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Amidst climate change and historic income inequality, the Green Party stands for green energy and people power. Voting Green means:
 
Amidst climate change and historic income inequality, the Green Party stands for green energy and people power. Voting Green means:
  
• a state bank to invest in California, not Wall Street
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• a state bank to invest in California
  
• publicly-owned clean, safe energy - solar and wind by distributed generation, not centralized nuclear and fossil fuels
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• publicly-owned solar and wind energy generation, not nuclear and fossil fuels
  
• money out of politics, public financing of elections, ending corporate personhood
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taking money out of politics through public financing of elections and ending corporate personhood
  
• people into politics, proportional representation, fair ballot access
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putting people into politics through proportional representation and fair ballot access
  
fair taxation - instead of cutting funding for schools and clinics, cut workers' taxes while taxing pollution, carbon and the rich
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• instead of cutting funding for schools and clinics, lower workers' taxes while taxing pollution, carbon and the rich
  
 
• living wage jobs, affordable housing, legal marriages and single-payer health care for all
 
• living wage jobs, affordable housing, legal marriages and single-payer health care for all
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With enough Greens elected, we'll
 
With enough Greens elected, we'll
  
• fully fund K-12, roll-back college/university tuition towards universal free public education
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• fully fund K-12 and provide free tuition to public colleges and universities
  
• end the death penalty, amend Three-Strikes, overturn the National Defense Authorization Act which allows indefinite detention of Americans without trial
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• grow the economy with new Green jobs
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• end the death penalty, amend Three-Strikes, end indefinite detention of Americans without trial
  
 
• keep renters and homeowners secure, reform Proposition 13 to close corporate loopholes
 
• keep renters and homeowners secure, reform Proposition 13 to close corporate loopholes
  
• close Diablo Canyon and San Onofre and create a Solar California
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• cut military spending by at least 50%
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• reduce carbon emissions by at least 40% by 2020 and 95% by 2050.
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• close Diablo Canyon and San Onofre nuclear power plants and create a Solar California
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Support Jill Stein, our presidential candidate www.jillstein.org
  
Occupy your government. Vote Green.
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Occupy your government. Register and Vote Green.
  
 
• Green Party of California
 
• Green Party of California

Revision as of 00:07, 17 July 2012

Green Party

Amidst climate change and historic income inequality, the Green Party stands for green energy and people power. Voting Green means:

• a state bank to invest in California

• publicly-owned solar and wind energy generation, not nuclear and fossil fuels

• taking money out of politics through public financing of elections and ending corporate personhood

• putting people into politics through proportional representation and fair ballot access

• instead of cutting funding for schools and clinics, lower workers' taxes while taxing pollution, carbon and the rich

• living wage jobs, affordable housing, legal marriages and single-payer health care for all

• liveable cities, sustainable agriculture, nature protection

• immigrants rights

• peace not war

With enough Greens elected, we'll

• fully fund K-12 and provide free tuition to public colleges and universities

• grow the economy with new Green jobs

• end the death penalty, amend Three-Strikes, end indefinite detention of Americans without trial

• keep renters and homeowners secure, reform Proposition 13 to close corporate loopholes

• cut military spending by at least 50%

• reduce carbon emissions by at least 40% by 2020 and 95% by 2050.

• close Diablo Canyon and San Onofre nuclear power plants and create a Solar California

Support Jill Stein, our presidential candidate www.jillstein.org

Occupy your government. Register and Vote Green.

• Green Party of California

• P.O. Box 485

• San Francisco, CA 94104

• (916) 448-3437

• gpca@cagreens.org

• www.cagreens.org