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	<big><big>'''This is a list of CONCRETE GOALS to include in the survey for NatGat 2013.'''</big></big>		<big><big>'''This is a list of CONCRETE GOALS to include in the survey for NatGat 2013.'''</big></big>

	!!! FINAL LIST OF OBJECTIVES posted to NATGAT 2013 can be found HERE!!!		[[http://goo.gl/yOra43 !!! FINAL LIST OF OBJECTIVES posted to NATGAT 2013 can be found HERE!!!]]

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	<big><big>'''This is a list of CONCRETE GOALS to include in the survey for NatGat 2013.'''</big></big>		<big><big>'''This is a list of CONCRETE GOALS to include in the survey for NatGat 2013.'''</big></big>

			!!! FINAL LIST OF OBJECTIVES posted to NATGAT 2013 can be found HERE!!!

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	* Minimal income: everyone gets a check, Basic Income Guarantee: http://www.usbig.net/index.php TF, AC [http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/articles/miron-nationalaffairs-1-5-11.pdf Cato Insitute Report]		* Minimal income: everyone gets a check, [[Basic Income Guarantee]]: http://www.usbig.net/index.php TF, AC [http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/articles/miron-nationalaffairs-1-5-11.pdf Cato Insitute Report]
	* Tax "resource use" NOT just on income (including Carbon Tax, including high taxes on companies that are not "zero-waste" and those who do not adhere to "Extended Producer Responsibility" standards TF		* Tax "resource use" NOT just on income (including Carbon Tax, including high taxes on companies that are not "zero-waste" and those who do not adhere to "Extended Producer Responsibility" standards TF
	* Zero-Sum Budget the Title 26 as recommended by the US Tax Payer Advocate (Tina E. Olson); start with no exemptions or credits and democratically decide (on line or w/town meetings) which credits to include or exclude. Use "just the brackets" during a five year planning process and then implement during an additional two year implementation period. [[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/User_talk:AriaLittlhous See Discussion]] AC		* Zero-Sum Budget the Title 26 as recommended by the US Tax Payer Advocate (Tina E. Olson); start with no exemptions or credits and democratically decide (on line or w/town meetings) which credits to include or exclude. Use "just the brackets" during a five year planning process and then implement during an additional two year implementation period. [[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/User_talk:AriaLittlhous See Discussion]] AC

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	How:		How:
	* Minimal income: everyone gets a check, Basic Income Guarantee: http://www.usbig.net/index.php TF, AC		* Minimal income: everyone gets a check, Basic Income Guarantee: http://www.usbig.net/index.php TF, AC [http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/articles/miron-nationalaffairs-1-5-11.pdf Cato Insitute Report]
	* Tax "resource use" NOT just on income (including Carbon Tax, including high taxes on companies that are not "zero-waste" and those who do not adhere to "Extended Producer Responsibility" standards TF		* Tax "resource use" NOT just on income (including Carbon Tax, including high taxes on companies that are not "zero-waste" and those who do not adhere to "Extended Producer Responsibility" standards TF
	* Zero-Sum Budget the Title 26 as recommended by the US Tax Payer Advocate (Tina E. Olson); start with no exemptions or credits and democratically decide (on line or w/town meetings) which credits to include or exclude. Use "just the brackets" during a five year planning process and then implement during an additional two year implementation period. [[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/User_talk:AriaLittlhous See Discussion]] AC		* Zero-Sum Budget the Title 26 as recommended by the US Tax Payer Advocate (Tina E. Olson); start with no exemptions or credits and democratically decide (on line or w/town meetings) which credits to include or exclude. Use "just the brackets" during a five year planning process and then implement during an additional two year implementation period. [[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/User_talk:AriaLittlhous See Discussion]] AC

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	[[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Occupy_Strategic_Planning To Strategic Planning Main Page]]		[[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Occupy_Strategic_Planning To Strategic Planning Main Page]]

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	− [[Brainstorm Bank]] for raw ideas that need flushing out		− [[Brainstorm Bank]] for raw ideas that need flushing out

			- [[Second Wave]] the next phase

	=== I. Enviro ===		=== I. Enviro ===

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	* All public financials downloadable in Excel format		* All public financials downloadable in Excel format
	* We support the practice of using paper ballots throughout all elections with receipts		* We support the practice of using paper ballots throughout all elections with receipts
			* Consensu-based Democracy BW

	==== E. Legal System, just and fair ====		==== E. Legal System, just and fair ====

