Good Party
MICHAEL ERNEST KERR
GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE FOR 2022 CALIFORNIA CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 10
MICHAEL KERR FOR CONGRESS WITH PEACE AND JUSTICE
“CENSORSHIP AND THE TRUTH ARE NOT COMPATIBLE”
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Campaign Summary
The Democratic and Republican Parties are both under the control of the Military-Industrial-Prison-Media complex that President Eisenhower warned the public about when he left office. The values of the Green Party more closely match my own!
Good Party Pledge
Good Party candidates take a pledge to be Independent, People Powered and Anti-Corruption.
😇HONEST
Good Certified candidates are committed to serving with utmost integrity, and using technology to be open, transparent and responsive representatives of the people.
I pledge to serve with the highest levels of integrity and honesty and to report and disclose to appropriate authorities (constituents, law enforcement, etc.) any attempts to unfairly influence me or members of my campaign staff within 48 hours.
I pledge to serve transparently and to be accountable and responsive to the people – including to the extent possible to:
- Openly share my calendar, and to have my meetings on public time be live-streamed, closed-captioned, archived and searchable.
- Allocate a reasonable portion of official and campaign resources to the technology (e.g. mobile apps, phone, body cam, Youtube, Facebook Live, etc.) necessary to do so.
- Push for transparency and accountability in all government spending and accounting, including the use of technologies for such purposes.
I pledge that, if elected, I will always work to champion or support anti-corruption policies that enable more competition and choices in elections and transparency and accountability in government – including but not limited to examples such as:
Rank-choice voting, non-partisan primaries, ending gerrymandering, proportional representation, closing the revolving door from politics to lobbying and eliminating influence of dark money.
🗽INDEPENDENT
Good Certified candidates are not Republican or Democratic politicians. They are independent-minded people from across the political spectrum, dedicated to advancing the priorities of their constituents.
I pledge to disaffiliate from the Democratic or Republican Parties and declare myself an independent or alternative party candidate for office.
I pledge that, if elected, I will NOT pay membership dues or otherwise engage in fundraising for either of the two major political party committees while in office.
I pledge that, if elected, I will remain independent of partisan politics and be open to working with all sides to the benefit of my constituents.
🙌🏼PEOPLE-POWERED
Good Certified candidates run to serve people, not corporations, unions, political action committees or special interests. They run grass-roots campaigns that depend on being connected to and promoted by the people that they’ll be serving.
I pledge that the majority of my support will come from living people and individual donors, NOT from corporations, unions, political action committees, or other non-living entities.
I pledge to run a grass-roots campaign, centered on ideas, earned media and word-of-mouth promotion, so that I’m dependent on the people, not on big-money and special interests.
I pledge that after I’m elected I will stay connected to my constituency using technology and tools that ensure my decisions on important issues and legislation are informed by their best ideas and interests.
Good Party Issue Questionnaire
Military:
End Foreign Wars! The U.S continues to be the greatest purveyor of violence in the world as MLK said in the late 60’s
Energy & Climate:
Climate Emergency! The U.S. needs to lead the world in attacking the climate catastrophe with the same level of effort as was made during WWII
Electoral Reform:
Public Campaign Financing! Until there is a level field in elections as to financing and public access, we will continue to have corporate monied sponsored candidates win most elections.
Inequality:
Living Wages! We need a guaranteed living income for all U.S. adults regardless of work status that includes those on SSI and Social Security. Tax the rich whatever it takes!
Healthcare:
M4A! We need a Medicare for All similar but all the better than other industrialized nations. If government is the single payer of healthcare, it will be motivated to promote healthy people and environment.
Taxation:
Tax The Rich! It is insane to allow individuals to be so wealthy that they can control and compete with our government. Tax the billionaires and other super rich out of existence, income and wealth wise. Have no mercy!
Abortion:
Pro-choice (with limits)! The Democratic Party has failed us in not making the Supreme Court’s excellent compromise Roe v. Wade decision into law. That should be a priority in the future. The “pro-life” movement keeps electing politicians who act as if the “Sanctity of Life Ends at Birth”.
Deficits:
Abolish Debt Ceiling! Military budget needs to be sharply reduced. We spend more money on “Defense” than the next 10 nations combined. Foreign aid should only be for humanitarian and social needs. Domestic social spending and helping the poor actually increases the tax base as money exchanges hands more frequently!
Guns:
Universal Background Checks! We need universal background checking everywhere; stores, gun shows and individual sales. All guns should have ID numbers like cars. No Assault weapons except for legitimate gun collectors. Child Safety devices with guns. Parents responsible for minor’s access. Need liability Insurance!
