Planks of the communist platform:

1) Abolition of private property and the application of all rents of land to public purposes.

Property taxes and eminent domain, check.

2) A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.

Check.

3) Abolition of all rights of inheritance.

Estate taxes, check.

4) Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.

Immigration reform and the Patriot Act, respectively. Check.

5) Centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.

The federal reserve, check.

6) Centralization of the means of communications and transportation in the hands of the State.

The federal communications commission, net neutrality, and the department of transportation, check.

7) Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state, the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.

The department of agriculture, check.

8) Equal liability of all to labor. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.

Minimum wage and social security, check.

9) Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries, gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a more equitable distribution of population over the country.

Zoning laws, check.

10) Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production.

Public schools. Check.