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...nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.

Constitution of the United States, Amendment V

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My Endorsements - May 2012

I like to let people know who I support on the ballot, and I've even gotten comments from some who said they like to see my endorsements to help them decide who to support.  Here goes (for the contested races).

Secretary of State - Kate Brown

Three reasons why conservatives should support single payer universal Health Care

Most people who support single payer health care, recognize it as a necessity to ensure fairness, equity, and the ideal that health care is a human right.  However, conservatives are often not convinced by these arguments, so I have expanded on three issues here that speak more directly to top concerns raised by conserviatives.

 

#1  Prosperity

American manufacturing is hindered by two problems that manufacturers in other industrialized countries do not face.

Give everything to the rich?

Newt Gingrich has proposed creating a flat tax plan which is designed specifically to give huge tax cuts to the richest of Americans.  Here is a chart that shows the distribution of tax burden that would result from the plan.

Arithmetic Has A Well-Known Keynesian Bias

Some people still need to learn their basic math.  Paul Krugman explains why.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/arithmetic-has-a-well-known-...

TACOMA: Blame taxpayers, not teachers

TACOMA: Blame taxpayers, not teachers

George Robison, Gig Harbor

Published September 2, 2011 

Right-wing smears

Right-wing smear campaigns have been targeting Democrats, liberals, and others who support or teach labor history and union rights.  Everyone should be aware of the tactics being used, so that if you see a report, that makes it appear someone on the left is doing bad, you really need to dig deeper and find the facts before you judge.  Too many of these right-wing smears have been taken seriously, and have turned out to be slander through careful editing and taking statements out of context.

Single Payer Health Care for Oregon

This weekend will be a conference in Portland on single payer health care.  I plan to be there!  I am convinced that the best solution to our growing health care crisis is to establish a solid single payer system.  This SHOULD be done at a national level, but if the US Congress will not enact it, then states should enact their own single payer systems.

Republican hostage taking

Save the iceberg, let the ship sink

Tea Party