HOW TO VOTE For the New AmericaJim CunninghamAugust 2015In a emocrac!" we the #oters cou$" theoretica$$! at $east"trans%orm our countr! sim&$! '! #oting( Not '! %orming a$arger go#ernment 'ut '! emaning a %ar wiser one" we cou$'a$ance the %eera$ 'uget" create %u$$ em&$o!ment" reuceincome ine)ua$it!" e$iminate our wars" &ro#ie hea$thcare %ora$$ citi*ens" easi$! contro$ immigration" return the e$ection&rocess to the &eo&$e" reuce &o#ert!" great$! reuce&rouction o% CO2" ease the cost o% co$$ege" cut in ha$% thenum'er o% those incarcerate" e$iminate water shortages in theWest an e$sewhere" im&ro#e &u'$ic eucation" ma+e ,ocia$,ecurit! %ore#er so$#ent" e$iminate mass gun-homicies" an'ecome energ! ine&enent(How to #ote In general, candidates for political office must be well educated with a basic understanding of government, law, science, and world geography and cultures. Choose candidates who, unless we were directly attacked, would not start a new war. This should be the number one selection criterion for the next President.Candidates must be honest, ethical and tolerant.Vote for persons less guided by religion and superstition and are strongly probusiness.Vote for those who will not tolerate corruption in government.Vote for candidates who respect women and would not make abortion illegalnor difficult and would not shut down the existing clinics.Vote for politicians who will raise taxes for the wealthy.Vote for candidates who will not open up the old growth forests for logging.Vote for candidates who will not cut medical research funding.Vote for candidates who will fight for campaign finance reform. Vote for persons who will allow campaign donations of a maximum amount from individuals only, and who will outlaw !uper Pacs. Vote for a candidate who would thus return the election process back to the people. Vote for persons who would outlaw gerrymandering.Vote for persons who supports a minimum wage of "#$ per hour.Vote against anyone who would make it more difficult to vote.Vote for candidate who recogni%es the growing ineffectiveness of antibiotics and recommends federal funding for attacking the problem.Vote for no one who supports deportation of undocumented aliens with &merican born children.!upport no candidate who wants to increase the number of persons incarcerated.Jo'sThe US economy has a serious jobs problems. Remarkably, the federal government has no job growth programs. The Bureau of abor Statistics reported the following for !une "#$%.Unemployed &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&'.( million)art time workers&&&&&&&&&&&*.% million Stopped looking &&&&&&&&&&& $.+ millionTotal needing full time work. 16.7 millionThe problem of unemployment is more serious in many of our large cities. ,or e-ample unemployment in .etroit is $".+/. 0ewark +.*/ and 1leveland 2.$/. ,or blacks in )hiladelphia unemployment is $+/, in 1hicago it3s "%/.4mong several causative factors for this loss of employment, the major driving force is US corporations off5shoring high labor5content5assembly functions and to a less e-tent competing5product imports from 1hina and other lower cost of labor venues. The number of jobs lost to 1hana is straightforward to calculate. Their high tech labor5productivity rate was 6$%,*## per person in "#$(, and the trade deficit was 6(7( billion in "#$7. This is thus "" million jobs in 1hina mainly dedicated to assembly of US company products such as electronic devices. )rior to $+'#, labor intensive manufacturing and assembly was done here in our domestic factories.4 reasonable goal for our government would be to rebuild a number factories in various high unemployment US cites and bring back home, say one5half of these lost jobs. Thus create $$5million new jobs. This would add roughly 6"% billion in new ta- revenues and greatly reduce unemployment compensation and welfare costsThis could be achieved using various ta- incentives such as8 Vote for the politician who has a real 'obs program, such as support of domestic manufacturing using tax incentives, such as strong incentives for building factories and infrastructure in the cities. (or example, allow the tax free return of all )! company foreign profits *now "+.# trillion, if invested in )! factories and associated domestic labor.(ind candidates who propose that multinational corporation-s now offshoring assembly operations would have their )! tax rates reduced from today-s maximum of .$/ to %ero for all products competing globally and using 01/ or greater domestic assembly, testing and final shipping operations. Vote for persons who are against any private business paying for its employee-s health care. Vote for candidates who support a national singlepayer healthcare system. In general, this would be an expansion of the current 2edicare system, the program funded by individual tax revenues.!upport no politicians who oppose an increase in government infrastructure programs.Vote for persons who favors openshop rules in all states and makes public unions illegal. 3ive no support to any candidate who favors a law allowing the open carrying of a gun anywhere by private citi%ens.!olve the undocumented alien problem with use of a 4ational Identity Card carried by all )! citi%ens age #0 or above. This I5 is re6uired for employment, driving an auto, and airport security. !ome immigrants may be granted temporary cards. Visitors are exempt for a period with a Passport. The card is made impossible to counterfeit.Vote for persons who would eliminate incarceration for use of or selling of various illegal drugs and chemical substances. 7aw enforcement here would be by fines or recovery programs.Vote for someone who seeks )! energy independence and therefore ceases all petroleum imports and military activities from the 2iddle 8ast. 4o more blood for oil. This region is unstable, dangerous, chaotic and irrational. There, the religious intensity is so deep and intolerant, and the ethnic divisions so ingrained and polari%ed that the region could be in conflict for another #11years. )! military intervention cannot solve such a problem. Vote for someone who does not support the present unconstitutional killing by the use of drones.Vote for candidates who favor government loan support for college educations. Interest rates on the loans would fall in proportion to the percentage of online courses, eventually reaching negative values. This would move the colleges towards greater efficiency.Vote for politicians who pledge a balanced federal budget achieved mainly by cuts in defense and war, tax increases on wealthier individuals, and an increases in employment via infrastructure programs, some highlaborcontent manufacturing and other means. The present federal +1#$ budget would be in balance, for example, by cutting "+11 billion from 5efense, 2ilitary and 9omeland spending and raising tax revenues by #1/. & federal tax per gallon of gasoline is gradually imposed reaching one dollarten years. The funds are applied to mass transit.8liminate mass shootings. Vote for very strong gun control. Vote for gun laws where gun ownership is heavily regulated by law. 3enerally, private citi%ens would not be allowed to possess guns and penalties for arms trafficking would be severe. 3uns would be used by law enforcement, the military and paramilitary, and security personnel protecting property of state importance. Civilian ownership of guns would largely be restricted to authori%ed, nonindividual entities, including sporting organi%ations, authori%ed hunting reserves and wildlife protection, management and research organi%ations. Illegal possession or sale of firearms would result in heavy fines. 8ssentially, disarm the people.Vote for candidates who reali%es water shortages or droughts are readily alleviated by pumping water through pipes or via a6ua ducts from locations where there is too much water to regions where there is not enough. In general, this means transporting water from the 4orth or 8ast to the :est and !outhVote for people who reali%es that (rance has proved that nuclear power is a nonpolluting and highly efficient energy production process, and favors building many more nuclearpower plants in the )!. &nd favors the elimination of coal for producing electric power.Vote for persons who will raise the age of !ocial !ecurity participation, with some healthproblem exceptions, to age ;1.Vote for politicians who reali%e the value of widespread interstate electrifiedmasstransit towards the goal of energy independence. .o$iticians who wou$ )ua$i%!It is not difficult to make list of politicians who would not 6ualify under the terms of this essay.