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| Civil Rights |
| Throughout
American history, people have struggled to extend the reach of civil
rights to new groups of people. The Thornton for Governor campaign sees
itself as a small part of that larger movement, and we will continue to
fight to expand the reach of basic, fundmental rights to all people
regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, race or religion. |
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| Criminal Justice |
| Thornton
for Governor demands an end to the War on Drugs through legalization,
medicalization and decriminalization. Connecticut should abolish the
death penalty, provide amnesty for non-violent drug offenders serving
prison sentences, and re-examine the drinking age of 21. |
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| Education |
| Thornton
for Governor envisions a Connecticut where every single citizen is
functionally literate, where every citizen has equal access to
educational opportunities. |
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| Electoral Reform |
| "Being
a Green is like being black," Cliff Thornton has said. Third party
candidacies are oppressed in the system dominated by the two parties.
The time is now for a change. Connecticut needs improved ballot access
measures, campaign finance reform, Instant Runoff Voting and we should
seriously consider a return to paper ballots. |
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| Energy |
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| Environment |
| Cliff
Thornton and the Green Party propose environmental policies which we
understand will not be wildly popular because they call for individual
restraint when it comes to energy usage. But if we want to bequeath a
clean, healthy planet to our descendants, we have to make changes,
however painful they may be. Fixing the Earth requires sacrifice. |
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| Towards a Green Economy |
| A
green economy will produce of thousands of living wage jobs, lower our
reliance on expensive and polluting fossil fuels, create recycling and
reuse programs, housing rehabilitation, environmental remediation,
energy reduction and overall, generate a planet-friendly way of life. |
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| Female Reproductive Rights |
| Thornton
for Governor believes that health care is a human right. For that
reason, Cliff's campaign is focusing on single payer health care and
women's reproductive rights. |
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| Tax Policy |
| A
balanced revenue portfolio that eases the burdens of homeowners and
stops sprawl is essential to an overhaul of Connecticut tax policy. We
arrived there through a disciplined policy process which performs solid
policy analyses before passing legislation and then outcome
measurements on the back end. |
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| Transportation/Smart Growth |
| Connecticut
needs a balanced transportation plan that addresses rail, air,
bicycling, pedestrianism, buses, Ride Share vans and bussing. We need
to decrease our reliance on the automobile, and Thornton for Governor
is seeting an immediately attainable goal of removing 400,000 cars from
the roads of Connecticut. |
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| Solving the High Gas Price Problem |
| Here
are ten Green solutions to dealing with outrageous gasoline prices. Gas
prices will not be going down in our lifetimes. While the Green Party
would like to legislate these priorities, you can start to ease the
crunch on your wallet, but it takes personal discipline and
self-sacrifice. |
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| Reform Eminent Domain Laws |
| The
state of Connecticut partnered on the wrong side of the Kelo lawsuit.
The Connecticut Department of Economic Development needs new
leadership, and the laws surrounding eminent domain must be changed to
reflect real property rights for homeowners, and not private profit
rights for businesses. |
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| End The Iraq War |
| While
the war is generally an issue of federal policy, Thornton for Governor
opposes the war in Iraq because it is wrong. Iraq had nothing to do
with 9-11, and the invasion of a sovereign nation has made our country
less safe. |
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| Youth Voting Rights |
Young
people would be more civically active if they had the right to vote.
Connecticut's secretary of the state should do more to involve young
people who aren't of voting age to participate as poll workers, as
current law allows.
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| End the War on Drugs |
| Thornton
for Governor demands an end to the War on Drugs through legalization,
medicalization and decriminalization. Connecticut should abolish the
death penalty, provide amnesty for non-violent drug offenders serving
prison sentences, and re-examine the drinking age of 21. |
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| Single-Payer Health Care |
| We need sweeping, bold changes to our healthcare system: Single-payer healthcare. |
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