LETTER: Kucinich’s ideas are strong, progressive

Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich is the man who can bring real changes to America. He has set himself apart from the other candidates on the issues of war, corporations, health care and jobs.

Kucinich is the only Democratic candidate to vote against the war in Iraq. Kucinich stood above all others in this cause.

Furthermore, Kucinich is the only candidate with a detailed plan to get the United Nations into Iraq and to bring our soldiers home.

Kucinich is also a candidate who refuses to cater to corporations. His track record as the mayor of Cleveland demonstrates this, and his current campaign reinforces this point (he refuses to take donations from corporations).

As I heard him say in a speech he made in Washington, Iowa, he’s nobody’s boy.

Kucinich is also calling for universal health care.

Currently, Americans pay 1.6 trillion dollars toward health care (enough to provide universal health care to every man, woman, and child of America).

However, due to the privatization of health care, the majority of that money goes to pharmaceutical companies, executives, and others in the profitable business of health care. In creating a not-for-profit system, all Americans can be covered for all forms of health care, including vision, dental, mental, and long-term care.

Lastly, Kucinich is the man to bring jobs back to America. He has called for the cancellation of NAFTA and the WTO and a return to bilateral trade.

He has also called for a WPA program (the type used by Franklin Roosevelt to provide Americans with jobs during the Depression).

So I’m asking everyone to make a difference in America’s future. Dennis Kucinich is the man to lead America.

He doesn’t simply make promises. His voting record and past actions demonstrate that he is a man of his word. Please attend your Iowa caucus and send a message to America with your support of Kucinich.

For more information: http://www.kucinich.us.

Ryan Osbourne

Burlington