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The information below was accessed on October 21, 2020 from https://howiehawkins.us/platform/
COVID-19 EMERGENCY MEASURES FOR THE DURATION OF THE CRISIS
- Medicare to Pay for COVID-19 Testing and Treatment and All Emergency Health Care
- Defense Production Act to Rapidly Plan the Production and Distribution of Medical Supplies and a Universal Test, Contact Trace, and Quarantine Program to Safely Reopen the Economy
- An OSHA Temporary Standard to Provide Enforceable PPE Protection for Workers
- $2,000 a Month to All Adults Over Age 16 and $500 per Child
- Loans to All Businesses and Hospitals for Payroll and Fixed Overhead To Be Forgiven If All Workers Are Kept on Payroll
- Moratorium on Evictions, Foreclosures, and Utility Shutoffs
- Cancel Rent, Mortgage, and Utility Payments; Federal Government Pays Those Bills; High-income People Pay Taxes on this Relief
- Suspend Student Loan Payments with 0% Interest Accumulation
- Federal Universal Rent Control
- Aid to State and Local Governments Sufficient to Keep Essential Services Running
- A 10-Year, $42 Trillion Ecosocialist Green New Deal for Economic Recovery through a Just Transition to 100% Clean Energy by 2030
- Universal Mail-in Ballots for the 2020 General Election
ECOSOCIALIST GREEN NEW DEAL
- Public Ownership and Planning in Energy, Manufacturing, and Transportation
- Zero-to-Negative Carbon Emissions by 2030
- 100% Clean Energy by 2030
- Ban Fracking and New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure
- No Nukes
- Zero-Waste Manufacturing and Recycling
- Electrified Rails: Freight, Inter-City High-Speed, and Intra-City Trolleys
- Heat Pumps to Heat and Cool Buildings
- Regenerative Organic Agriculture
- Parity Pricing and Supply Management for All Agricultural Commodities
- Civilian Conservation Corps for Forest, Wetland, and Habitat Restoration
PEACE POLICIES
- Pledge No First Use of Nuclear Weapons
- Unilaterally Disarm to a Minimum Credible Deterrent
- Negotiate with Nuclear Powers to Enact the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
- End the Endless Wars—US Troops Home
- Cut the Military Budget by 75%
- Invest the Savings in a Global Green New Deal
- Use Diplomacy and International Law to Promote Peace, Human Rights, and Democracy
ECONOMIC BILL OF RIGHTS
- Job Guarantee
- Guaranteed Minimum Income Above Poverty
- $20 Minimum Wage
- Affordable Housing for All through Universal Rent Control and Public Housing
- Medicare for All—A Community-Controlled National Health Service
- Lifelong Free Public Education—Pre-K through College
- Secure Retirement—Double Social Security Benefits
SOCIALIST ECONOMY
- Worker Cooperatives
- Public Ownership of Big Banks and Industries
- Public Monetary Authority
- Democratic Economic Planning
- Production for Use within Ecological Limits
POLITICAL DEMOCRACY
- Ranked-Choice National Popular Vote for President
- Proportional Representation in Congress
- End Party Suppression—Fair Ballot Access
- End Voter Suppression—Restore the Preclearance Provision to the Voting Rights Act
- Right to Vote Constitutional Amendment
- Automatic Voter Registration
- Voting Rights for Felons
- Auditable Paper Balloting
- Full Public Campaign Finance
- We The People Amendment to End the Corporate-Personhood and Money-Is-Speech Legal Doctrines
- DC Statehood
SOCIAL JUSTICE
- Enforce Anti-Discrimination Laws
- Restore Affirmative Action to Provide Equal Opportunities
- Student and Medical Debt Relief
- Defend Abortion Rights
- Equality Act
- Equal Rights Amendment
- Reparations for African-Americans
- Honor Indian Treaty Rights
- Rights for Farmworkers Under Fair Labor Standards Act
- Close Migrant Detention Camps—Swift Family Reunification
- Legal Status for Undocumented Immigrants
- Open Borders like within the European Union
CRIMINAL AND CIVIL JUSTICE
- Monitor and Prosecute White Racist Terrorists
- Federal Investigations of Local Police Misconduct
- Community Control of the Police
- End Mass Incarceration—Treat Drug Abuse as a Health Problem, Not a Criminal Problem
- Legalize Marijuana
- Decriminalize Personal Possession of Hard Drugs
- Drug Treatment on Demand
- Decriminalize Sex Work
- Fight Corporate Crime
- End Warrantless Mass Surveillance
- Pardon Whistle Blowers and Political Prisoners
MEDIA DEMOCRACY
- Restore Net Neutrality
- Anti-Trust Action Against Media Conglomerates and Social Media Platforms
- Socialize Social Media and E-Commerce Monopolies
- Diversify Private Media Ownership
- Fund Independent Community-Based Public Media
TAX JUSTICE
- End Social Security Tax Cap on High Incomes
- End Fossil Fuel Subsidies
- Cut Corporate Welfare
- Financial Transactions Tax
- Progressive Wealth Tax
- Progressive Estate Tax
- More Progressive Personal and Business Income Taxes
- Land Value Tax