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	<title>Comments on: Health Care Advocates Remain in Jail, Take Action To Support their Cause Now</title>
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		<title>By: Richard Heckler</title>
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		<dc:creator>Richard Heckler</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The nations consumers could have excellent National Health insurance for all if one would remove:
*elected officials as shareholders
*special interest campaign funding
*the insurance industry recklessly spending health care dollars to bribe votes
*the news media offering misinformation ( their large advertising revenue is at stake)

Isn&#039;t it time to take upon ourselves the implementation of term limits?

Lets’s demand a new system and vote in Fair Vote America : http://www.fairvote.org/irv/  


Demand a change on the next ballot.


Instant runoff voting allows for better voter choice and wider voter participation by accommodating multiple candidates in single seat races and assuring that a &quot;spoiler effect&quot; will not result in undemocratic outcomes. IRV allows all voters to vote for their favorite candidate without fear of helping elect their least favorite candidate, and it ensures that the winner enjoys true support from a majority of the voters. Plurality voting, as used in most American elections, does not meet these basic requirements for a fair election system that promotes cost-saving elections with wider participation. 

The big money candidates are more beholden than ever to corporate special interests due to the very long nature of campaigns. How do they have time to do the job they were elected to do?

We need public financing of campaigns. Citizens cannot afford special interest money campaigns for it is the citizens that get left out. Let citizens vote on this issue.
http://www.publicampaign.org/

Excellent reasoning behind public financing of campaigns:
http://www.publicampaign.org/node/41456

Remember it is the most expensive medical insurance in the world that denies care and/or cancels coverage after taking ones money for years and years. National Health Insurance for All would not allow such arrogance.

I say replace 95% of incumbents each voting cycle. 

Research candidates for yourself. Mainstream media does not do a good job. The media loves incumbents because they spend the most money or any candidate that is well financed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The nations consumers could have excellent National Health insurance for all if one would remove:<br />
*elected officials as shareholders<br />
*special interest campaign funding<br />
*the insurance industry recklessly spending health care dollars to bribe votes<br />
*the news media offering misinformation ( their large advertising revenue is at stake)</p>
<p>Isn&#8217;t it time to take upon ourselves the implementation of term limits?</p>
<p>Lets’s demand a new system and vote in Fair Vote America : <a href="http://www.fairvote.org/irv/" rel="nofollow">http://www.fairvote.org/irv/</a>  </p>
<p>Demand a change on the next ballot.</p>
<p>Instant runoff voting allows for better voter choice and wider voter participation by accommodating multiple candidates in single seat races and assuring that a &#8220;spoiler effect&#8221; will not result in undemocratic outcomes. IRV allows all voters to vote for their favorite candidate without fear of helping elect their least favorite candidate, and it ensures that the winner enjoys true support from a majority of the voters. Plurality voting, as used in most American elections, does not meet these basic requirements for a fair election system that promotes cost-saving elections with wider participation. </p>
<p>The big money candidates are more beholden than ever to corporate special interests due to the very long nature of campaigns. How do they have time to do the job they were elected to do?</p>
<p>We need public financing of campaigns. Citizens cannot afford special interest money campaigns for it is the citizens that get left out. Let citizens vote on this issue.<br />
<a href="http://www.publicampaign.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.publicampaign.org/</a></p>
<p>Excellent reasoning behind public financing of campaigns:<br />
<a href="http://www.publicampaign.org/node/41456" rel="nofollow">http://www.publicampaign.org/node/41456</a></p>
<p>Remember it is the most expensive medical insurance in the world that denies care and/or cancels coverage after taking ones money for years and years. National Health Insurance for All would not allow such arrogance.</p>
<p>I say replace 95% of incumbents each voting cycle. </p>
<p>Research candidates for yourself. Mainstream media does not do a good job. The media loves incumbents because they spend the most money or any candidate that is well financed.</p>
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		<title>By: Health Care Advocates Remain in Jail, Take Action To Support their Cause Now &#171; Single Payer Westchester</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
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