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Wednesday,
September 27, 2000
Only Nader Talks About Real
Issues
I was pleased to see the Press-Citizen, in your
article about David Cobb's visit to Iowa
City, helping get word out that voters have more than two
choices for president. Ralph Nader, the Green Party candidate
and 30-year activist against corporate greed, is not just running
for president. He is creating a movement to involve everyday
citizens in determining where our country is going.
University
of Iowa students are joining this historic effort with the
establishment of UI Students for Nader.
With
voter turnout at historic lows and still sinking, voters are
faced with a non-choice between two major party candidates who
are both in hock to corporate donors, and that major issues
confronting America never even get discussed. Because the two
major parties control the presidential debates, Nader and other
third-party candidates can't even be heard by most Americans.
The Nader campaign and UI Students for Nader are working to
change this.
Among
the issues you don't hear Bush and Gore talk about, but are
at the heart of Nader's campaign, are: The majority of workers
are making less now, inflation adjusted, than in 1979, and the
minimum wage, adjusted for inflation, is lower than it was then;
Americans are working longer hours than 20 years ago; wealth
inequality is greater than at any time since World War II; CEOs
who in the 1970s paid themselves 40 times entry-level wages
now make 400 times what their entry-level workers earn. These
imbalances threaten our democracy.
Nader
advocates a universal public health care system, public financing
instead of corporate financing of elections, raising the minimum
wage to a living wage for families, broader access to the public
airwaves by people rather than corporations, an end to corporate
welfare, investment in affordable housing to end homelessness
and investment in renewable energy.
As
Nader argues, "Truly progressive political movements do not
just produce more good results; they enable a flowering of progressive
citizen movements to effectively advance the quality of our
neighborhoods and communities outside of politics."
To
get involved in UI Students for Nader call 337-5573 or check
www.uis4n.tripod.com. To get
involved with the Iowa City Green campaign for Nader, call 337-7341.
Carolyn
McConnell
UI Students for Nader
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