A program for real change...

* Peace--- end the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya and shutdown the 800 U.S. military bases on foreign soil.



* A National Public Health Care System - ten million new jobs.



* A National Public Child Care System - three to five million new jobs.



* Works Progress Administration - three million new jobs.



* Civilian Conservation Corps - two million new jobs.



* Tax the hell out of the rich and cut the military budget by ending the wars to pay for it all which will create full employment.



* Enforce Affirmative Action; end discrimination.



* Raise the minimum wage to a real living wage



* What tax-payers subsidize in the way of businesses, tax-payers should own and reap the profits from.




* Moratorium on home foreclosures and evictions.



* Defend democracy by defending workers' rights including the right to collective bargaining for improving the lives and livelihoods of working people.



* Roll-back and freeze the price of food, electricity, gas and heating fuels; not wages, benefits or pensions
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* Defend and expand Social Security.



* Wall Street is our enemy



How is Barack Obama's Wall Street war economy working for you?



Let's talk about the politics and economics of livelihood for a real change.





Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Racism in the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party is orchestrated by the Governor

Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton stacks an audience with workers color to promote his jobs bill---

In announcing his new bonding proposals which Dayton calls his "Jobs Bill," Dayton, at his press conference had a packed "audience" at this press conference. The audience was mostly workers of color.

For some reason, after I challenged what he was doing with this hand-picked "audience" which was supposedly most construction workers of people of color by asking a very simple question--- the photo has now been removed. Here is the question I asked under the picture:

If one goes out to any construction site in the state of Minnesota, where do you find this mix including so many workers of color?

Obviously, this "good liberal" governor who refuses to enforce Affirmative Action, knew that anyone could see the validity of my comment--- and the intent of the comment which was: come on Governor Dayton, enforce Affirmative Action like you promised so when people see Minnesotans at work, they actually see what this picture was meant to convey--- a fully integrated workforce as a result of the enforcement of Affirmative Action.

So, what was the governor's response to my comment? Our "good liberal" Minnesota Governor, Mark Dayton, removed the photo from his FaceBook page.

This has got to be one of the most vile acts of racism any public official has ever engaged in by trying to make people believe there isn't a problem of racism when it comes to employment practices in Minnesota. Totally vile. Totally disgusting. Instead of correcting this racist injustice here we have Mark Dayton, the Governor of Minnesota, trying to cover the problem up.

Needless to say, along with the photo being removed, my comments on the photo were also removed--- talk about "democracy."

Shouldn't Mark Dayton be forced to respond by explaining his despicable racist behavior?