Immigration:
Dignity for Asylum Seekers! Respect the humanitarian rights of refugees. Quick citizenship available for Dreamers. Green cards and reasonable path to citizenship for those undocumented. Stop negatively interfering with other nations and their people. Low-cost renewable yearly non-corporate controlled work visas!
Drugs:
End Drug War! Drug usage abuse is an addiction and mental illness. Local community should provide medications to help those addicted to recover and help end profit driven criminal drug empire! Legalize marijuana use & cultivation, but severely limit corporate control & promotion. End drug use incarceration!
Education costs:
Free Public Universities! Education is an important public resource that makes our country and the world a better place. The U.S. should provide free public education from pre-K through college. Forgive existing public student debt and negotiate private student debt payments. Reimburse paid school debts for those in need!
Unions:
Union Yes! Get rid of “Right to be Slave” laws. Promote right to form unions. Encourage a National Union of all workers regardless of corporate or industry status! Allow workers first right to purchase companies being closed or moved with public financing. Promote Cooperatives!
Transportation:
Public Transit Everywhere! Free Public transportation should be a priority. Car less Cities in future. Rapid transition from fossil fuel driven vehicles to hybrids to all electric. Make vehicles easy to repair, reuse or at least recycle. High speed trains part of infrastructure plans!
Housing:
Affordable Housing! Housing should be a right. Providing decent housing to all makes for a better safer community and it is cost effective. End housing speculation. End property tax on primary residence and tax like hell multi-home ownership! Aid public banks & credit unions to prioritize home ownership!
Business:
End Corporate Welfare, Breakup Monopolies, Worker Cooperatives, Small Businesses First
Death Penalty:
Abolish Death Penalty! Allowing the state, the right to kill anyone is obscene. Too many innocents have been on death row! It’s long process, further damages the families of the victims & the incarcerated. It is an emotional, moral and financial drain on society.
Economy:
Universal Basic Income! A universal guaranteed livable income for all U.S. adults would create a more equitable society. It would help to eliminate poverty and a major impetus causing most crime. Tax the rich whatever it takes! Will need a 100% repairable, reusable and recyclable society! Guaranteed public jobs!
Police Reform:
Prosecute Police Abuse! Stop Police Militarization. Need mandatory bodycams. Community Policing would create safer neighborhoods. There is no excuse to train police to shoot to kill just because they believe they feel threaten. Just like anyone in society, if you kill someone you need to be independently investigated and tried the same as anyone else. There shouldn’t be any qualified immunity, in fact these highly trained individuals, trusted with lethal weapons should be held to a higher standard
Education:
Fund Public Schools & Support Teachers! Public schools should be fully funded through our income tax system rather than with separate school bonds and local taxes. The quality of education and teacher salary should be the same in poor communities as well as rich. No tax money should go to private charter schools. Next to reading and math, critical thinking should be taught at every level of schooling. Critical thinking might be the nmost important subject of all, yet it is seldom taught if at all. The education system needs to recognize that students don’t always learn in the same way or rate. I find the grading system to be detrimental to wholesome learning. Test with pass/fail system with no negative reference if someone needs many opportunities to pass. Teaching should help encourage debate and discussion. Nothing in real life is black and white.
Race & Racism
Equality For All! All lives matter, but special consideration needs to be acknowledged for those communities that have suffered oppression and societal forms of racism. I believe any reparations should include programs to help those who most need extra assistance to become full and equal members of society. There needs to be acknowledgement of past wrongs by society and in our education system. Let’s all work for a better society and world for all.
Critical Race Theory (CRT), intellectual and social movement and loosely organized framework of legal analysis based on the premise that race is not a natural, biologically grounded feature of physically distinct subgroups of human beings but a socially constructed (culturally invented) category that is used to oppress and exploit people of colour.
Banking:
Public Banking! Post Office Banking, Cap Credit Card Interest, Ban Payday Loans, Breakup Big Banks, Support Credit Unions, improve Dodd-Frank. I support Post Office Banking and a public Banking system. Cap Credit Card Interest.
The Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (commonly referred to as Dodd–Frank) is a United States federal law that was enacted on July 21, 2010.[1] The law overhauled financial regulation in the aftermath of the Great Recession, and it made changes affecting all federal financial regulatory agencies and almost every part of the nation’s financial services industry.[2][3]
Covid:
Vaccine Mandate! No vaccine Mandates
Social Security:
Expand Social Security: The minimum SSI and Social Security payments should be the minimum wage in each state. Time in the U.S. legally, should be only limiting factor. All income earned and unearned should be taxed. The age to get Social Security should be lowered to 50-55.
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My 2022 Campaign Questionnaires & Issues
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