8. There will be a
non-hierarchical, or grassroots, approach to public schools: Neighbors who live within the boundaries
of each public elementary, middle, and high school will establish their own
school philosophy and curriculum, using public funds. There will no longer be federal, state,
county, or township control of neighborhood schools. This will improve neighborhood togetherness
and community solidarity.
9. The Federal Reserve
will be abolished, and Congress will oversee a publicly owned banking system
like the State Bank of South Dakota.
10. The United States
will work to establish a democratic world government that provides equal pay
for equal work, with no one earning more than three times the wages of the lowest
paid worker. A system of workplace democracy will be instituted.
Marches on Washington D.C., state capitals, and city
government buildings can be coordinated to occur simultaneously four times a year,
until the U.S. Congress, as urged by masses of citizens, implements the above ten
demands through the passage of federal amendments and laws. Representatives who do not support the ten
demands will be voted out of office. It
is time to begin.
Roger Copple is 63 years old. He retired in 2010 from elementary school teaching (mostly 3rd
grade) and high school special education in Indianapolis. Now residing in the Bradenton/Sarasota area
of Florida, he is deeply grateful that
he stuck it out to get a teacher's pension and started getting his Social
Security early at age 62. He now hopes
to make a contribution to society through further study, reflection, and
writing.
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