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Polar: /* B. MONETARY/BANKING REFORM */

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B. MONETARY/BANKING REFORM

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	==== B. MONETARY/BANKING REFORM ====		==== B. MONETARY/BANKING REFORM ====
	* Serious Derivatives Regulation (Reinstitution of Dodd-Frank (get it done!) been in committee controlled by derivatives industry forever!) TF		* Serious Derivatives Regulation (Reinstitution of Dodd-Frank (get it done!) been in committee controlled by derivatives industry forever!) TF PL
	* End the Fed (put the soverienty control back in the hands of the people) TF		* End the Fed (put the soverienty control back in the hands of the people) TF
	* Reinstitution of the Glass-Stegall Act TF		* Reinstitution of the Glass-Stegall Act TF PL
	* Reinstitution of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretton_Woods_system Bretton woods system]]TF		* Reinstitution of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretton_Woods_system Bretton woods system]]TF
	* Abolish corporate rights [[End Corporatocracy: Time Frames & Actions]] VOTE FOR THIS ITEM UNDER "C"		* Abolish corporate rights [[End Corporatocracy: Time Frames & Actions]] VOTE FOR THIS ITEM UNDER "C"
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	* Create Alternative Currencies and Banking structures (crowdfunding, etc) TF		* Create Alternative Currencies and Banking structures (crowdfunding, etc) TF
	* Replace the current federal low income housing program with one that sells small net zero rental properties to inner city low income owners who agree to occupy them. No middlers, direct sales from government to citizens, with the fed having right of first refusal.		* Replace the current federal low income housing program with one that sells small net zero rental properties to inner city low income owners who agree to occupy them. No middlers, direct sales from government to citizens, with the fed having right of first refusal.
	* Thirty hour work week for all employees w/10 hours/week on community service.		* Thirty hour work week for all employees w/10 hours/week on community service.
			* Corporations that register outside the US are not American companies PL

	=== III. Freedom of Information ===		=== III. Freedom of Information ===

Polar: /* A. Goal: Get Money Our of Politics */

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A. Goal: Get Money Our of Politics

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	* End two-party system by opening debates up to all candidates on the ballot		* End two-party system by opening debates up to all candidates on the ballot
	* re-districting by non-partisan groups PL		* re-districting by non-partisan groups PL
			* Minimun 5-year revolving door from legislative to lobbying, including congressional staffers PL
			* End filibuster, pocket veto and other obstructionist procedures PL
			* Term limits for Supreme Court justices. Lifetime tenure was instituted when life-expectancy was shorter and cultural shifts were far less frequent. Generation based cultural biases of justices increasingly raise the risk of reactionary decisions. PL
			* Corporate lobby access to legislators must not exceed that of local issue-oriented group. PL

	==== B. Goal:local community control ====		==== B. Goal:local community control ====

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	==== A. Land ====		==== A. Land ====
	* Mandate a certain percentage of public commons (land) to be farm, park, or nature conservation areas. [[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Commons_Items See Commons Items List of Land Use Policies]] TF, PL		* Mandate a certain percentage of public commons (land) to be farm, park, or nature conservation areas. [[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Commons_Items See Commons Items List of Land Use Policies]] TF, PL, BW
	* Use rooftops for renewable energy (gardens, wind turbines, solar)		* Use rooftops for renewable energy (gardens, wind turbines, solar) BW
	* Offer tax credits to farms that give away food		* Offer tax credits to sustainable farms that give away food BW
	* Lease commons (locally owned/controlled land) to local organic growers		* Lease commons (locally owned/controlled land) to local organic growers
	* Institute development policies that favor REAL affordable housing tied to lowest wage earners (not "average" income) *		* Institute development policies that favor REAL affordable housing tied to lowest wage earners (not "average" income)
			* Offer community and individual "tax" of less bureaucratic form of
			encouraging local gardens and food sharing. public space food swaps. etc. BW

