OREGON PROGRESSIVE PARTY

We fight for economic justice, human rights,
environmental protection, and grassroots democracy.

WE SUPPORT:	real campaign finance reform, women's right to choose, Medicare for All, equal rights (including same-sex marriage), and $18 minimum wage for all, now.
WE OPPOSE:	the corruption of elections by Big Money, Wall Street bailouts, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq/Syria, "corporate personhood," and WTO and other "free trade" agreements that let corporations destroy policies to protect labor, the environment, and consumers.

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We are very different from the Establishment parties.	Dem	Rep	Prog
Real campaign finance reform, particularly in Oregon	NO	NO	YES
Democrats should use their majorities in Congress to override the filibuster and adopt a federal law protecting the right of women to choose abortion services without restriction.	NO	NO	YES
Democrats should use their majorities in Congress to override the filibuster and adopt a federal law enlarging the Supreme Court to 13 members.	NO	NO	YES
Oppose "free trade" deals; support local products & services	NO	NO	YES
End "corporate personhood" and constitutional rights for corporations	NO	NO	YES
"Medicare for All" comprehensive health care	NO	NO	YES
Oppose cuts in Social Security & Medicare benefits	NO	NO	YES
Increase minimum wage to living wage ($18 or more) now	NO	NO	YES
Employment for All (public works projects, WPA style)	NO	NO	YES
Increase income taxes on big corporations and the wealthy	NO	NO	YES
Reduce Oregon income tax on families living at or near the poverty level	NO	NO	YES
Strictly regulate toxic air pollution, including diesel emissions	NO	NO	YES
Tax emissions that cause climate change; invest in clean energy	NO	NO	YES
Oppose Wall Street bailouts	NO	NO	YES
Repair, improve infrastructure (transit, water systems, etc.)	WEAK	NO	STRONG
End wars in Afghanistan, Iraq/Syria; bring troops home	NO	NO	YES
Slash military spending and foreign bases	NO	NO	YES
Enable grass-roots efforts to effectively use the initiative and referendum	NO	NO	YES
Equal rights for all; same-sex marriage	NUVR	NO	YES
No fossil fuel exports from Pacific Northwest ports, including Jordan Cove	NO	NO	YES
No transport of oil by train through Oregon	NO	NO	YES
State Bank to invest state funds in Oregon jobs, avoid Wall Street ripoff	NO	NO	YES
Require labeling of genetically engineered food	NO	NO	YES
NUVR = Not Until Very Recently

OREGON ISSUES

1.     We have worked for real campaign finance reform. Oregon Democrats and Republicans have never enacted limits on political campaign contributions but have repealed voter-enacted limits 3 times. We are among the founding members of Honest Elections Oregon, which pursues campaign finance reform. See its website for much more information.

2.     The initiative and referendum should be available to grass-roots efforts. The Democrat Secretary of State is now discarding over 30% of all voter signatures on initiative petitions due to arbitrary, hyper-technical, and unnecessary rules, raising the cost of petition drives so high that only corporations, unions and the very wealthy can afford to use it.

3.     The State Treasurer should direct part of Oregon's $105 billion of investment funds to invest in local public works and jobs for Oregonians instead of vulture capitalists, corporate raiders, leveraged buyout artists, and fossil fuel corporations and vendors.

4.     We want fair taxation. Oregon has the 4th highest income taxes of any state on lower-income working families and is still at the bottom in taxes on corporations.

5.     We want to stop government promotion of gambling, including video poker, video slots, and approval of private casinos.

6.     We oppose installation of police "spy cameras" and use of drones to spy on Oregon citizens.

7.     We oppose using public money to subsidize rail transport of oil or coal through Oregon communities.

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