Tuesday, October 11, 2011
A List of Things to Protest About
Just a short list for now...
- Two party system forces people to vote for the lesser of two evils, and not their real choice. Switch to Instant Runoff Voting
- Electoral College and gerrymandering when redistricting disenfranchise certain voters and candidates.
- Marijuana laws, including federal-level obstinacy with continued status as a Schedule 1 drug despite preponderance of evidence
- Private banks of Wall Street controlling money supply, overleveraging, and being massively bailed out
- Unfair tax structure allows richest to pay lower percentage than regular people, and dramatically less than rich had to pay during other periods
- Campaign finance reform
- The right to bear arms
- Wars of empire
- For-profit healthcare -- single payer now!
- Disparities in public education
- Privatization of the commonwealth
- Immigration rights
- US aid to Israel
- End fossil fuel subsidies, invest in sustainable energy R&D
- Against GMO foods and bogus organic standards for food
- Equal marriage rights for all, regardless of gender.
- Guarantee accessible clean water for all
- ....
Labels: anti-oppression, indifferent corporations, politics, USA
