Kucinich interviewed by Alternet

[AnAmerican]

"My candidacy is about fundamental change in our country. It is about jobs for all, healthcare for all, education for all, and opportunities for all.....I see it as my calling to stand up and speak out on behalf of those who have built this country by the sweat of their brow, through the work of their hands, and with the power of their hearts."

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"The only difference between the poor and the middle class these days is a paycheck; maybe one missed paycheck. You miss a paycheck you can lose your house, lose your car, and lose your chance for a college education. A lot of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. Bankruptcies are going up, foreclosures are up, homelessness is up and government assistance in the states has been shredded. The welfare is being redistributed to the top, and here we are with 9.4 million Americans out of work – and this administration cuts taxes, which only distributes wealth for the top, even our trade laws help redistribute wealth in our society to the top. Our healthcare system, our private healthcare system, helps to redistribute wealth to this nation upwards."

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"The only way for Americans to have security is for the government to cooperate with all the nations of the world in the cause of international law enforcement by tracking down those criminals who hurt people. That is just the way we have to do it, we have to cooperate, we can't go in alone. The Kucinich administration would mean no unilateralism, no preemption, no first strike, and we give up policies that isolate us from the world. The Kucinich administration through world cooperation will help reduce the fear that is in this country. I want to work to cancel the PATRIOT Act, and to re-work the Department of Homeland Security. The emphasis in our country ought to be on Hometown Security – on police, fire, and EMS....I want to see what can be done to lessen the fear in this country through international cooperation, and as President, I want to get the United States out of Iraq and get the United Nations in. We've got to have the UN in and the United States out. Because the fact of the matter is, we have no legitimate purpose there. We are there based on a lie. It is time to tell the truth."

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"...universal health care is already paid for in the system. It is just going out to increase costs for profits and management expenses in the private sector. If you shrink those costs out of the system you have enough money to insure 41 million Americans, and give everyone universal health care. Where local, state, and government spending would be constant – the money the private sector would pay would actually be less. Now, with respect to universal education, we can pay for that with a 15 percent cut in the Pentagon budget without in any way jeopardizing our national security. A 15 percent cut would mean cutting out these high-tech weapons that are predicated on preparing for World War III. I want to get rid of nuclear weapons. I want to get rid of weapons in space, and to get rid of those high-tech weapons, that are essentially irrelevant to our basic defense mission. We are no longer fighting a Cold War. America's challenge to security is more sharply focused on terrorism. We've found out the hard way that having sophisticated defense systems doesn't always do the trick."


http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16610

[revcarol]

1. Did you ever hear about a magazine for & by the HOMELESS!!

This is great stuff! Really get to the heart of REAL DEMOCRACY!!

[Desertrose]

2. This man makes so much sense...

its almost blinding.

How anyone can read or listen to DK and not come away thinking..."Man, this guys got a handle on what really matters and what to do about it", is beyond me!

Peace
DR

[genius]

3. He is awesome

If we want to make this a better country, this is the man we need to put into the White House.