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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Greens want to bring grassroots democracy to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">America</del>, to counteract what Thomas Jefferson called the “excesses of the monied interests.” <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">America is blessed with a </del>great diversity of honorable, generous and good-hearted people<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Our government should reflect this</del>. A grassroots democracy would be more reflective of the people and their interests. It would elevate new people into leadership – more women and people of color, more teachers, nurses and local retail clerks, more mothers, union members, dishwashers, artists, janitors and secretaries. Our government will have fewer millionaires, but greater moral authority. Our goal is a government of, by and for the people.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Greens want to bring grassroots democracy to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the United States</ins>, to counteract what Thomas Jefferson called the “excesses of the monied interests.” <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Our government should reflect the </ins>great diversity of honorable, generous and good-hearted people <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of our country</ins>. A grassroots democracy would be more reflective of the people and their interests. It would elevate new people into leadership – more women and people of color, more teachers, nurses and local retail clerks, more mothers, union members, dishwashers, artists, janitors and secretaries. Our government will have fewer millionaires, but greater moral authority. Our goal is a government of, by and for the people.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After more than a century of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">duopoly </del>rule by Democrats and Republicans, our democracy is in disarray.  Corruption is rife. Money buys political office.  Districts are gerrymandered<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, while alternatives </del>are restricted or excluded from debates, the media and the ballot. As a result, voter participation is low and seen by many as an empty gesture.  People are disempowered.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After more than a century of rule by Democrats and Republicans, our democracy is in disarray.  Corruption is rife. Money buys political office.  Districts are gerrymandered<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.  Alternatives </ins>are restricted or excluded from debates, the media and the ballot. As a result, voter participation is low and seen by many as an empty gesture.  People are disempowered.  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Our federal government wastes astronomical sums every day, doling out subsidies and corporate welfare to big business and the wealthy, while cutting programs for the poor and shackling the middle class with the bill. Trust in government is fading. Our nation is increasingly a plutocracy.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Our federal government wastes astronomical sums every day, doling out subsidies and corporate welfare to big business and the wealthy, while cutting programs for the poor and shackling the middle class with the bill. Trust in government is fading. Our nation is increasingly a plutocracy.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Greens want to bring grassroots democracy to America, to counteract what Thomas Jefferson called the “excesses of the monied interests.” America is blessed with a great diversity of honorable, generous and good-hearted people. Our government should reflect this. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Grassroots </del>democracy would be <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a government </del>more reflective of the people and their <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">issues</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Grassroots democracy </del>would elevate new people into leadership – more women and people of color, more teachers, nurses and local retail clerks, more mothers, union members, dishwashers, artists, janitors and secretaries. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">We may end up with </del>fewer millionaires <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in government</del>, but <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it will have </del>greater moral authority. Our goal is a government of, by and for the people.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Greens want to bring grassroots democracy to America, to counteract what Thomas Jefferson called the “excesses of the monied interests.” America is blessed with a great diversity of honorable, generous and good-hearted people. Our government should reflect this. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">A grassroots </ins>democracy would be more reflective of the people and their <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">interests</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It </ins>would elevate new people into leadership – more women and people of color, more teachers, nurses and local retail clerks, more mothers, union members, dishwashers, artists, janitors and secretaries. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Our government will have </ins>fewer millionaires, but greater moral authority. Our goal is a government of, by and for the people.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Greens support open, honest and accountable government and civic institutions. We believe the rules of our democracy should give real power to people to influence the decisions that affect our lives. We support electoral reforms such as proportional representation and instant runoff voting, to increase the power of voters to elect people who represent them. Public financing of campaigns will also help give us a government we can be proud of -- one that can’t be bought.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Greens support open, honest and accountable government and civic institutions. We believe the rules of our democracy should give real power to people to influence the decisions that affect our lives. We support electoral reforms such as proportional representation and instant runoff voting, to increase the power of voters to elect people who represent them. Public financing of campaigns will also help give us a government we can be proud of -- one that can’t be bought.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After more than a century of rule by Democrats <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">or </del>Republicans, our <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">nation’s government </del>is in disarray.  Corruption is rife.  <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">People </del>are <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">disempowered</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> Voter </del>participation is low<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is </del>seen by many as an empty gesture.  <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Money buys political office, and more districts </del>are <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">gerrymandered</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After more than a century of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">duopoly </ins>rule by Democrats <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and </ins>Republicans, our <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">democracy </ins>is in disarray.  Corruption is rife<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Money buys political office</ins>.  <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Districts are gerrymandered, while alternatives </ins>are <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">restricted or excluded from debates, the media and the ballot</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">As a result, voter </ins>participation is low and seen by many as an empty gesture.  <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">People </ins>are <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">disempowered</ins>.  