America The Beautiful

America The Beautiful...

would value ALL its citizens equally, and not just those with wealth and power...

would establish ONE VOTE for EVERY CITIZEN that counts equally, eliminating the electoral college for State and National elections so that re-districting games are ended...

would allow ALL candidates a LIMITED amount of air time on television and radio for free, and include them ALL in national debates, equally to eliminate unfair advantages in election practices...

would hold elections over a four day period, including a weekend, so that those who do not get paid if they do not work, do not have to choose between their family's well being or their right to vote...

would give EQUAL representation to ALL its citizens, and demand the EQUAL taxation of all, eliminating the lack of taxation on off shore accounts, counting ALL assets for taxation and not giving tax breaks to its companies, organizations or citizens ...

would make sure that if ALL citizens pay their taxes, they have the EQUAL RIGHTS of others who do the same (marriage, living conditions and affordable housing, healthcare, education, jobs, safety, etc.), regardless of faith, gender, sexual orientation, race, class or any other distinction...

would make sure that all employers treat ALL citizens equally in their hiring and payment/benefits practices, regardless of their age, race, gender, faith, sexual orientation or any other distinction...

would allow resident aliens one year to live in the country without harassment, and then give citizenship to any who have paid taxes and lived peaceably in that year...

would make sure all of its children have an EQUAL education, not funding more highly the schools of the children of the wealthy and powerful, who already have an edge...

would have school year-round, with longer semester and holiday breaks, so that our children continue the momentum of learning, so their parents do not have the immense challenge of childcare in the summers, and so that we may again compete internationally in child development...

would make at least a LIVING WAGE available to ALL workers, so that ALL can work with dignity and not worry about not providing for their families (currently $18 per hour minimum with benefits)...

would offer public assistance to any who are unable to work and as a supplement up to $18 per hour for those who do work but do not make a living wage, because everyone in America has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...

would limit the highest salaries in any corporation to 3x that of average workers, and not allow salaries that are 300x what they make...

would limit the percentage of profit companies can charge for necessities for living such as utilities, food, fuel, rent/mortgages and medicines, and limit the percentage of interest charged on any credit charges or loans...

would offer transportation for ALL citizens in EVERY area, whether by train, bus or other mass transit, so that ALL citizens can get to their jobs or schools by affordable means...

would offer incentives for companies that pay their employees well, and encourage entrepreneurs with limited tax exemptions for a short time and as long as they comply with salary minimums and pollution limits...

would allow and encourage American companies to increase their profit margins by investing in overseas companies owned and operated by their own citizens...

would offer healthcare to ALL its citizens, so that the poor can be healthy just like the rich, and make all elected officials subject to the same healthcare system that every citizen has...

would expect any companies in America to hire its own citizens, and would levy high import taxes on any companies that go overseas to exploit other peoples for resources and labor...

would limit the use of our military to national security, with the exception of the liberation of other citizens from tyranny across the world, if a majority of the remaining nations agree...

would make sure that prisons are state-run, and demand that inmates learn a trade or get a GED and go to college during their incarceration, while not allowing non-education related activities...

would not separate white-collar and blue collar criminals, but put them all in the same correctional facilities...

would do everything possible to develop renewable sources of energy for our economy, independence and stewardship of the creation...

would regulate pollution, waste and destruction of the planet, and regulate the safety of our food, air, water and land ABOVE any value for profit...

would eliminate the sale of assault weapons and explosives to citizens, and require stringent registration practices including careful background checks and time restraints before anyone is allowed to purchase a handgun or rifle of any kind, requiring also a special permit to be presented in order to purchase ammunition of any kind...

would make higher education affordable for all citizens, and instill a value for people pursuing it...

would require that anyone of "college" age who is not enrolled in college or trade school, or does not work in a non-profit organization that positively affects our citizens, serve in the military or the peace corp for two years...

would encourage spirituality in the diversity of practices that the world has represented, without lifting any one faith above others, which is the example Jesus set for Christians in His acceptance of non-Jews in His life and ministry, and which is the right of all citizens according to our constitution...

would acknowledge that these things should be done to benefit ALL, equally, and that these things are not done as an embrace of any other ideology than that of doing the right things for the right reasons...

That would be America The Beautiful!   Pastor Jamie