Our Permanent Agenda

All American workers should receive:

•    Paid vacations
•    Paid family leave
•    Paid sick leave
•    Paid sabbaticals

All American workers should be protected by:

•    Free legal assistance for age discrimination or unjust firing
•    Mandatory severance pay
•    Universal unemployment benefits
•    A new GI bill for vocational education

All college students should receive:

•    Free tuition for community colleges or vocational schools
•    Forgiveness of existing student loans after ten years of repayments
•    Inclusion of student loans in bankruptcy

All debtors would benefit by:

•    Reinstatement of usury laws – 10 per cent interest is enough
•    Interest-free federal loans to pay off medical debts

All medical patients would be protected by:

•    Regulations on emergency room charges
•    Price controls on drugs with no substitutes
•    Health courts to challenge unconscionable bills

All Americans would benefit by:

•    Ending the War on Drugs
•    Redirecting 20% of Pentagon spending to social programs
•    Expansion of Section 8 rent subsidies