Withdrawal of the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), and oppose the creation of a widened Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).
A minimum wage of $15 per hour, indexed to the cost of living.
A full employment policy with the provision of a livable guaranteed annual income.
A democratically-controlled national banking authority, which should include
credit unions, mutual insurance cooperatives, and cooperative state banks. In the meantime, the re-regulation of the banking and insurance industries.
A steeply graduated income tax and a steeply graduated estate tax, and a maximum income of no more than ten times the minimum. We oppose regressive taxes such as payroll tax, sales tax, and property taxes.
The restoration of the capital gains tax and luxury tax on a progressive, graduated scale.
Compensation to communities-- and compensation, re-training, and other support service for workers-- affected by plant and military base closings as stop-gap measures until we reach our goal of creating a socialist society totally separate from the global capitalist economy.
A National Pension Authority to hold the assets of private pension funds, and a levy against corporate assets for any pension fund deficits.
Increased and expanded welfare assistance and increased and expanded unemployment compensation at 100% of a worker's previous income or the minimum wage, whichever is higher, for the full period of unemployment or re-training, whichever is longer.
A program of massive federal investment in both urban and rural areas for infrastructure reconstruction and economic development.
A tax benefits for renters equal to those for homeowners.
Elimination of subsidies and tax breaks that benefit corporations and all other forms of corporate welfare.
It is the Socialist USA Platform (edited)
source:
http://socialistparty-usa.org/platform/economics.html
Seems a lot like Obama's soundbites