Paul Johnson: An Independent Kind of Democrat
These
days, Paul Johnson, Democratic candidate for Iowa's 4th Congressional
District, is making a name for himself by being unafraid to speak out
on the issues that are truly relevant to Iowans today.
“These
are among the issues I believe we should be discussing in this
campaign,” says Johnson, “but it is even more important that we address
the issues important to the voters of the 4th district. That's why I
have called on Tom Latham to join me in a series of candidate forums in
all 28 counties of the 4th Congressional District. To date, he has not
accepted this offer. I hope he agrees to participate, since it would be
a truly democratic way of providing information to potential voters.”
Paul's platform includes:
1. A
privately-delivered universal national health care system to reach the
forty-four million Americans without health insurance.
2. A national commitment to phasing in clean, efficient, renewable energy.
3. An
education program that places more emphasis on students, funds for
infrastructure, technology, special education and teacher enrichment
programs than making educators teach to narrow tests.
4. A
foreign policy where the U.S. will once again work together with the
world community, much of which has been badly alienated over the past
three and a half years.
5.
Better intelligence and more police to enhance security, rather than
the current policy of building more weapons of mass destruction, Star
Wars and military empire-building.
6. A
National Service program available to all young people, including
military, Peace Corps, and AmeriCorps service, with rewards such as
college tuition grants and low-interest home and business loans.
7. A National Private Lands Conservation Act that promotes and rewards stewardship and conservation.
8. An economy that rewards full-time work with a living wage.
9. A progressive system of fair taxation to replace tax cuts for the extremely wealthy.
10.
Publicly-funded, clean and fair elections, so that campaigns are about
providing information to voters rather than amassing special interest
funds and incumbency privilege.
To learn more about Paul Johnson or to contribute to his campaign, click here.
To visit the innovative new Johnson blog, click here.
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