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Candidate's Forum
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
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I'd like to warmly thank San Mateo's
League of Women Voters
for hosting this event and thanks also to all who attended.
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Opening Statement - An Advocate for Working People
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Former small business owner who employed more than 3,000 people during 25
years of operations.
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Coauthor of San Francisco's minimum wage ordinance in 2003
I am running for Congress because 60% of
the U.S. discretionary budget is
now being devoted to the military. That is wrong.
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Iran
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Would you support or oppose a war or an attack on Iran?
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Education
For K-12, what would you do to improve or reverse the negative effects of the
no child left behind act? What would you do to fund higher education?
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Can we have health insurance without insurance companies?
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Trade Agreements
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Should we repeal NAFTA, CAFTA and GATT?
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Immigration
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Why is this country spending so much money on defense, and then can't
even defend our borders?
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What is your plan to assist Californians caught up in the current housing crisis?
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Environment
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What do you plan to do about the human health effects of the toxins in the
environ- ment? Do you plan on including the precautionary principle in any
environmental legislation you may introduce?
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The National Debt
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How do you intend to reduce the $9 trillion national debt to zero?
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Representing The District
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What do you see as your responsiblilties to the people locally, in the district,
and how would you solicit their input and fulfill those local responsiblilties?
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Closing Statement - Why Vote for a Green?
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The Democrats took control of Congress in 2006 with a mandate to end the war in Iraq.
They did not.
The Democrats are complicit with Republicans in escalating this fiasco of
a war, and it is helping to bankrupt our country both financially and morally.
I think it's time for change.
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Paid for by Barry Hermanson for Congress 2008, FEC #C00441592
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