A New Covenant with the American People

By Democratic Party

"A New Covenant With the American People" is a document by the Democratic Party of America that calls for a revolution in government to take powers from entrenched bureaucracies and narrow interests in Washington and put it back in the hands of ordinary people. The document states the revolution of 1992 is about restoring America's economic greatness, putting government back into the side of working men and women. It is about a radical change in the way the government operates, facing up to tough choices, restoring the basic American values, and undoing the damaged bond between the American people and their government.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Apr 11, 2021
• ISBN: 4064066445676

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Democratic Party

A New Covenant with the American People

Published by Good Press, 2022

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EAN 4064066445676

Table of Contents

Preamble

I. OPPORTUNITY

Investing In America

Support for Innovation

The Deficit

Defense Conversion

The Cities

Agriculture and the Rural Community

Workers' Rights

Lifelong Learning

A Domestic GI Bill

Affordable Health Care

Fairness

Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Development

Civil and Equal Rights

Commonwealths and Territories

II. RESPONSIBILITY

Strengthening The Family

Welfare Reform

Choice

Making Schools Work

Labor-Management Responsibilities

Responsibility for the Environment

Responsible Government

Responsible Officials

III. RESTORING COMMUNITY

Combatting Crime and Drugs

Community Policing

Firearms

Pursuing All Crime Aggressively

Further Initiatives

Empowering The Poor and Expanding The Middle Class

Immigration

National Service

The Arts

IV. PRESERVING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY

Restructuring Our Military Forces

Restoring America's Economic Leadership

Promoting Democracy

Middle East Peace

Human Rights

Human Needs

Cyprus

Northern Ireland

Preserving The Global Environment

Developing Nations

Population Growth

Conclusion

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Two hundred summers ago, this Democratic Party was founded by the man whose burning pen fired the spirit of the American Revolution—who once argued we should overthrow our own government every 20 years to renew our freedom and keep pace with a changing world. In 1992, the party Thomas Jefferson founded invokes his spirit of revolution anew.

Our land reverberates with a battle cry of frustration that emanates from America's very soul -- from the families in our bedrock neighborhoods, from the unsung, workaday heroes of the world's greatest democracy and economy. America is on the wrong track. The American people are hurting. The American Dream of expanding opportunity has faded. Middle class families are working hard, playing by the rules, but still falling behind. Poverty has exploded. Our people are torn by divisions.

The last 12 years have been a nightmare of Republican irresponsibility and neglect. America's leadership is indifferent at home and uncertain in the world. Republican mismanagement has disarmed government as an instrument to make our economy work and support the people's most basic values, needs and hopes. The Republicans brought America a false and fragile prosperity based on borrowing, not income, and so will leave behind a mountain of public debt and a backbreaking annual burden in interest. It is wrong to borrow to spend on ourselves, leaving our children to pay our debts.

We hear the anguish and the anger of the American people. We know it is directed not just at the Republican administrations that have had power, but at government itself.

Their anger is justified. We