(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . They aren't the Borg resistance is required. [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-11-09 There is history there. For too long I have watched so called liberals snip those of us that point out we need to do more. I’m going to air out a few ideas that you folks really need to latch onto. Many of these are in the Second Bill of Rights others are not but they are what every Democrat should be standing on. Support for and passage of the Popular Vote Interstate Compact, this is a law that is passed at the state level and would require that state to pledge their electoral college votes to the winner of the popular vote. Currently this sits at 207 electoral votes once it reaches 270 it triggers, and those states will only respect the will of the people. We are talking about millions of people that aren’t voting right now being able to see that their vote now matters. These people can now be reached and told their vote matters. Universal Health Insurance not healthcare we keep talking about this wrong using the wrong words, it is not healthcare that the republicans are going to take away but health insurance. People do not see them as the same, they never have seen them as the same. This guarantees that people will be secure in their health and protected from going broke because they get sick. I hear one more Democrat say health care I’m going to puke it is health insurance they are taking away. Universal Basic Income We already do this in limited form like unemployment, SSI and SSA are all forms of a Basic Universal Income. We need to expand this and use this to support Kids who are supporting and taking care of their parents. Or single parents who are trying to get by taking care of their children. Or when someone is out of work and can’t find it. A living minimum wage tied to inflation; we need to make sure those that are at the bottom have a chance to get a better life. This means they will have security in many parts of their life. Housing I don’t care if we must build block houses to get this done, but we should not have a homeless problem. We need to make it illegal for investment banks to own as much as they do right now. They should not be able to buy out cities to protect their bottom line. Stop allowing compensation in stock, this does not make companies run better. There was a reason it was outlawed. Outlaw stock buy backs, again it was illegal for a reason. Pass an amendment to outlaw money as speech, and an amendment to strip person hood from corporations. Yes, this is a heavy lift, I know this personally my first experience working in politics was the ERA. Now as for what we need to do, we need to get into every state. I mean not seat unchallenged here, from dog catcher to President. If there is a race, we need someone running for it in every state, locals that know the ground and what the problems are. We need to expand our media footprint to counter right wing propaganda. We cannot rely on the MSM, they are either pushing both sides arguments or right-wing outlets. This means Podcast and streams, and everything in between. We have two years before the next election we need to be working on getting into those red states now and finding the people to run. Now today, if you think I’m being naïve or out of touch a bit of advice for you. Lead, Follow or get the hell out of the way. Get the hell out of the way you aren’t helping. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/9/2284830/-They-aren-t-the-Borg-resistance-is-required?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/