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Way back in the mid 1990s a group of Republicans introduced the "Contract with America," an eight point economic plan intended to bring some sanity to the massive government budget. They were roundly mocked by the Leftist media and the Democrats at the time.
Fast-forward a few decades and now the Left has its own contract. The difference is, while the Republican contract was reform-oriented, the below "Contract for American Renewal" is more of the same thing the Left has already been implementing for 100 years.
It's truly amazing how the Left recycles the same failed ideas day after year after decade as if this time they will finally work.
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I'm looking for intelligent, constructive feedback.
Below is this coming election's Contract For American Renewal, this one specifically for House of Representatives. There's also one for Senate.
Keep in mind, the contract is not intended to reflect your personal priorities or mine, but is supposed to capture those of the majority of U.S. voters. I've compiled this by looking at credible issue polls from various sources.
The question is: Does the contract align with what the majority of voters consider vitally important?
The subtext of the question is: Would these issues convince voters they should vote for a CFAR candidate instead of a boilerplate establishment candidate?
What do you think?
I'm looking for intelligent, constructive feedback.
Below is this coming election's Contract For American Renewal, this one specifically for House of Representatives. There's also one for Senate.
Keep in mind, the contract is not intended to reflect your personal priorities or mine, but is supposed to capture those of the majority of U.S. voters. I've compiled this by looking at credible issue polls from various sources.
The question is: Does the contract align with what the majority of voters consider vitally important?
The subtext of the question is: Would these issues convince voters they should vote for a CFAR candidate instead of a boilerplate establishment candidate?
What do you think?
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CONTRACT FOR AMERICAN RENEWAL (CFAR 2026)
U. S. House of Representatives ___ District, State of __________
I, ______________, if elected to a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives representing the ___ District of the State of ____________, hereby commit to sponsor or co-sponsor and vote in favor of legislation for all of the following:
Minimum Wage: Immediately raising the minimum wage to $20.00 per hour.
Health Care: Instituting Medicare-For-All and/or single-payer health insurance; paid family and medical leave; coverage for dental, eye and hearing; lowering prescription drug prices; guaranteeing universal, high-quality health care.
Job Guarantees: Trade policy and labor reform guaranteeing a full-time job, paying a livable wage and providing adequate family and medical leave, paid vacations, and retirement security, for every person who wants to work.
Environment: Implementing bold measures to address climate change and protect the environment from human-caused degradation, pollution, depletion of the oceans, deforestation, desertification.
Getting Big Money Out of Politics: Overturning Citizens United and related judicial decisions and immediately initiating comprehensive campaign finance reform banning big money in politics, especially targeting dark money and corporate contributions.
Campaign Financing: I will only take contributions from individual donors. Campaign contributions and dark money from major corporations, special interest groups or other organizations, e.g. AIPAC, will not be accepted.
Expanding Social Security: Making no reductions of current benefits or raising the eligibility age; expanding social security by increasing or eliminating the cap on taxable income; increasing benefits by at least 10% for all eligible recipients.
Reducing Military Budget: Ending the undeclared wars and unnecessary military exploits across the globe, except where absolutely required to protect the safety of American citizens, and to defend the nation from overt, verifiable aggression. Limiting presidential deployment of military assets, except in cases of absolute emergency, by requiring informed congressional approval.
Crime and Criminal Justice Reform: Reforming our criminal justice system, focusing on our racially biased, for-profit incarceration system. At the same time, investing in effective crime prevention programs and community policing.
Tuition Free College: Making tuition free at public colleges and universities throughout America.
Fair Individual Tax Policies: Instituting fair tax policies to relieve the onerous tax burden now borne by the middle and lower classes; closing tax loopholes, especially targeting tax avoidance using offshore tax havens; introducing appropriate parallel increases to capital gains tax rates.
Fair Corporate Tax Policies: Eliminating tax loopholes, unnecessary tax credits and corporate subsidies, and barring use of corporate funds to lobby Congress; requiring corporations to contribute their fair share to federal revenue needs.
Electoral System Reform: Reforming our entire electoral system making voting easier and more accessible, establishing secure and effective mechanisms for reflecting and realizing the priorities and choices of U.S. citizens, including but not limited to: requiring valid voter ID; making election day an official holiday; amending the Constitution such that the President is elected by popular vote; permitting same day registration; standardizing procedures on a national level for determining electoral outcomes, instituting fully transparent protocols for a timely recording, collecting, storing, counting and recounting of votes.
I will publicly and on the floor of the House of Representatives actively promote any and all legislation which exclusively supports these measures. If no other legislator comes forth to propose such individual pieces of legislation, I will create and introduce by my own initiative, within 180 days of taking office, legislative acts for each of the foregoing, to be submitted for consideration by Congress.
