Faun
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1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
Opposed by both major parties.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
That was passed by Democrats in 1913 and supported by both major parties ever since.
3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
Opposed by both major parties.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
Opposed by both major parties.
5. Centralisation of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank
with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
The initial federal bank was initiated by Hamilton; neither a Democrat nor a Republican. And both major parties support private banking.
6. Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
Opposed by both major parties.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
Opposed by both major parties.
8. Equal liability of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
Opposed by both major parties.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries, gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the populace over the country.
Opposed by both major parties.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children’s factory labour in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production.
Free public schooling began in the colonies and is currently supported by both major parties.