How Do You Feel About Democracy?Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Wed, 10/10/2007 - 4:10pm.
The Midwest Democracy Network has a question for the 2008 slate of presidential candidates: what will you do to strengthen our democracy? They've sent a questionnaire, which you can read here, to the candidates asking for their positions on issues like public financing of presidential and congressional races, to voter registration, to what should be done about the "revolving door" between Congress and the lobby sector.
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The war must end. The billions of dollars must be re directed to meet the needs of the citizens. Needless to say, our infrasturcture needs attention, education is in dire need of reorganization, health care remains a major problem for millions of people and housing and jobs are just some of the issues we need to attend to. What will the candidates do to attend to these problems? The most important question that should be asked from every Candidate for President first which demands a What are your plans regarding our Constitution, Habeas Corpus, guaranteed rights, freedoms, liberties If you plan on stopping all that and returning America back into what it used to stand for, when do you intend That would be the best strength Democracy could ever have. Think Florida 2000. Post new comment |
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