Agenda

I guess I'm a knee-jerk leftist. I own guns and don't want them banned, but want more background checks along with limitations on high capacity clips and semi-automatic weapons.

I don't want abortion to be illegal, but am willing to accept some limitations on late term abortions, so long as there are exceptions for the health of the woman and the fetus.

I want more help for low income people - in the form of guaranteed jobs at a living wage.

I want the US to think twice or even three times before sending troops into another country.

When weapons systems don't work or when the Pentagon says they are not needed, I am in favor of cutting them.

I want the government to stop making money off college students who had to borrow to finance their education.

I want everyone to have access to decent health care - including a Medicare for all option. I want the government to be able to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies.

I'm in favor of free college education at state universities for students willing to work a reasonable number of years at a public service job - a civilian version of military college benefits.

I'd raise the cap on income taxable for social security. I'd push the top marginal tax rates up - well below the top rates during the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s (never below 70%) but perhaps to 45% or thereabouts.

We have an agricultural system based on the labor of immigrant workers. I'd expand the slot for legal migrant farm workers, and open citizenship to immigrants who have worked and lived in the US for years without engaging in criminal activity. (BTW - Immigration violations are civil offenses, not criminal offenses).