Is there a Difference?: Platforms of the Communist Party and the Democratic Party

Various ^ | August 11, 2003 | nwrep

[nwrep]

Platform of the Communist Party USA

Communist Party Immediate Program for the Crisis

It is shameful and unacceptable that any child should live in poverty, and that anyone should go hungry, homeless, without medicine, or without a living wage in our nation of such great wealth.

Meet the Needs of Working, Unemployed and Farm Families
- Raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour.
-Unemployment insurance for all workers.
- Moratorium on farm foreclosures
- Labor law reform to remove barriers to workers who want to join a union.
- No privatization of Social Security. Increase benefits.
- Universal prescription drug coverage administered by Medicare. Universal health care system.
- Restore social safety net. Welfare reform that includes job training, supports and living wages.
- Full funding for equal, quality, bi-lingual public education. No vouchers.

Make Corporate Giants Pay
- Repeal tax cuts to the rich and corporations.
- Close corporate tax loopholes.
- Restitution to workers' pensions.
- Strong regulation of financial industry.
- Regulation and public ownership of utilities
- Prosecute corporate polluters. Public works program to clean our air, water and land
- Aid to cities and states. Federally funded infrastructure repair and social service programs

Foreign Policy for Peace and Justice
- No to war with Iraq - End military interventions
- Repeal Fast Track and NAFTA, stop Free Trade Area of the Americas(FTAA). No secrecy.
- Save Salt II Agreements, reject Star Wars and Nuclear Posture Review
-Abolish nuclear weapons
- End military interventions.
- Cut military budget and fund human needs.

Defend Democracy and Civil Rights
- End racial profiling.
- Repeal the death penalty.
- Enforce civil rights laws and affirmative action.
- Repeal USA Patriot Act.
- Legalization and protection of immigrant>rights.
- Public financing of elections. Overall election law reform including Instant Runoff Voting.
- Youth and student bill of rights. Guarantee youth's right to earn,learn and live.

Is any of the above different from what the vast majority of Democratic candidates are proposing? Has the Democratic party become the communist party?

[MileHi]

Has the Democratic party become the communist party?

Yes

[ALOHA RONNIE]

DEMOCRATS understand that DEMCORATS must win elections to keep their power.

REPUBLICANS must begin to understand the very same thing about why its crucial to win elections.

California REPUBLICANS must vote for a WINNER of elections, not a Conservative Snow White who will NEVER get himself elected to the Power of a Governorship...

...or REPUBLICANS will continue to be TERMINATED in California.


For the DEMOCRATS...

winning is all there is...

and so it IS.

[zencycler]

Yes, there is a difference. If you ask a Communist if he favors repealing American laws regarding property rights and economic freedoms (essentially, discarding the capitalist system), he'll be honest, and say "Yes".

But a Democrat will lie, and say "No", hoping that it'll help win an election.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[Joy Angela]

WHO is Hillary Rodham Clinton...really??

And WHY does she keep all media at bay
and always act like a well-oiled-machine
that can't be approached like a normal human-being?

I really would LOVE to see someone in the Media
investigate Hillary. She is too controling and
won't allow unscripted questions or unscripted appearances.

It's time for a HILLARY-GATE Investigation!!!

[smith288]

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