Pat Political: Update

My Issues

A Real Health Cae System for Vermont
Vermont needs a single-payer, universal Health Care system financed by an income tax on all income generated in Vemont.
Biomass Fuel
We need a biomass fuel economy in Vermont, with hemp grown for vegetable diesel fuel and waste vegetation fermented for ethanol. Biomass fuel is a triple win for Vermont. It will cut the pollution of petroleum products, provide the basis for many local businesses, and cut the cost of oil and gasoline in half.
Education
I want to see Vemont schools today as good as were the one-room schools of sixty years ago.
Electoral reform
We need IRV for instate voting and proportional allocation in the Electoral College. IRV offers Vermonters the best way to indicate their full preferences and at the same time to keep elections within the electoral process.
Taxes
Taxes shouldn't be "high" or "low", but what is required to pay for what we need, and should be on real wealth.

November 2005

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Update

"While more than 2,000 American soldiers have did in Iraq since the U.S. invasion in March, 2003, another 16,000 have been wounded, nearly half so severely they didn't return to duty." (The Sunday Rutland Herald/Times Argus, October 30th, 2005)

The soldier whose story was detailed is Walt Gaya, who has lost the sight of one eye. It is possible for him that he still will be able to follow his dream of becoming a photographer despite this handicap.

What is most shocking about his story is that his natiuralization ceremony was scheduled eight days after he was injured. One would think that his naturalization would proceed automatically. After all this man has already served this country well. But now the Immigration and Naturalization Service has refused to renew his Green Card, which gave him permanent residency, or to tell him how he should proceed toward naturalization!

Is this another example of this administration's unwillingness to support the soldiers it is sending into harm's way?

And we as the citizenry can assume that at present there are some 8,000 soldiers and their families who will be needing our help and support in one way or another, perhaps for the rest of their lives. And more to come as long as the Iraq war continues...

October 30, 2005 in Miscellaneous commentary (rants) | Permalink

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