Democrats Plan

Nancy Pelosi who will hopefully soon become the first female speaker of the house laid recently laid out the Democrats plan for the first 100 hours in control of the newly elected congress.

Her plan is as follows: On the first day: Put new rules in place to "break the link between lobbyists and legislation."
On the second day: Enact all the recommendations made by the commission that investigated the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
And in the remaining time of the 100 hours: She said the Democrats will raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour. The minimum wage has not been raised in 9 years. She proposes to cut the interest rate on student loans in half. Pelosi said the new Democratic controlled congress will allow the government to negotiate directly with the pharmaceutical companies for lower drug prices for Medicare recipients.
Pelosi indicated that the Democrats will broaden the types of stem cell research allowed with federal funds _ "I hope with a veto-proof majority," she added in an Associated Press interview Thursday.

And in the time following the first 100 hours of control by the Democrats Pelosi plans to "Pay as you go," means not increasing the federal deficit and that includes even if this concerns middle class tax relief, health care or any other need.

Pelosi and the Democratic controlled congress plans to do all of this by rolling back the Bush-era tax cuts that basically only benefit the richest Americans. She mentioned annual incomes of $250,000 or $300,000 a year and higher, and said tax rates for those individuals might revert to those of the Clinton era. The final details will need to be worked out.

"We believe in the marketplace," Pelosi said of Democrats, and then she iterated contrast to Republicans. "They have only rewarded wealth, not work."
"We must share the benefits of our wealth" beyond the privileged few, she added.

So when someone tries to tell you that the Democrats don't have a plan refer them to the information in this piece most of which I got directly from www.britbart.com October 6, 2006 1:58 pm, by David Espo, AP Special Correspondent.

Furthermore, many of the Democrats align themselves with Congressman John Murtha's Plan for Iraq which is to immediately begin a phased re deployment of our troops to near by countries like Kuwait and Afghanistan where they could be brought back at a moments notice if needed. It is interesting the some republicans like Chuck Hagel and even hinted by John Warner now seem to be coming to the same opinion or plan proposed by Democrat John Murtha.