Decius wrote:

Members of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys believe the bankruptcy law overhaul has made the process more costly and complex, without making it more effective. "In practice, the new bankruptcy law changes have proven to be a nearly total bust in terms of what the proponents of the change had forecast," said Ike Shulman, a California bankruptcy lawyer and an officer with the association.

I'd like to see a wish list from the Dems. At the top for me would be to undue the bankruptcy "reform" bill from last year which has both hurt people and cost the insurance industry money. If someone is benefiting from this bill, I can't figure out who. We tried this. It doesn't work. You should have known better. Can we please stop being stupid now?

That's what you would put at the top of your list? What about reversing the Constitutional damage caused over the last 6 years? Bolstering our resolve on torture, wire tapping the populace, detaining 'illegal combatants', and reforming the Patriot Act to make some sense would be at the top of my list.

Follow that with a reasonable exit plan for Iraq and a strategy for North Korea and Iran. It would also be helpful if we could work out a deal with Pakistan. How about 'unilateral trade' in exchange for one dead 6'4" diabetic?

Next on the list would be massive educational reform to give our society the tools and training necessary to be competitive for the next 40 years. Closely followed with a rebuilt health care system that is outcomes and quality aligned, rather than pockets lined. A new resolve around alternative energy, with a 10 year mandate of reducing dependance on foreign petroleum by 50% seems like a reasonable goal. Probably not as hard as putting a man on the moon in 10 years.

To cap it off, campaign finance and voting procedure reform - call it the Democracy for the 21st Century Bill - would be in order. Open source and peer reviewed tools and processes for elections as well as stricter campaign finance laws closing the loop holes and getting the corporations and lobbyists out of the process.

Come to think of it... Hillary, are you listening?

RE: What should be on the Dems agenda?