My List of Changes We Need to Make to the USA

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Political Campaigning

1. Get money out of all politics! All political campaigns should be publicly financed, and any private contributions, in any amount, made illegal. 

Gun Regulation

1. All gun owners must join a licensed organization that is subordinate to the US Army for regular safety training and to ensure each member is qualified to safely own, store and operate a firearm.

2. A massive investment in new technology to improve current stun guns so they will be safe to use, that is, highly unlikely to cause pain, injury or death, while effectively causing temporary immobilization, long enough for law enforcement or persons under threat of imminent, serious harm to render a violent person immobile, so they can be taken into custody. 

The Economy

1. No business owner may lay claim to revenues in excess of 10 times what the least paid employee receives in compensation.

Housing Rights

1. Housing shall be regarded as a civil right, and the Federal government shall provide housing to any who do not have a home or apartment that meets a minimum standard of quality (clean water, heat and A/C, electricity, etc.)

Worker Rights

1. Having a job shall be regarded as a right and the Federal government shall provide work to any who have no work. They shall receive a minimum, living wage, based on where they live, and not be required to work more than 40 hours.

Environment

1. The use of fossil fuels shall be eliminated within the next 5 years. No more internal combustion engines shall be built in or shipped to the USA, and all internal combustion engines shall become illegal to operate within 5 years.

2. A massive investment in real, "green" technology and deployment (wind, solar, geo-thermal, etc.) shall be made by the Federal government in order to end sourcing any electricity, within 5 years, from fossil fuels (coal, gas, oil) or nuclear power plants.

3. Within the next 5 years, all cars are to have speed governors directly linked to GPS systems that prevent drivers from exceeding speed limits.

Policing

1. Upon the development of an effective and safe immobilization tool, all law enforcement agents/officers shall no longer be permitted to carry or use lethal weapons.

2. Police shall no longer interfere with the free movement of any person without first having Probable Cause. The use of "reasonable suspicion" to detain any person shall be banned.

3. Confessions to crimes shall no longer be permitted to bring charges against anyone.

4. Every district attorney's office shall maintain one independent prosecutor who is charged with holding law enforcement officers accountable and will take allegations directly from complainants alleging offences committed by police or law enforcement officers.

5. Police and all law enforcement agencies shall be prohibited from hiring "Information" officers or image consultants. They shall not release any information about any suspect who has been arrested, but shall presume all suspects as innocent, and not attempt to poison jury pools by offering opinions to the public about any evidence they have against them.

6. All fines paid for offences, like speeding tickets, shall go into credit accounts the offender can receive back after so much time without repeat offences. No monies collected as fines may ever go to any government's general or any other fund, other than the one's designated to maintain for convicted offenders.

7. Police and law enforcement officers may not participate in any political activities nor join any political organizations. Police unions and associations may only bargain for better wages and compensation, but shall be strictly forbidden from advocating for greater police authority or changes in law that would weaken the civil liberties of the people they serve.

8. Immunity from prosecution of law enforcement officers should be ended. If anything, police officers should be held to a higher, not a lower and certainly no standard at all, which is what immunity from prosecution means and which only serves as a very corrupting influence. 

9. Bail bonds set by any judge or magistrate should be restricted to a reasonable, affordable amount of money in order to ensure suspects will show up for their court date...and nothing more! There should be no other conditions required. Currently, piling on all sorts of other requirements which, if not followed, result in re-arrest and forfeit of all bail funds posted, is just another way of allowing police to determine guilt and punishment on the basis of little to no evidence, before a person has had a fair trial! Adding on other conditions is also a very corrupting influence, in that, it's an unjustified way of bringing in revenue to the government entity whose police made the initial arrest.    

Religion

1. No contributors to religious organizations may be permitted to deduct their contributions from Federal or State income taxes.

Reproductive Rights

1. The right to an abortion shall be guaranteed for every female in the USA, at the same time, Science-based sex education, at age-appropriate levels, will be required in all public schools and private schools that receive any Federal or state funding.

2. Contraceptives shall be made widely available, with a licensed physician's prescription for all females, 18 or older and for females who either receive a parent or legal guardian's consent or consent from a local judge, at no cost to the female.

Criminal Correction

1. All prisons and jails (Federal, State, County, Municipal and Territorial) shall be converted into truly correctional facilities where clients remanded to these facilities are not to be punished, but reformed as soon as possible, with the goal of helping them re-enter free society as law-abiding citizens.

2. The death penalty shall be banned.

3. Immunity from prosecution of prosecutors should be ended. If anything, prosecutors should be held to a higher, not a lower and certainly no standard at all, which is what immunity from prosecution means and which only serves as a very corrupting influence.

4. Upon the release of all persons remanded to a local, state, federal or US territorial institution as part of their sentencing following a criminal conviction, shall be guaranteed a job that pays or a stipend equaling a living wage, a decent place to live, and free, quality health care.

5. Ownership and operation of prisons by private companies shall be terminated. All contracts with private companies for prison-related services shall be terminated. All prisons and jails, and all services related to the operation of prisons and jails shall be directly run by the government, at cost and not for profit. In the meantime, no one representing, working for or a owner or stockholder of a private company currently running or providing services to prisons and jails shall cease all communications with law enforcement agencies (other than to coordinate transport of an inmate), especially any that have to do with "preferred inmate profiles" or their equivalent.   

Food Distribution

1. All food production industries must stop lacing their products with addictive levels of salt, sugar and fat, and forbidden from marketing food or drink products with addictive levels of salt, sugar and fat to minors under the age of 18.

Health Care

1. Free, quality health care shall be declared a right of every American citizen and non-citizens who are living, working or a student in the USA or any of its districts and territories, and the US Congress shall pass effective legislation to ensure every American citizen or persons who are living, working or a student receives full health care coverage, and this shall include mental health care. 

Housing

1. Safe, affordable, quality housing shall be declared a right of every American citizen and non-citizens who are living, working or a student in the USA or any of its districts and territories, and the US Congress shall pass effective legislation to ensure every American citizen or persons who are living, working or a student has unimpeded access to safe, affordable, quality housing.