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Our federal government wastes astronomical sums every day<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.  Our nation is a plutocracy more than a democracy</del>, doling out subsidies <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for </del>big business and the wealthy, cutting programs for the poor and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">sticking </del>the middle class with the bill. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Trust in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">our own </del>government is a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fading memory</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Our federal government wastes astronomical sums every day, doling out subsidies <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and corporate welfare to </ins>big business and the wealthy, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">while </ins>cutting programs for the poor and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">shackling </ins>the middle class with the bill. Trust in government is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fading. Our nation is increasingly </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">plutocracy</ins>.  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Greens want to bring grassroots democracy to America, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </del>to counteract what Thomas Jefferson called the “excesses of the monied interests.” <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Grassroots democracy <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">will </del>elevate new people into leadership – more women and people of color, more teachers, nurses and local retail clerks, more mothers, union members, dishwashers, artists, janitors and secretaries. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">America is blessed </del>with <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a great diversity of people – honorable</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">generous, good-hearted people -- and our government should reflect </del>it<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Our government </del>will have <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fewer millionaires, but </del>greater moral authority. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> In effect, we will have </del>a government of, by and for the people.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Greens want to bring grassroots democracy to America, to counteract what Thomas Jefferson called the “excesses of the monied interests.” <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">America is blessed with a great diversity of honorable, generous and good-hearted people. Our government should reflect this. Grassroots democracy would be a government more reflective of the people and their issues. </ins>Grassroots democracy <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">would </ins>elevate new people into leadership – more women and people of color, more teachers, nurses and local retail clerks, more mothers, union members, dishwashers, artists, janitors and secretaries. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">We may end up </ins>with <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fewer millionaires in government</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but </ins>it will have greater moral authority. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Our goal is </ins>a government of, by and for the people.  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Greens <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">want to re-write </del>the rules of our democracy <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </del>give <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">people </del>real power to affect <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">matters that touch </del>our lives. We support <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">openness, honesty and accountability in government and civic institutions. We aim to devolve power from Washington to states, counties and cities and neighborhoods across our land.  We believe in </del>reforms such as proportional representation and instant runoff voting, to elect <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">leaders </del>who <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">will better </del>represent <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">us in our nation’s halls of power</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Public <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">campaign </del>financing will give us a government we can be proud of -- one that can’t be bought.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Greens <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">support open, honest and accountable government and civic institutions. We believe </ins>the rules of our democracy <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">should </ins>give real power to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">people to influence the decisions that </ins>affect our lives. We support <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">electoral </ins>reforms such as proportional representation and instant runoff voting, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to increase the power of voters </ins>to elect <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">people </ins>who represent <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">them</ins>. Public financing <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of campaigns </ins>will <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">also help </ins>give us a government we can be proud of -- one that can’t be bought.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Our goal is to become an important political force in this country, and to present candidates for election at every level of government.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Our goal is to become an important political force in this country, and to present candidates for election at every level of government.</div></td></tr>
</table>Mfeinsteinhttp://wiki.cagreens.org/index.php?title=Draft_GPUS_Platform_Amendment_Democracy_Chapter_Introduction&diff=1273&oldid=prevMfeinstein: Undo revision 1272 by 97.127.96.17 (Talk)2010-06-30T18:18:39Z<p>Undo revision 1272 by <a href="/./index.php/Special:Contributions/97.127.96.17" title="Special:Contributions/97.127.96.17">97.127.96.17</a> (<a href="/./index.php?title=User_talk:97.127.96.17&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:97.127.96.17 (page does not exist)">Talk</a>)</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After more than a century of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">duopoly </del>rule by Democrats <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and </del>Republicans, our <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">democracy </del>is in disarray.  Corruption is rife<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Money buys political office</del>.  <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Districts </del>are <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">gerrymandered, while alternatives are restricted by ballot access laws and debate and media exclusion</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">As a result, voter </del>participation is low and seen by many as an empty gesture.  <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">People </del>are <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">disempowered</del>.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After more than a century of rule by Democrats <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">or </ins>Republicans, our <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">nation’s government </ins>is in disarray.  Corruption is rife.  <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">People </ins>are <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">disempowered</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> Voter </ins>participation is low<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is </ins>seen by many as an empty gesture.  <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Money buys political office, and more districts </ins>are <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">gerrymandered</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Our federal government wastes astronomical sums every day, doling out subsidies <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and corporate welfare to </del>big business and the wealthy, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">while </del>cutting programs for the poor and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">shackling </del>the middle class with the bill. Trust in government is fading<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, while our nation is increasingly a plutocracy</del>.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Our federal government wastes astronomical sums every day<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.  Our nation is a plutocracy more than a democracy</ins>, doling out subsidies <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for </ins>big business and the wealthy, cutting programs for the poor and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">sticking </ins>the middle class with the bill. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>Trust in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">our own </ins>government is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a </ins>fading <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">memory</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Greens want to bring grassroots democracy to America, to counteract what Thomas Jefferson called the “excesses of the monied interests.” <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">America is blessed with a great diversity of honorable, generous and good-hearted people. Our government should reflect this. </del>Grassroots democracy <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">would be a government more reflective of the people and their issues. Grassroots democracy would </del>elevate new people into leadership – more women and people of color, more teachers, nurses and local retail clerks, more mothers, union members, dishwashers, artists, janitors and secretaries. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">We may end up </del>with fewer millionaires <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in government</del>, but <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it will have </del>greater moral authority. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Our goal is </del>a government of, by and for the people.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Greens want to bring grassroots democracy to America, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </ins>to counteract what Thomas Jefferson called the “excesses of the monied interests.” <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>Grassroots democracy <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">will </ins>elevate new people into leadership – more women and people of color, more teachers, nurses and local retail clerks, more mothers, union members, dishwashers, artists, janitors and secretaries. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">America is blessed </ins>with <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a great diversity of people – honorable, generous, good-hearted people -- and our government should reflect it. Our government will have </ins>fewer millionaires, but greater moral authority. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> In effect, we will have </ins>a government of, by and for the people.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Greens <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">support open, honest and accountable government and civic institutions. Greens believe </del>the rules of our democracy <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">should </del>give real power <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to people </del>to affect <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the decisions </del>that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">affects </del>our lives. We believe in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">electoral </del>reforms such as proportional representation and instant runoff voting, to elect leaders who will better represent us in our nation’s halls of power.  Public campaign financing will give us a government we can be proud of -- one that can’t be bought.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Greens <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">want to re-write </ins>the rules of our democracy <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </ins>give <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">people </ins>real power to affect <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">matters </ins>that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">touch </ins>our lives. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">We support openness, honesty and accountability in government and civic institutions. We aim to devolve power from Washington to states, counties and cities and neighborhoods across our land.  </ins>We believe in reforms such as proportional representation and instant runoff voting, to elect leaders who will better represent us in our nation’s halls of power.  Public campaign financing will give us a government we can be proud of -- one that can’t be bought.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Our goal is to become an important political force in this country, and to present candidates for election at every level of government.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Our goal is to become an important political force in this country, and to present candidates for election at every level of government.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After more than a century of rule by Democrats <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">or </del>Republicans, our <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">nation’s government </del>is in disarray.  Corruption is rife.  <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">People </del>are <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">disempowered</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> Voter </del>participation is low<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is </del>seen by many as an empty gesture.  <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Money buys political office, and more districts </del>are <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">gerrymandered</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After more than a century of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">duopoly </ins>rule by Democrats <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and </ins>Republicans, our <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">democracy </ins>is in disarray.  Corruption is rife<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Money buys political office</ins>.  <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Districts are gerrymandered, while alternatives </ins>are <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">restricted by ballot access laws and debate and media exclusion</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">As a result, voter </ins>participation is low and seen by many as an empty gesture.  <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">People </ins>are <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">disempowered</ins>.  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Our federal government wastes astronomical sums every day<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.  Our nation is a plutocracy more than a democracy</del>, doling out subsidies <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for </del>big business and the wealthy, cutting programs for the poor and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">sticking </del>the middle class with the bill. