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Abolition of lobbying is a non-starter.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

You and I can hardly approach out congressman about a given issue, not effectively anyway. We band together, pool our money and hire the professionals on K Street instead. They have the connections and know how it works behind the scenes. Obvious problem being the corporations who outspend us for that representation.

Also obvious, or should be, not all lobbying efforts are evil.

Not an American, but if you're ambitious then why ask for redistricting instead of an actual electoral reform? Gerrymandering is only possible because "first past the post" voting is rotten to its core.

That font is atrocious.

Also, what's "3 month maternity" suppose to mean? You probably don't want people to stop being mothers after three months? "3 months paid maternity leave"

Free birth control should be replaced with -Reproductive rights -Universal Healthcare

Hike?! No, those corporate taxes need to go on a fucking death march until they're seeing new lands in record time. I want these multi trillion dollar companies asking their accountants in panicked voices what a three digit tax percentage even means.

I can appreciate the sentiment here, but we need to ground this a bit.

For example: Federal redistricting -> reapportionment. We're a completely different country than when "permanent apportionment" was established nearly 100 years ago. The numbers need to be reasonably weighted for population because "equal representation" is enshrined in our collective conscience.

An election day holiday will do Jack shit.

Need some tort reform and executive order overweight.