Election Reform: Promoting Democracy At Home
- May 6th, 2010 |
- By Robert |
- Category: Issues
Robert Watson, Ph.D. We need a comprehensive array of election reforms; term limits or another “silver bullet” won’t do the trick The shameless practice of gerrymandering legislative districts must be taken away from self-serving politicians and replaced with non-partisan experts, judicial panels, and citizen review boards We need campaign finance reform and tougher regulations on lobbyists [...]
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Balancing the Budget: A Return to Fiscal Sanity
- May 6th, 2010 |
- By Robert |
- Category: Issues
Robert Watson, Ph.D. We need a balanced budget and a return to the principle of “PAY-GO” (used under President Clinton but adandoned by President Bush and the Republican Congresses of the 2000s), whereby for every increase in spending there must be a corresponding cut or source of funding We must convene a task force of experts [...]
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Healthy Kids, Healthy Families, Healthy Seniors
- May 6th, 2010 |
- By Robert |
- Category: Issues
Robert Watson, Ph.D. Obama was right to lift President Bush’s ban on stem cell research and move forward with a viable national commitment to realizing the possibility of eradicating diseases and improving the quality of our lives We need single-payer universal healthcare that covers all Americans with affordable, accessible, quality healthcare (the recent healthcare reform is [...]
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Israel and the Middle East: Security, Stability, Peace
- May 6th, 2010 |
- By Robert |
- Category: Issues
Robert Watson, Ph.D. We must support Obama who is finally renewing America’s leadership role in the Middle East peace process after years of neglect by George W. Bush America’s commitment to providing aid, loan guarantees, immigration/refugee assistance, and diplomatic support to Israel must be maintained; but we must also work with the Palestinians on the same [...]
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It Begins with Education: Competing in the Global Market
- May 6th, 2010 |
- By Robert |
- Category: Issues
Robert Watson, Ph.D. To address our teacher shortage crisis, we must establish a National Educators Trust Fund to put more quality educators in classrooms and a forgiveness policy for teachers owing student loans We should create a National Teacher Corps, modeled on the Peace Corps and Americorps programs to provide opportunities for young people to serve [...]
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