Democrats’ 2020 Platform Previewed

George Rebane

Ever since Trump was elected president and the national Left mobilized their efforts to destroy his administration and unseat him, I’ve been bitching and moaning that the Democrats offered no alternative programs to implement that would “fundamentally transform” America as promised.  Well, the time has come to stop complaining because in recent months after the 2018 election the Democrats have more than filled a cornucopia of initiatives, proposals, programs, and promises to construct several election platforms for any political party dedicated to steering America into a socialist state.

This was made clear to me when I received the notes that a friend used in his talk to an organization the other day.  Its perusal reveals an extensive list of things we may expect were the country to hand over control of the executive and legislative branches to our anti-American Left (anti-American in the sense that they don’t like the America of the past nor the direction it was going before they came along, hence their need for a fundamental transformation).

Without further ado, here is the laundry list of items the Democrats want to afflict on the country starting in 2021.  It is presented as received with minimal editing.

1. Pack the Supreme Court.  (Congress set the number of justices at 9 in the Judiciary Act of 1869)
2. Abolish the Electoral College.  (Article II of the Constitution establishes the electoral college, and each State appoints a designated number of electors “in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct”. To abolish the electoral college will require a Constitutional Amendment.)
3. Full term abortion, including terminating an infant after birth per some proposals. Infanticide.
4. Re-join the Iranian nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also known as the Memorandum of Understanding.  (This was not proposed as a treaty by the Obama administration, thus avoiding the requirement for ratification by the U.S. Senate.  Therefor it can be nullified by executive action, which was done by President Trump.)
5. Condemn and sanction Israel for genocide.
6. Open borders. (Immigration policies among candidates are not very clear at this point.)
7. Lower the voting age to 16.
8. Tax “wealth” at 2 or 3% annually.  (Some may not know what “wealth” means. It means annually taxing your net worth, or total assets, or total investments. )
9. Universal Basic Income.  This means the government would pay anyone meeting unstated requirements an annual/monthly income, regardless of whether they work or not.  $1,000/month for everyone over age 18, so they can pay bills as robots take over their jobs.  $500/month for “working and middle class” families.
10. Universal Day Care. Paid for by the Federal government.
11. Net neutrality. Internet providers would not be able to offer various levels of service at different prices.
12. Increase top personal income tax rate to 70%.
13. Increase the estate tax.
14. Eliminate Immigration and Customs Enforcement Dept (aka I.C.E.).
15. Forgive $1.5 trillion in student debt; involves an estimated 45 million borrowers.
16. Free college for all.
17. Universal government health care, aka single payer, aka socialized medicine; private health insurance or individual contracts with doctors would be prohibited.
18. Campus speech codes and censorship.
19. Social security for illegal aliens.
20. Free college tuition for illegal aliens.
21. Rejoin the Paris Climate Accord (again, not a treaty, but done by executive order).
22. Enact DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) into law.  (It is an Obama executive order.)
23. Federalize opposition to voter ID laws.
24. Federal government subsidies for sex “reassignment" procedures (or mandate coverage upon private insurers).
25. $15/hour minimum wage.
26. Baby Bond. A government bond issued, free, to every child born in the U.S., varying in amounts depending on parent income level.
27. Tax financial transactions, such as stock trades.
28. Increase payroll tax.
29. Transition nation to 100% clean energy.  Restructure national transportation and upgrade all the country’s structures and living units to conform to ‘green regulations’.
30. Universal paid parental leave.
31. Abolish private health insurance.  (There are an estimated 190+ million Americans covered by private health insurance, as of 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)
32. Federally subsidized teacher pay increase averaging $13,500 per year per teacher.  Est. cost $315 billion, 75% paid for by Federal government.  (This federalizes public schools.)
33. Require Federal corporate charters of corporations over a certain size, to provide more control over them by the central government. (States currently charter corporations.)
34. Break up the big banks.

