Socialists Launch Radical ‘Workers Deserve More’ Platform in Attempt to Fundamentally Change America

Last week, the Democratic Socialists of America unveiled a new platform that aims to fundamentally reshape American politics.

The platform, which they named “Workers Deserve More,” seeks to make numerous changes, including abolishing the U.S. Senate, replacing the two-party system with a multi-party democracy through proportional representation elections, and replacing the Electoral College with a national popular vote for President.

The DSA also wants to reduce the power of the Supreme Court and extend full voting rights to criminals and illegal immigrants.

Their full pitch is as follows:

Medicare for All – Universal healthcare with no premiums, co-pays, or deductibles. Guarantees for reproductive and gender-affirming care.
End the War on Drugs – Treat drug addiction as a health issue, not a criminal one.
Fight Mass Incarceration and Police Brutality – Abolish mandatory minimums and cash bail and demilitarize police departments.
College for All – Make all public higher education tuition-free with no out-of-pocket cost for room and board and cancel all student loan debt.
Housing for All – Establish universal rent control and the guaranteed right to counsel for all tenants. Public investment in building quality multi-income social housing.
Support Working Families – Expansive paid family leave for all workers and free public universal childcare and pre-K.
32-Hour Work Week – A 32-hour work week with no reduction in pay or benefits.
Union Power – Protect all workers’ rights to strike and form a union, make it easier for workers to join unions, and invest in the National Labor Relations Board.
Tax the Rich – Raise taxes on the richest earners, for-profit corporations, large inheritances, and private colleges and universities. Establish a wealth tax for the wealthiest in society.
Green New Deal – Massive public investment to transition away from fossil fuels toward a green and environmentally sustainable economy. Guaranteed support for workers in the fossil fuel industry, massive infrastructure and jobs programs, and public ownership over major transportation and energy infrastructure and natural resources.
Free Palestine – An immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, an end to military and economic aid, and weapons sales to Israel, respect for the authority of the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice, and national sovereignty for the Palestinian people.
End the U.S. War Machine – Greatly reduce the U.S. military budget, close overseas bases, and bring troops home.
No More Economic Warfare – End economic sanctions that impact the sovereignty of countries whose governments act independently of the United States, such as Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran.
Freedom of Movement – Allow workers to freely migrate between countries to seek employment without restrictive immigration controls. Demilitarize the border, end all immigrant detention and deportations, immediate amnesty for all immigrants regardless of current immigration status, and provide access to jobs, labor rights, and social services to all immigrants.
Universal Suffrage – Extend full voting rights to people with criminal convictions and noncitizens and establish statehood for Washington, D.C.
A Representative Congress – Replace the two-party system with a multi-party democracy through proportional representation elections. Expand the number of seats in the House of Representatives and end the Senate filibuster.
Popular Vote for President – Replace the Electoral College via a national popular vote for President.
Reduce the Power of the Supreme Court – Limit the Court’s power of judicial review, which it uses effectively to create and abolish laws outside the legislative process.

The DSA's platform is not only a collection of far-left radical policy proposals, but also a middle finger to the principles of limited government, free enterprise, and constitutional checks and balances that have influenced the United States for 250 years.

According to the DSA, nearly every problem can be solved by giving more power to Washington. More government control over healthcare. More government control over housing. More government control over education, energy, labor, and the economy.

Higher taxes, more regulation, and a weaker private sector are presented not as unfortunate tradeoffs, but as the goal. It attacks nearly every institution that has made the United States the most prosperous and influential nation in the world.

The DSA calls its new platform "Workers Deserve More." What it really means is "Government Demands More." More authority, more spending, more control, and more dependence.

Call it what it is. This is not a plan to improve America; it's a plan to dismantle it fundamentally.

History gives us plenty of reasons to pull the plug on this experiment. Countries that have embraced socialism in the past have experienced slower growth, diminished innovation, and diminished personal freedom.

Americans don't need a socialist makeover. They don't need cradle-to-grave control in exchange for cradle-to-grave dependence. They need leaders who trust citizens more than bureaucrats, reward success instead of punishing it, and preserve the constitutional republic that has made America exceptional.

The DSA has finally put all its cards on the table. Voters should take them at face value and reject this agenda before it ever has the chance to become a reality. Because in the end, it will be you, the American taxpayer, who is expected to foot the bill.