Democracy's Last Chance

[irishbobcat]

Rick:

HMO's and Insurance companies have ruined healthcare. My wife had her first ultrasound back in October for a tumor and Medical Mutual insisted she have 3 more MRI's and ultrasounds done before they decided it had to be removed. It is now March and the tumor is larger than the size of a volleyball and Medical Mutual still has not set a date for surgery.

Unless the present system is changed....healthcare will be unaffordable for all......

You'll be using pliers to remove your teeth when you're an old man. Welcome back to the 16th century with GOP-conservative thinking.


I believe in helping the poor, working class, and middle class of this country, not helping Nike's CEO make 7 billion dollars a year or the oil companies make record profits while I wait for gas to hit 4 dollars a gallon this summer.
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Since I am raising two sons with autism, I know that the current political system will not help them when it comes time for them to reach adulthood. Not all of us were born with silver spoons in our mouths.

Dennis Spisak

[rusty river]

Universal health care sure sounds good but it will be a disaster, far more expensive than anyone can dream, it will stifle research and development, and result in a lower quality of care and rationing of health care.   The current helth car problems stem from government involvement with health care, so how will having govt. take over health care solve the problem that they created?

Your inability to understand that concept makes you utterly unfit for office.  We need intelligent people in office who has a bit of common sense and are based in reality, not pie in the sky dreamers who don't understand what they are talking about.

I don't think anyone in national politics is calling for a complete takeover of the health industry. The Dems plans offer what comes down to a government health insurance company. This allows them to control/negotiate costs, just like every other insurance company. The difference here is that the government policies would have a fraction of the administrative costs and would only be concerned with providing health care, not about turning profits for shareholders and CEO's. The idea is that this COMPETITION in the industry would lower health costs across the board. So if one doesn't like the government sponsored health insurance or wants something more comprehensive, then you can choose (and afford!) a different insurance policy.

[Rick Rowlands]

Last Chance for Democracy for the 60th District
Press Release-Monday, March 3, 2008

Putting People First: Health Care - The insurance industry currently takes up to 50 cents of every dollar spent on health care and uses it to pay for stock dividends, exorbitant CEO salaries, maintaining an army of lobbyists, political campaigns, lawyers and litigation, advertising, marketing, and sales. Kicking insurance companies out of Ohio's health care system and going to a single payer, state administered plan will result in $11 billion in savings that can be used to provide universal health care for all Ohioans and bring health care costs under control. Dennis Spisak supports the SPANOhio Ballot Initiative for Health Care for All Ohioans Act.

Campaign site: Http://votespisak.tripod.com

Universal health care sure sounds good but it will be a disaster, far more expensive than anyone can dream, it will stifle research and development, and result in a lower quality of care and rationing of health care.   The current helth car problems stem from government involvement with health care, so how will having govt. take over health care solve the problem that they created?

Your inability to understand that concept makes you utterly unfit for office.  We need intelligent people in office who has a bit of common sense and are based in reality, not pie in the sky dreamers who don't understand what they are talking about.

[irishbobcat]

Hope to see you at the Board of Elections today!

Dennis Spisak

[irishbobcat]

Last Chance for Democracy for the 60th District
Press Release-Monday, March 3, 2008

Today (Monday, March 3, 2008) please stop by the Mahoning County Board of Elections between 10am-2pm and help sign Dennis Spisak's petition to run as an Independent Green Party Candidate for State Representative for the 60th District of Youngstown, Struthers, Campbell, Lowellville, and Coitsville Township. Registered Democrats and Republicans can sign the petition and still cast votes in your party's primary.

If not, Bob Hagan wins Re-election to the 60th District on Tuesday without taking a stance on any of the important issues facing the valley and Ohio.

Dennis Spisak's priorities for the November election are the following:

Zero Tolerance for Corruption - Unlike the Democrats and Republicans, as a member of the Green Party, Dennis does not accept contributions from corporate interest groups and he doesn't take orders from a party boss. Dennis will work to cleanse Ohio of the flood of big business money that is corrupting Ohio politics.

Developing a Dynamic Economy - The fossil fuel industry has had a stranglehold on our energy policy for too long. Our economy is hemorrhaging billions of dollars a year in an immoral war to control these ever-dwindling resources. Dennis will nurture a new energy industry in our state that develops renewable and sustainable energy sources. This new economic engine can only emerge if the needs of the people of Ohio and the valley are put ahead of the vested interests that are buying our lawmakers.

Putting People First: Health Care - The insurance industry currently takes up to 50 cents of every dollar spent on health care and uses it to pay for stock dividends, exorbitant CEO salaries, maintaining an army of lobbyists, political campaigns, lawyers and litigation, advertising, marketing, and sales. Kicking insurance companies out of Ohio's health care system and going to a single payer, state administered plan will result in $11 billion in savings that can be used to provide universal health care for all Ohioans and bring health care costs under control. Dennis Spisak supports the SPANOhio Ballot Initiative for Health Care for All Ohioans Act.

Putting People First: Education – As a member of the Struthers City Board of Education, Dennis will make sure that there is adequate and equitable funding for all of Ohio's students.

Putting People First: The Environment - Our environment is under attack from the toxins that that the Democratic and Republican policy makers have allowed to be spread throughout our state. Not only are industrial polluters getting away with ruining air, land, and water, but also Ohio is accepting millions of tons of waste from other states and allowing toxin-laden urban sludge to be dumped on our cropland. We are becoming the nation's sewer. Dennis Spisak will not turn a blind eye to those who poison our state's resources.

Putting People First: Voting Rights – Dennis Spisak will see that all candidates have an equal chance of ballot access. Why should Democrats and Republican candidates need only 50 valid signatures to get on the ballot while Independent candidates need up to 953 signatures.

Campaign site: Http://votespisak.tripod.com