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[–] elrik@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

You have about 25 items too many on this list.

[–] tmishka@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Limit the age for candidates, to the pension maximum

[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Three the most important things are missing:

  • abolish home education;
  • mandatory elementary education;
  • get rid of multiple-choice tests.

Most of the changes won't matter if people are uneducated or easily misled.

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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I would add:

Equal Rights Amendment

Reverse Shelby County v Holder

Reverse District of Columbia v Heller

Add ethics code for Supreme Court with enforcement authority

Discharge federal student loan debt and regulate higher education costs

Demilitarize police

Ban property tax based school funding

Abolish the death penalty

Federally mandated paid vacation, paid sick leave, overtime over 40 hours, and a ban of right-to-work laws.

Allow the Army Corps of Engineers to repair and maintain infrastructure.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Mandatory voting I dunno.

The rest are definitely good, I'm thinking just having a whole ass revolution might be easier than getting all this done, and as a bonus would come with additional benefits.

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[–] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

UBI requires such a large reorganization of the economy that you may as well add democratization of the workplace, and it would get done earlier. I think both would be great personally.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 2 points 11 months ago (9 children)

Legalizing Prostitution just creates more Human Trafficking, as a result of allowing human traffickers to operate in the open under the guise of legality. We have decades of evidence that lead to this conclusion. We don't need to keep trying it.

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[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (8 children)

not sure about the mandatory voting and outlawing tipping. Just compliance wise. Not voting itself can be a intended thing and I can't think of any country where you have a gun to your head to vote taht is a place I would want to live. As for tipping you will just turn it into bribery. No place should be allowed to pay with the expectation tips is part of compensation. Tips are a gift basically.

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[–] bl_r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I like a lot of your proposals,but I don’t think they will fix everything. Certainly an improvement though.

I don’t think the supreme court changes would fix issues with the court, and I think a 15 yr. limit could make it worse.

Each presidential term would get 2-3 nominations per term, allowing them to establish a majority if elected for 2 terms. Considering how powerful the court is, allowing a president to establish a majority simply by being in office for 2 terms isn’t great.

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