A recent letter stated flatly that the Democrats have no platform that tells the voters what they stand for, but that the Republican Party does. That is only half true. Republicans have a platform, all right: 57 pages of hot air, campaign talking points repeated ad infinitum with so much excess verbiage it is difficult to ferret out the essence of it. On the other side (although poorly expressed by Hillary Clinton as a Democrat candidate for president) a progressive Democratic platform is clear and specific, containing among other things: a living wage, health care for all; tuition free college; fully funded public schools; racial, economic, and social justice; unfettered voting rights; unrestricted women’s health; prison sentencing reform; a progressive tax code; all-out greenhouse gas reduction; immigration reform; preservation of public lands; etc. There is a substantial difference between the two major political parties, and their respective platforms spell it out. Naysayers put the Democratic goals as “pie in the sky, too expensive, impossible to achieve”, etc., but there isn’t one issue that couldn’t be resolved if there were the political will to do so. Currently there are too many Republicans who simply do not want to share what they have with any have-nots. But, if and when we can persuade more of them to adopt the Kevin Durant philosophy of taking less so that the team will have more, then miracles can happen. The only losers in a Democratic win would be the super wealthy, and they wouldn’t even feel it.