	==== B. Food ====		==== B. Food ====
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	* Tax credits to food providers that offer food for free (pay-what-you-can cafes, etc)		* Tax credits to food providers that offer food for free (pay-what-you-can cafes, etc) BW
	* Replace the food stamp/agribusiness grand bargain with a [[http://www.usbig.net/index.php basic income guarantee]] TF		* Replace the food stamp/agribusiness grand bargain with a [[http://www.usbig.net/index.php basic income guarantee]] TF BW
	* Before being allowed on the market it is required that all products including food additives, packaging, cosmetics, and cleaning supplies be tested to show they are safe by multiple independent non-governmental agencies and governmental agencies and academic institutions whose data will be examined and re-tested till there can be an agreed upon scientific consensus of whether or not to allow these products to the market.		* Before being allowed on the market it is required that all products including food additives, packaging, cosmetics, and cleaning supplies be tested to show they are safe by multiple independent non-governmental agencies and governmental agencies and academic institutions whose data will be examined and re-tested till there can be an agreed upon scientific consensus of whether or not to allow these products to the market.
	* Free school lunches - no unhealthy food in schools		* Free school lunches - no unhealthy food in schools
	* Easy access to fresh produce and nutritious food in poor communities		* Easy access to fresh produce and nutritious food in poor communities
	* End all subsidies in the Farm Bill to corporate farms and processed food companies; add subsidies, and increase those on the books, for organic farms. Incentivize wide variety of crops not including corn and soybeans		* End all subsidies in the Farm Bill to corporate farms and processed food companies; add subsidies, and increase those on the books, for organic farms. Incentivize wide variety of crops not including corn and soybeans BW

	==== C. ESTABLISH A "STRONG COMMONS" ====		==== C. ESTABLISH A "STRONG COMMONS" ====
	* Amend the constitution to end the corporatocracy and restore inalienable natural rights to individuals [[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Occupy_Strategic_Planning_Reading_Resources#7._Corporate_Personhood_Information Corporate Rights Reading Materials]] TF AC PL		* Amend the constitution to end the corporatocracy and restore inalienable natural rights to individuals [[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Occupy_Strategic_Planning_Reading_Resources#7._Corporate_Personhood_Information Corporate Rights Reading Materials]] TF AC PL BW
	* Amend the corporate charter to subordinate responsibility to shareholders to responsibility to prevent harm to people, wildlife and the environment.		* Amend the corporate charter to subordinate responsibility to shareholders to responsibility to prevent harm to people, wildlife and the environment.
	* Establish a strong "commons", to include the following [[Commons Items]]		* Establish a strong "commons", to include the following [[Commons Items]] BW TF
	* Declaring Inalienable Rights for the environment AC		* Declaring Inalienable Rights for the environment AC
	* Establish local rights-based ordinances, so communities can say no to polluters, and give right to enforce commons to small municipalities [[End Corporatocracy: Time Frames & Actions]] TF PL		* Establish local rights-based ordinances, so communities can say no to polluters, and give right to enforce commons to small municipalities [[End Corporatocracy: Time Frames & Actions]] TF PL BW
	* President Franklin Delano Roosvelt's 1944 second U.S. Bill of Rights, a U.S. Economic Bill of Rights. TF PL		* President Franklin Delano Roosvelt's 1944 second U.S. Bill of Rights, a U.S. Economic Bill of Rights. TF PL
	* Extend Public Education to College AC PL		* Extend Public Education to College AC PL BW
	* Government incentives for manufacturers to compete with Germany rather than China. Competing with Germany's higher quality products -- as opposed to China's cheaper products -- offers higher paying jobs at home. It also encourages innovation to make high quality even higher and also cheaper; as opposed to encouraging crap to be made crappier and cheaper.		* Government incentives for manufacturers to compete with Germany rather than China. Competing with Germany's higher quality products -- as opposed to China's cheaper products -- offers higher paying jobs at home. It also encourages innovation to make high quality even higher and also cheaper; as opposed to encouraging crap to be made crappier and cheaper. BW

	=== II. Economy ===		=== II. Economy ===
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	* Nationalize the US healthcare system TF AC PL		* Nationalize the US healthcare system TF AC PL BW
	* Deploy national healthcare system		* Deploy national healthcare system
	* End fee for service & require that clinicians be salaried.		* End fee for service & require that clinicians be salaried.
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	* Term limits for Supreme Court justices. Lifetime tenure was instituted when life-expectancy was shorter and cultural shifts were far less frequent. Generation based cultural biases of justices increasingly raise the risk of reactionary decisions. PL		* Term limits for Supreme Court justices. Lifetime tenure was instituted when life-expectancy was shorter and cultural shifts were far less frequent. Generation based cultural biases of justices increasingly raise the risk of reactionary decisions. PL
	* Corporate lobby access to legislators must not exceed that of local issue-oriented group. PL		* Corporate lobby access to legislators must not exceed that of local issue-oriented group. PL
			* Monet out of politics BW

	==== B. Goal:local community control ====		==== B. Goal:local community control ====