Jill Stein Where The Green Party Summary

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Purpose This article came about because of the upcoming Presidential Election in 2016, and Jill Stein was trying to win the nomination running as a member of the Green Party of the United States. According to gp.org (2016), the Green Party’s platform states, “[we] are grassroots activists, environmentalists, advocates for social justice, nonviolent resisters and regular citizens who’ve had enough of corporate-dominated politics”. In this CNN.com article, “Where the Green Party's Jill Stein stands on jobs, taxes and more”, Jill Stein discusses several policies. Jill Stein talks about issues and gives her Green Party views on jobs, families, taxes, entrepreneurship, trade, and banking. For this paper, I want to discuss her views on families. …show more content…

In addition to free universal child care, she wants “anti-poverty programs, to guarantee housing, food and utilities to all Americans. She also wants to reform government assistance to provide a "decent" standard of living” (Scott, 2016). She also wants free education in public colleges and universities. These (and others) programs would be paid for by affluent Americans. She states, “the burden [would] fall on those who benefit the most from the infrastructure of our society. That's the wealthy and large corporations, who are the ones who are rolling in the dough right now and whose tax burden has been reduced (Scott, …show more content…

I think they are long overdue, especially in a rich, wealthy country like the United States. The U.S. seems to be the wealthiest, poor country in the world. There should be no arguments to free (or greatly subsidized) child care. That is the best way to get single parents back into the workforce or into college. Their earnings will stimulate our economy. Children are our most precious commodity, they are our future. They must be taken care of in adequate, safe facilities and by qualified personnel. America will never excel if it cannot help it’s poorest citizens. The number of families that live in squalor is staggering and government chooses to look the other way. Something must be done. If public elementary through high schools are free to citizens, why not colleges? If one chooses specialized education or education past four years, then the individual should bear that cost. My only issue is who to pay the cost. If I was wealthy, I would feel that I am being unfairly targeted for having wealth. Especially if my wealth was earned by my generation. Why am I being punished for working hard? At the same time, many wealthy become wealthy because they never had to confront living in squalor. From the start, the playing field of life was tilted in their favor. I found it interesting that the social programs that Jill Stein mentioned all involved aid to women (for the most part). Free universal child care would

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