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