I invite you to join the Democrat Socialist Party (DSP). It is particularly important that you join today, so that your voice can be lent to our struggle to confront the impending defamation of our party by the Republican National Committee (RNC).
If you hadn't heard, the RNC plans to adopt a resolution "rebranding" the national Democratic Party the Democrat Socialist Party. Such a characterization will place the DSP in a false light, and we intend to demand the RNC cease and desist in its planned endeavor. As you will see below, the DSP's platform is much different from that of the Democratic Party, and to smear us by association with them shall not be tolerated.
The platform of the Democrat Socialist Party is as Follows:
National Security:
- Bring the troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Concentrate our efforts to combat true threats to our national security.
- Close Guantanamo, bring prisoners to the U.S. and try them in civilian courts.
- Prosecute those responsible for ordering U.S. military or civilian agencies to torture persons in U.S. custody.
Civil Rights:
- End bias against all persons based on gender.
- Repeal the Military Commissions Act.
- Repeal the Patriot Act.
- Outlaw warrantless spying on American citizens.
Health Care:
- Medicare for All.
- Expand Medicare to include routine dental and vision care.
Education:
- Guaranteed free public postsecondary education to any citizen who can demonstrate a good-faith committment to educational attainment.
- Make daycare available for all families with preshool age children.
Trade:
- Eliminate unfair non-reciprocal tarriff rates for U.S. goods, in order to protect American jobs and industry.
- End the Cuban trade embargo.
Transportation:
- Develop a system of separate passenger-only rail lines which will support high-speed rail across the 48 contiguous states.
- Allow motor fuel taxes to fund mass-transit projects.
Energy:
- Phase out coal and nuclear electrical generation.
- Develop alternative forms of energy production, including, wind, solar, tidal, and biomass.
- End oil drilling and coal mining in National Parks, Forests, and Refuges.
Economy:
- Triple the size of the stimulus for infrastructure projects and alternative energy production.
- Allow bankruptcy judges to re-write mortgages on first homes.
Our positions clearly differentiate the DSP from both the national Democratic Party and the Democratic National Committee. For the RNC to confuse us with those mealy-mouthed, timid, dolts in Congress who seem to be afraid of their own shadows, is an insult, and must cease immediately.
It is very easy to join the DSP. Simply sign up in the comment below. Should the RNC pass its resolution, we will respond accordingly with a cease and desist letter to Michael Steele forthwith.