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Require that the Department of Defense (DOD) budget be audited annually, and disclose all government budgets. Secrecy destroys accountability.
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Establish rigorous procedures to evaluate the claims of businesses looking for a government handout which would end most corporate welfare and bailouts.
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Promote efficiency in government contracting and government spending.
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Adjust the minimum wage to inflation.
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Introduce specific forms of taxation reform as well as push to regain uncollected taxes.
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Break up the "Too Big to Fail" banks.
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Expand contributions to charity, using them to increase jobs and drawing on available "dead money."
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Allow taxpayers the standing to sue, especially immunized governments and corporations.
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Further direct democracy--initiative, referendum, and recall, for starters.
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Push community self-reliance.
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Clear away the obstacles to a competitive electoral process.
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Defend and extend civil liberties.
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Enhance civic skills and experience for students.
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End unconstitutional wars and enforce Article 1, section 8, of the Declaration of War Act.
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Revise trade agreements to protect US sovereignty, and resume full congressional deliberations, ending fast track.
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Protect children from commercialism and its physical and mental exploitation and harm.
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Control more of the commons that we already own.
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End corporate personhood.
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Get tough on corporate crime, providing penalties and enforcement budgets.
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Ramp up investor power by strengthening investor-protection laws and by creating a penny brigade to pay for an investor watchdog agency.
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Oppose the patenting of life forms, including human genes.
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End the ineffective war on drugs.
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Push for environmentalism.
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Reform health care.
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Create convergent institutions
* List is excerpted from Chapter 4, Page 65 of Nader's latest book, "
UNSTOPPABLE
."
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Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate and the author of "The Seventeen Solutions: Bold Ideas for Our American Future" (2012). His new book is, "Wrecking America: How Trump's Lies and Lawbreaking Betray All" (2020, co-authored with Mark Green).
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Require that the Department of Defense (DOD) budget be audited annually, and disclose all government budgets. Secrecy destroys accountability.
-
Establish rigorous procedures to evaluate the claims of businesses looking for a government handout which would end most corporate welfare and bailouts.
-
Promote efficiency in government contracting and government spending.
-
Adjust the minimum wage to inflation.
-
Introduce specific forms of taxation reform as well as push to regain uncollected taxes.
-
Break up the "Too Big to Fail" banks.
-
Expand contributions to charity, using them to increase jobs and drawing on available "dead money."
-
Allow taxpayers the standing to sue, especially immunized governments and corporations.
-
Further direct democracy--initiative, referendum, and recall, for starters.
-
Push community self-reliance.
-
Clear away the obstacles to a competitive electoral process.
-
Defend and extend civil liberties.
-
Enhance civic skills and experience for students.
-
End unconstitutional wars and enforce Article 1, section 8, of the Declaration of War Act.
-
Revise trade agreements to protect US sovereignty, and resume full congressional deliberations, ending fast track.
-
Protect children from commercialism and its physical and mental exploitation and harm.
-
Control more of the commons that we already own.
-
End corporate personhood.
-
Get tough on corporate crime, providing penalties and enforcement budgets.
-
Ramp up investor power by strengthening investor-protection laws and by creating a penny brigade to pay for an investor watchdog agency.
-
Oppose the patenting of life forms, including human genes.
-
End the ineffective war on drugs.
-
Push for environmentalism.
-
Reform health care.
-
Create convergent institutions
* List is excerpted from Chapter 4, Page 65 of Nader's latest book, "
UNSTOPPABLE
."