Comments on: Clinton and Edwards get their wish: “a more serious … smaller group” of candidates http://www.digitalcitizen.info/2008/01/25/clinton-and-edwards-get-their-wish-a-more-serious-%e2%80%a6-smaller-group-of-candidates/ Free Software movement news and related interests. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 06:13:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: J.B. Nicholson-Owens http://www.digitalcitizen.info/2008/01/25/clinton-and-edwards-get-their-wish-a-more-serious-%e2%80%a6-smaller-group-of-candidates/comment-page-1/#comment-1500 J.B. Nicholson-Owens Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:10:59 +0000 http://www.digitalcitizen.info/2008/01/25/clinton-and-edwards-get-their-wish-a-more-serious-%e2%80%a6-smaller-group-of-candidates/#comment-1500 Yes, I've heard of him and support some of what he stands for. I'm remiss in not mentioning his name, so I'll point out that he recently wrote <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sen-mike-gravel/dennis-kucinichs-brave-v_b_83609.html?view=print" rel="nofollow">a very nice article</a> in which he says (among other things) that he'll remain in the race. It's a shame you don't post with your real name and email address so people can contact you and discuss Gravel's stance on the issues of the day. Gravel spoke out (in the few opportunities afforded him by the corporate media "debates") against the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Paying for universal health care with a sales tax, as Gravel proposes, strikes me initially as not a good idea because I don't think poor people should pay the same rate as the rich. I'd prefer a means of taxation that charges those who have more to pay more. I'm also not convinced that allowing private health care to compete with the public health care will end up with a public health care that isn't quickly whittled away after being underfunded and then pointed to as 'inadequate'. However clearly any health care plan that covers everyone in the country without tying health care to work is a huge step in the right direction, a step the more popular candidates aren't willing to take. Yes, I’ve heard of him and support some of what he stands for. I’m remiss in not mentioning his name, so I’ll point out that he recently wrote a very nice article in which he says (among other things) that he’ll remain in the race. It’s a shame you don’t post with your real name and email address so people can contact you and discuss Gravel’s stance on the issues of the day. Gravel spoke out (in the few opportunities afforded him by the corporate media “debates”) against the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Paying for universal health care with a sales tax, as Gravel proposes, strikes me initially as not a good idea because I don’t think poor people should pay the same rate as the rich. I’d prefer a means of taxation that charges those who have more to pay more. I’m also not convinced that allowing private health care to compete with the public health care will end up with a public health care that isn’t quickly whittled away after being underfunded and then pointed to as ‘inadequate’. However clearly any health care plan that covers everyone in the country without tying health care to work is a huge step in the right direction, a step the more popular candidates aren’t willing to take.

]]> By: Wack http://www.digitalcitizen.info/2008/01/25/clinton-and-edwards-get-their-wish-a-more-serious-%e2%80%a6-smaller-group-of-candidates/comment-page-1/#comment-1499 Wack Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:25:27 +0000 http://www.digitalcitizen.info/2008/01/25/clinton-and-edwards-get-their-wish-a-more-serious-%e2%80%a6-smaller-group-of-candidates/#comment-1499 Ever heard of Mike Gravel? He's still running... He's brilliant... He's completely censored from the Mass media... You can find him on youtube and... that's about it. If articles like this one don't even mention his name, it's pretty sad... Ever heard of Mike Gravel? He’s still running… He’s brilliant… He’s completely censored from the Mass media… You can find him on youtube and… that’s about it.

If articles like this one don’t even mention his name, it’s pretty sad…

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