I Am A Fierce Supporter Of Planned

I Have Not Heard Almost Anybody Suggest That Raising The Minimum Wage To The Level We Have In Vermont Has Been An Impediment To Our Economy Which Is Doing Reasonably Well ... If Somebody Is Going To Work That Person Has Got To Receive At Least A Wage That They Can Go Out And Live With Dignity On. That's An Extremely Important Point.

I Fear Very Much For Our Kids, For Low Income People And For Seniors.

This Is A War For The Soul Of Islam. And Those Countries Who Are Opposed To Islam, They Are Going To Have To Get Deeply Involved In A Way That Is Not The Case Today. We Should Be Supportive Of That Effort.

I Think Katrina Is One More Indication Of How Inefficient And Corrupt This Administration Is, And Indicates The Absolute Lack Of Seriousness That [george W.] Bush Has In Making The Government Respond To The Needs Of The People. They Are So Separated From The Lives Of Normal, Low-income People That It Never Occurred To Them That If You're Poor And Have No Money, No Car, That You Can't Leave.

Fifty Years Ago, Great Schools Like The University Of California And The City University Of New York - As Well As Many State Colleges - Were Tuition Free. Today College Is Unaffordable For Many Working Class Families. For The Sake Of Our Economy And Millions Of Americans, We Must Make Higher Education More Affordable.