POPULIST PARTY PLATFORM

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POPULIST PARTY PLATFORM

• FREE AND UNLIMITED COINAGE OF SILVER
• 16 1 RATIO

• Why?
• More in circulation
• Help farmers obtain loans
• Ease inflation
• Help farmers purchase necessary machines

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POPULIST PARTY PLATFORM

• GRADUATED INCOME TAX
• Rate of taxation goes up as income goes up.
• 16TH Amendment (1912)

• Reduce power of wealthy over country
• Promote programs to help common man with
  increased tax dollars.

3
POPULIST PARTY PLATFORM

• SECRET (AUSTRALIAN) BALLOT

• Voting often in public
• Avoid pressure from boss and landlord

4
POPULIST PARTY PLATFORM

• DIRECT ELECTION OF US SENATORS
• Constitution
• Article I
• State legislatures chose US Senators from their
  state
• 17TH Amendment

• Unfair influence by business lobbyists
• Want PEOPLE to have a direct involvement in
  choosing their elected officials.

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POPULIST PARTY PLATFORM

• Give the PEOPLE more direct voice in government
• Initiative enables citizens to draft laws and
  constitutional amendments and place them on the
  ballot for a popular vote.
• - Referendum provides for a
  popular vote on laws passed by the legislature.
• - Recall allows citizens to remove elected
  officials from office.

• INITIATIVE
• REFERENDUM
• RECALL

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POPULIST PARTY PLATFORM

• SHORTER WORKING HOURS
• RESTRICT IMMIGRATION

• Improve working conditions of laboring class
• Prevent increase in workers from driving wages
  down.

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POPULIST PARTY PLATFORM

• SUBTREASURY

• Blamed bankers for farmers problems
• Want to end national banking system
• FAILS Federal Reserve System established 1913.

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POPULIST PARTY PLATFORM

• Angered by unfair rates
• Want federal govt to take ownership of these
  companies
• FAILS Socialist policy little support
• T. Roosevelt will reform RR practice.

• GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF RAILROADS, TELEPHONE,
  AND TELEGRAPH SYSTEM