I further understand and fully agree to the following: If I violate the above-stated terms of this agreement, I will tender on the 181st day after taking the oath of office for my legislative seat, my unconditional resignation from this elected position. Moreover, within one year of my resignation, I will refund all contributions made by the individual donors who supported my candidacy for this office.
I sign and will honor this as a legally binding contract, my ironclad guarantee to serve the citizens of this district, the ____ District of the State of _____________, should they choose me as their elected representative. Should I fail to perform the required actions, I am aware redress may be sought by those same citizens in any available proper legal channels, recognizing that such litigation can only be initiated by a clear majority of eligible voters in my district, via a referendum of those constituents.
I sign this agreement voluntarily and with a full appreciation of all its obligations and responsibilities. I accept and will abide by its terms, with a clear understanding of its requirements and implications.
Signed: _____________________ Date: ___________________
CONTRACT FOR AMERICAN RENEWAL (CFAR 2026)
U. S. House of Representatives ___ District, State of __________
I, ______________, if elected to a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives representing the ___ District of the State of ____________, hereby commit to sponsor or co-sponsor and vote in favor of legislation for all of the following:
Minimum Wage: Immediately raising the minimum wage to $20.00 per hour.
Health Care: Instituting Medicare-For-All and/or single-payer health insurance; paid family and medical leave; coverage for dental, eye and hearing; lowering prescription drug prices; guaranteeing universal, high-quality health care.
Job Guarantees: Trade policy and labor reform guaranteeing a full-time job, paying a livable wage and providing adequate family and medical leave, paid vacations, and retirement security, for every person who wants to work.
Environment: Implementing bold measures to address climate change and protect the environment from human-caused degradation, pollution, depletion of the oceans, deforestation, desertification.
Getting Big Money Out of Politics: Overturning Citizens United and related judicial decisions and immediately initiating comprehensive campaign finance reform banning big money in politics, especially targeting dark money and corporate contributions.
Campaign Financing: I will only take contributions from individual donors. Campaign contributions and dark money from major corporations, special interest groups or other organizations, e.g. AIPAC, will not be accepted.
Expanding Social Security: Making no reductions of current benefits or raising the eligibility age; expanding social security by increasing or eliminating the cap on taxable income; increasing benefits by at least 10% for all eligible recipients.
Reducing Military Budget: Ending the undeclared wars and unnecessary military exploits across the globe, except where absolutely required to protect the safety of American citizens, and to defend the nation from overt, verifiable aggression. Limiting presidential deployment of military assets, except in cases of absolute emergency, by requiring informed congressional approval.
Crime and Criminal Justice Reform: Reforming our criminal justice system, focusing on our racially biased, for-profit incarceration system. At the same time, investing in effective crime prevention programs and community policing.
Tuition Free College: Making tuition free at public colleges and universities throughout America.
Fair Individual Tax Policies: Instituting fair tax policies to relieve the onerous tax burden now borne by the middle and lower classes; closing tax loopholes, especially targeting tax avoidance using offshore tax havens; introducing appropriate parallel increases to capital gains tax rates.
Fair Corporate Tax Policies: Eliminating tax loopholes, unnecessary tax credits and corporate subsidies, and barring use of corporate funds to lobby Congress; requiring corporations to contribute their fair share to federal revenue needs.
Electoral System Reform: Reforming our entire electoral system making voting easier and more accessible, establishing secure and effective mechanisms for reflecting and realizing the priorities and choices of U.S. citizens, including but not limited to: requiring valid voter ID; making election day an official holiday; amending the Constitution such that the President is elected by popular vote; permitting same day registration; standardizing procedures on a national level for determining electoral outcomes, instituting fully transparent protocols for a timely recording, collecting, storing, counting and recounting of votes.
I will publicly and on the floor of the House of Representatives actively promote any and all legislation which exclusively supports these measures. If no other legislator comes forth to propose such individual pieces of legislation, I will create and introduce by my own initiative, within 180 days of taking office, legislative acts for each of the foregoing, to be submitted for consideration by Congress.
I further understand and fully agree to the following: If I violate the above-stated terms of this agreement, I will tender on the 181st day after taking the oath of office for my legislative seat, my unconditional resignation from this elected position. Moreover, within one year of my resignation, I will refund all contributions made by the individual donors who supported my candidacy for this office.
I sign and will honor this as a legally binding contract, my ironclad guarantee to serve the citizens of this district, the ____ District of the State of _____________, should they choose me as their elected representative. Should I fail to perform the required actions, I am aware redress may be sought by those same citizens in any available proper legal channels, recognizing that such litigation can only be initiated by a clear majority of eligible voters in my district, via a referendum of those constituents.
I sign this agreement voluntarily and with a full appreciation of all its obligations and responsibilities. I accept and will abide by its terms, with a clear understanding of its requirements and implications.
Signed: _____________________ Date: ___________________
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