Kucinich Bows Out to Fight On

Democracy is the name we give the people whenever we need them.

Marquis de Flers Robert and Arman de Caillavet

Dennis Kucinich has dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination as their candidate for the POTUS.

Kucinich gives up on presidency, still running for rep

January 27, 2008
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Democrat Dennis Kucinich Friday abandoned his presidential bid to focus on a tough race for re-election to Congress.

Even though I knew he didn’t stand a snowball’s chance in today’s rainstorm, I still feel sad. Kucinich comes closest to representing every thing that is true and good to me about government. I’m a Progressive Democrat Socialist at heart.

I believe in capitalism but not unfettered capitalism. Pure capitalism leads to the excesses and abuses of the system that we have seen in recent years that can and has nearly ruined our economy and leaves the common man who really doesn’t stand a chance of attaining the American Dream vulnerable to the greed and avarice of the 20% of the population that controls the resources. Not only is this a gross injustice, it’s vulgar and dangerous.

I think things like the gas and electric and telephone services should be owned by the public, regulated by the government and managed by private companies. I believe that everyone in a country as rich as this country is should be guaranteed a living wage. McDonald’s should not be able to make insane profits off the backs of their franchise owners and line workers. I believe there should be a cap set on how much profit capitalists at the highest echelons can earn as personal income. CEOs should not be making million dollar bonuses while the men and women on the assembly lines or in the cubical farms are being laid off or losing benefits.

I believe that every man woman and child deserves basic health care in this country. I’m not talking about Cadillac health care. I’m talking about a child who needs well baby care and vaccinations in those first years of life that are so important in getting a child off to a good start in life. I’m talking about the kid who falls off the teeter totter and needs stitches in his head. I’m talking about a woman getting a pap smear and breast exam every year. I’m talking about the man who won’t go to the Doctor when he has a suspicious chest pain and dies of a heart attack because he doesn’t have health care insurance.

When the people at the lowest end of the spectrum of our economy find themselves so disenfranchised that they can not even attain a basic standard of living-a decent roof over their heads, healthy foods to feed their families, medical care, and participate equally in their culture, civil unrest is sure to follow. When the capitalists place profit ahead of the basic needs of their workers revolution can not be far behind.

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