RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] John Kerrry and 527's

["Brent Deterding" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

This is what I took from the speech found at the link below:

1. Increased military spending and coalition-building. Whoo Ahhh - sounds good
to me and I'll pay for it.
2. Keep jobs here. Ugg - it's called competition and a free market - innovate or
get out of the way. If that means realizing we're a service and
information-based economy rather than a product economy so be it. If that means
you can't go back to school because you have 4 kids then deal with it - you made
the choices and they are yours to deal with. I don't feel sorry for an American
worker whose union insists on $15 an hour when Mexico can do it for $5 an hour -
it's called a free market - get used to it.
3. Don't privatize social security. Ugg - personal responsibility? It's *my* job
to plan for my future - not yours. 
4. Increased pay and emphasis for teachers and education. Yaaa - as long as we
raise the bar for teachers as well. I've no problem paying a teacher as much as
a lawyer or doctor if they have to go through as much. I'll pay for that.
5. Universal health care. I don't recognize health care as a basic human right.
That said, I'm willing to pay for it because I'm a nice guy.
6. Oil. I agree in principle. We get a small percentage of our crude from
outside North America, and only a small percentage of that goes to gasoline.
I've seen this is multiple places but don't have a source handy. Get off this
issue - it isn't a big deal in all honesty.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMAIL:PROTECTED 
> [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Miller
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 1:45 PM
> To: MLUG Off-Topic Discussion
> Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] John Kerrry and 527's
> 
> On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Jerry Gamblin wrote:
> 
> > Dogmatic conservative pigeon hole?
> >
> > Ok, give me your top 5 things that the Democratic Party would do to 
> > change the face of America. What will Kerry do to make 
> America such a 
> > great place and keep us safe?
> 
> 
> Great idea.  I think you should read John Kerry's acceptance 
> speech.  Here 
> it is:
> 
> http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/speeches/spc_2004_0729.html
> 
> I watched him give it.  I also watched the Republican 
> Convention and I 
> listened to John McCain, Rudolph Giuliani, Arnold 
> Schwarzenneger, Dick 
> Cheney, Laura Bush, Zell Miller and others.  Tonight I'll 
> watch George 
> Bush.  It's necessary to see both sides in order to have a 
> reasonable, 
> informed opinion.
> 
> Mike
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