When I Was A Young Boy, I

The Struggle To Create A Nation And World Of Economic And Social Justice And Environmental Sanity Is Not An Easy One. The Struggle To Try And Create A More Peaceful World Will Be Extremely Difficult. But This I Know: Despair Is Not An Option If We Care About Our Kids And Grandchildren. Giving Up Is Not An Option If We Want To Prevent Irreparable Harm To Our Planet.

I Happen To Believe That Certain Types Of Assault Weapons, Which Are Manufactured And Designed For Military Purposes To Kill People Very Quickly Should Not Be Used In Civilian Society.

They Talk About Class Warfare -- The Fact Of The Matter Is There Has Been Class Warfare For The Last Thirty Years. It's A Handful Of Billionaires Taking On The Entire Middle-class And Working-class Of This Country. And The Result Is You Now Have In America The Most Unequal Distribution Of Wealth And Income Of Any Major Country On Earth And The Worst Inequality In America Since 1928. How Could Anybody Defend The Top 400 Richest People In This Country Owning More Wealth Than The Bottom Half Of America, 150 Million People?

Americans' Right To Free Speech Should Not Be Proportionate To Their Bank Accounts.

As A Single-payer Advocate, I Believe That At The End Of The Day, If A State Goes Forward And Passed An Effective Single-payer Program, It Will Demonstrate That You Can Provide Quality Health Care To Every Man, Woman And Child In A More Cost-effective Way.