Re: Where to start?

> #1. Stop the loss of civil rights.

What is the best way to do this? It seems like very few political players in the game today are willing to make more than a token effort to stop this particular erosion. I guess the simple solution would be "see #4..."

> #2. Re-vamp the tax structure and narrow the gap between the ultra-wealthy and everyone else.

I guess I really don't have a follow-up question to this right at the moment, but if I think of one I'll post again.

> #3. Corporation re-form. Corporations are a good idea, but they aren't people and do not have the rights that people do.

What's the best way to go about this? The amendment in the Bill of Rights that was originally passed to establish/protect the right of black men to vote was upheld by the Supreme Court as providing protection to corporations *before* they tried any cases that dealt with its *original* purpose. What's the best way to get the SC to overturn that precedent? Or would it be better/easier to propose a new amendment clarifying the purpose of the previous?

> #4. Re-vamp the election process. We've seen several good ideas on how to do this. I prefer the "vote for who you want to win and who you'll accept".

I'm not familiar with this. Do you mean vote twice?

> #5. Cut the sales of offensive weapons.

What is the best way to do this? How do you get around the second amendment? I mean that as a technical question -- if we assume for the sake of argument that the second amendment can be interpreted in a flexible manner, how do we interpret it to accomplish this goal?

> #6. Get off the mid-east oil.

What's the best way to do so, and what do we do until then?

> #7. Universal health care (at least at a basic level).

What would a basic level of health care entail?

(Not that you're required to answer any of my follow up questions, or anything. But I am curious).

#1 and #3 both require getting people into office that will pass AND ENFORCE those laws.

#4 is sort of like voting twice. But on one ballot. Example, I voted for Nader. But other people would have voted for Nader, except there was no way he was going to win so they voted for Gore.

If people like me had voted for Gore, he would have been elected.

So, on the ballot, you're allowed to choose TWO people for each office.

#5. Whoops. I meant to foreign countries. We can sell things like anti-aircraft batteries, but no rockets or missiles. Defense is fine, but if they want offensive capabilities, they'll have to build their own.

#6. This will take some time. But the BEST way to do it is to simply cut oil imports from there by 5% or 10% a year and require better fuel economy / alternative sources be developed / implemented. Eventually the oil will run out anyway. This way, we're ahead of the game AND our economy is more stable.

#7. The basic level I see would be vacinations. The big problem is that our lifestyle (no exercise, lots of fat, salty foods) means that we'll have lots of health problems which means that the price for this will skyrocket quickly.

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