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I Do Have Things I Would Like To See Adopted On Behalf Of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual And Transgender People: They Include The Right To Marry The Individual Of Our Choice; The Right To Serve In The Military To Defend Our Country; And The Right To A Job Based Solely On Our Own Qualifications. I Acknowledge That This Is An Agenda, But I Do Not Think That Any Self-respecting Radical In History Would Have Considered Advocating People's Rights To Get Married, Join The Army, And Earn A Living As A Terribly Inspiring Revolutionary Platform.

I Had Always Been Interested In Politics. I Had Assumed - For Two Reasons, Being Jewish And Being Gay Back In The Late '50s, Early '60s - That I Would Never Be Elected Or Anything, But I Would Participate As An Activist.

We Were Giving Advice For The Single-worst Idea To Come Forward From A Group That's Been Rife With Them, It Would Be This: The Idea Is This: Let's Make The Tax Code Of America Better For Very Rich People; Let's Give Substantial Tax Relief To The Richest People We Can Find. Forget About The Person Making $40,000 A Year And Paying Social Security Payroll Tax. Forget About All Those Other People Paying Income Tax; We're Here To Give Tax Relief To The Richest 2% Of America.

Community Action Is As Valuable A Principle On The International Level As It Has Been Domestically.

But It Is Also Clear That Left Entirely Untouched By Public Policy, The Capitalist System Will Produce More Inequality Than Is Socially Healthy Or Than Is Necessary For Maximum Efficiency.