That’s quite a list, one that will take hundreds of trillions of dollars and an enormously enlarged government bureaucracy to implement.  The only thing I see missing – because it is the Left’s ever-present stealth initiative – is to abolish the Second Amendment, either in toto through their promise to restructure the Constitution, or constructively through federal laws.  And anyone wanting to see what socialism in America will look and feel like need search no further than the Veterans Administration operated by 366,000 government employees – “nearly twice what any other civilian government agency can muster.”  For the full story on this ongoing preview to the glory of government in all aspects of our lives, please read ‘If You Like Socialism, You’ll Love the VA’.

Comments

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In terms of #17, MEDICARE FOR ALL!!! appears to be the current catchphrase.

I really like the idea of applying Medicare to the whole country. You get rubber stamped procedures (it's amazing how much overbilling/fraud goes on), super low payment rates to providers, plus the application of a *highly* subsidized program to the entire population (plus illegal aliens). What could go wrong?

Generally, all of these could be viewed as 'investments' so I guess the collapse of the $USD is not in question. Personally, if I saw something like student loan forgiveness in the cards I'd buy a bunch of gold bullion and watch the show.

I'd like to see our local Blue Mob either argue with or justify any of these items, but since they are members of the He-Man Orange Hitler Hate club (and nothing else), you likely won't see any response. It's a good list though.

[Pop Effluvia]

Straw Man alert, danger Will Robinson!

[Ozz]

"Anti America Democrats" versus "Patriots". Them versus us.
George (Orwell) speaks.

[George Rebane]

scenes 1231pm - I posted their platform with the hopes that they would rush here to celebrate, confirm, and expound on how these initiatives would make America great again. So far, no joy.

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"Straw Man alert, danger Will Robinson!"

lol. Say what? You don't think that those aren't stated policies from the herd of Democratic politicians? Betcha I can find 95% of those somewhere in a (D) party caucus platform or (D) politician speech, although 'Baby Bond' is new to me.

It is a funny thing about our local Blue Mob. They're all about Trumphate, but never ever try to justify their own party's platforms or general behaviors. Too busy knocking down statues I guess.

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""Anti America Democrats" versus "Patriots". Them versus us.
George (Orwell) speaks."

As usual, no response to the column, just slogans.

I do think that 'Unamerican Americans' might be a bit catchier though.

[Bill Tozer]

Medicare for All. Open Borders. Universal Basic Income. Universal Child Care. Kool Beans. The word is out. The tsunami of folks who can neither read or write their native dialect not to mention Spanish or English are going to need that free healthcare, free food, free child care, free shelter, free housing, and those Yankee Dollars. Free is affordable!

As far as the eye can see:

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[Bill Tozer]

Since every declared Socialcrat is behind the New Raw Deal, I will as well. We need to retrofit every building to make them green. Let’s start with businesses since they have alll the money. Let’s begin on a small project....say every building in the historical district in Nevada City. Drilll holes and pump insulation in those walls, double pane the windows, retrofit fit them all roof to foundation. Remove and replace antiquated building materials. Ten years is a reasonable amount of time for finish and showcase the project. Then move on to the houses on Nob Hill in the Poop Pile by the Bay to show the world how it is done.

If you object, they have ways to deal with you. It’s for the children. Lead on.

[Bill Tozer]

I don’t see the push to have more women or transsexuals on all corporate boards to meet the quotas.

Strawman Alert? Uncle Handsy Joe is the least of their problems.

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[Bill Tozer]

Quite the accurate list which begs the question, “Would you turn the keys of this economy over to a Beto or a Warren or a Bernie or a Booker?

While not all potential candidates have jumped into the race, it is shaping up to a real black and white difference between the Left and Right, between the candidates, priorities, and philosophies in 2020. That is black and white between the Leftinista Socialcrats and Trump, not skin color. Just the fact I felt compelled to say the last sentence about black and white differences, not skin color, exemplifies the real contrasts come 2020.

[Bill Tozer]

Dem Platform and a case for Joe Biden

https://buchanan.org/blog/2020-socialist-america-or-trumps-america-136794