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Trust in our <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">own government </del>is a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fading memory</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Our federal government wastes astronomical sums every day, doling out subsidies <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and corporate welfare to </ins>big business and the wealthy, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">while </ins>cutting programs for the poor and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">shackling </ins>the middle class with the bill. Trust in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">government is fading, while </ins>our <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">nation </ins>is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">increasingly </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">plutocracy</ins>.  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Greens want to bring grassroots democracy to America, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </del>to counteract what Thomas Jefferson called the “excesses of the monied interests.” <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Grassroots democracy <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">will </del>elevate new people into leadership – more women and people of color, more teachers, nurses and local retail clerks, more mothers, union members, dishwashers, artists, janitors and secretaries. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">America is blessed </del>with <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a great diversity of people – honorable</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">generous, good-hearted people -- and our government should reflect </del>it<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Our government </del>will have <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fewer millionaires, but </del>greater moral authority. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> In effect, we will have </del>a government of, by and for the people.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Greens want to bring grassroots democracy to America, to counteract what Thomas Jefferson called the “excesses of the monied interests.” <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">America is blessed with a great diversity of honorable, generous and good-hearted people. Our government should reflect this. Grassroots democracy would be a government more reflective of the people and their issues. </ins>Grassroots democracy <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">would </ins>elevate new people into leadership – more women and people of color, more teachers, nurses and local retail clerks, more mothers, union members, dishwashers, artists, janitors and secretaries. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">We may end up </ins>with <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fewer millionaires in government</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but </ins>it will have greater moral authority. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Our goal is </ins>a government of, by and for the people.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Greens <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">want to re-write </del>the rules of our democracy <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </del>give <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">people </del>real power to affect <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">matters </del>that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">touch </del>our lives. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">We support openness, honesty and accountability in government and civic institutions. We aim to devolve power from Washington to states, counties and cities and neighborhoods across our land.  </del>We believe in reforms such as proportional representation and instant runoff voting, to elect leaders who will better represent us in our nation’s halls of power.  Public campaign financing will give us a government we can be proud of -- one that can’t be bought.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Greens <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">support open, honest and accountable government and civic institutions. Greens believe </ins>the rules of our democracy <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">should </ins>give real power <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to people </ins>to affect <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the decisions </ins>that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">affects </ins>our lives. We believe in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">electoral </ins>reforms such as proportional representation and instant runoff voting, to elect leaders who will better represent us in our nation’s halls of power.  Public campaign financing will give us a government we can be proud of -- one that can’t be bought.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Our goal is to become an important political force in this country, and to present candidates for election at every level of government.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Our goal is to become an important political force in this country, and to present candidates for election at every level of government.</div></td></tr>
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</table>97.127.96.17http://wiki.cagreens.org/index.php?title=Draft_GPUS_Platform_Amendment_Democracy_Chapter_Introduction&diff=1210&oldid=prevMarnieglickman: Changed citizens to people in the 4th paragraph.2010-06-20T17:46:46Z<p>Changed citizens to people in the 4th paragraph.</p>
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</table>Marnieglickmanhttp://wiki.cagreens.org/index.php?title=Draft_GPUS_Platform_Amendment_Democracy_Chapter_Introduction&diff=1185&oldid=prevMarnieglickman: Added civic institutions in first sentence of chapter 4.2010-06-19T12:42:16Z<p>Added civic institutions in first sentence of chapter 4.</p>
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</table>Marnieglickmanhttp://wiki.cagreens.org/index.php?title=Draft_GPUS_Platform_Amendment_Democracy_Chapter_Introduction&diff=1184&oldid=prevMarnieglickman: Replaced socialism with subsidies.2010-06-19T12:41:34Z<p>Replaced socialism with subsidies.</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Greens want to bring grassroots democracy to America, to to counteract what Thomas Jefferson called the “excesses of the monied interests.”  Grassroots democracy will elevate new people into leadership – more women and people of color, more teachers, nurses and local retail clerks, more mothers, union members, dishwashers, artists, janitors and secretaries. America is blessed with a great diversity of people – honorable, generous, good-hearted people -- and our government should reflect it. Our government will have fewer millionaires, but greater moral authority.  In effect, we will have a government of, by and for the people.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Greens want to bring grassroots democracy to America, to to counteract what Thomas Jefferson called the “excesses of the monied interests.”  Grassroots democracy will elevate new people into leadership – more women and people of color, more teachers, nurses and local retail clerks, more mothers, union members, dishwashers, artists, janitors and secretaries. America is blessed with a great diversity of people – honorable, generous, good-hearted people -- and our government should reflect it. Our government will have fewer millionaires, but greater moral authority.  In effect, we will have a government of, by and for the people.</div></td></tr>
</table>Marnieglickmanhttp://wiki.cagreens.org/index.php?title=Draft_GPUS_Platform_Amendment_Democracy_Chapter_Introduction&diff=1183&oldid=prev76.218.222.99: Changed citizens to people.2010-06-19T12:35:35Z<p>Changed citizens to people.</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Our federal government wastes astronomical sums every day.  Our nation is a plutocracy more than a democracy, doling out socialism for big business and the wealthy, cutting programs for the poor and sticking the middle class with the bill.  Trust in our own government is a fading memory.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Our federal government wastes astronomical sums every day.  Our nation is a plutocracy more than a democracy, doling out socialism for big business and the wealthy, cutting programs for the poor and sticking the middle class with the bill.  Trust in our own government is a fading memory.</div></td></tr>
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