Key
Issues
1. End the
War in Iraq. We must end the war in Iraq with fully-funded withdrawal
that brings our troops home and replaces them with U.N. peacekeepers.
Congress should insist:
“No
appropriations bill will reach the floor,
until the
president agrees to end the war.”
The next
congress must also investigate war profiteering, corporate and
oil companies influence on the origin and conduct of the war,
and then turn any evidence over to the U.S. Attorney General.
2. Fight
Terrorism and Provide Better National Security. A skilled law
enforcement community can intercept terrorist plots before they
take place, but the current administration failed to stop the
9-11 terrorists. Now it further jeopardizes our safety by refusing
to follow recommendations of the 9-11 Commission, by weakening
our military, and by deploying state-based National Guard units
overseas in a war that creates more terrorists than it kills.
3. Make Healthcare
Affordable to All Americans. We are all at risk when 46 million
of our friends and neighbors can get sick without health care
protection. We must find a practical way to make healthcare
affordable to everyone. The best plan is to offer health insurance
to those who do not have any, like current All Kids healthcare
offered by the state of Illinois (premiums based on income and
the difference financed from the general revenue budget and
not by new taxes on the employers), with free choice of one’s
provider similar to Medicare. This is not “socialized
medicine.”
4. Protect
Unions and Small Business. Trade unions and the small business
sector are under assault from many directions. Jobs and whole
companies get unfairly outsourced to foreign countries. The
U.S. economy cannot prosper without vibrant unions and small
businesses that provide gainful employment and technological
innovation. We must strengthen our middle class by protecting
jobs and worker rights.
5. Bring
Balance to Globalization. Replace “free trade” with
“fair trade.” While globalization can help underdeveloped
countries and create new markets for American goods and services,
we must insist on decent wages and working conditions, and environmental
safeguards, in those countries. At its worst, globalization
masks a selfish agenda that exports whole companies and legalizes
tax evasion for profits earned here. Every corporate tax haven
overseas unfairly shifts the tax burden back onto middle-class
Americans. We have exported millions of jobs overseas under
the current administration.
6. Restore
Fair Taxes. Special tax breaks for large corporations and the
very rich not only hurt the poor by forcing cuts in key services,
but they burden the middle class with higher taxes. We must
restore the progressive income tax system that has served us
well since 1913 (the more you make, the higher percentage you
pay, because you have greater ability to pay, and a larger financial
stake in the country’s economic soundness).
7. Defend
Citizens from Abuse. Congress must stand up against abusive,
dishonest government, and guarantee all citizens an equal right
to pursue happiness, prosperity, and economic stability. We
must hold elected officials accountable for their actions.
Paid
for by Stan Jagla for Congress
