with the EU for common defense.
  • Forgive all debt the US holds from co-called "third world" nations.
  • Remove all "NeoLiberal" stipulations and restrictions the IMF has placed on so-called "third world" nations.
  • Pass a federal law ending so-called "Right to Work" at the state level and triple the NLRB's budget.
  • End the funding of public schools through local property tax and replace it with a Federal tax on corporations.
  • Bust up Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet into their viable constituent parts.
  • Formally recognize the nation of Palestine at the UN.
  • Join the International Criminal Court.
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