Decisionmaking power back to the individuals. Individuals can make the best decisions for themselves, and they can spend their money better than bureaucrats and lobbyists in washington. Host now, tell us a little bit about the Libertarian Party. What is your platform, and how would you govern as a libertarian . Guest our platform is basically, we are on your side. Not the lobbyists, special interest groups, or the professional politicians in washington. With the environment, what we would do is we would look at it as pollution. If you look around the world, wherever there is bigger government, there is more pollution. Wherever there is less government, theres less pollution. In fact, i was on a debate stage with a socialist candidate, who, in her closing, said, you know, the u. S. Department of defense is the largest polluter on earth, and then she went on to say how horrible corporations were. Well, what i would say is you do not go to the people who are causing the problem. The feder
If you say no, the twoparty system is not working, your line is going to be 202 7488001. If you are unsure what you still want to talk about this issue, your number is going to be 202 7488002. You can alwaysd text us your opinion at 202 7488003. Keep in mind, we are always reading on social media, on. Witter, and cspan we are going to have live on the two current thirdParty Candidates running for president. Coming up at 8 00 we are going to hear from Green Party Candidate Howie Hawkins. Coming up at 9 15, the jorgensenn nominee jo will discuss her platform and strategy for this years election. If you want to hear directly from those candidates, keep watching the show. First, we want to hear from you about the twoparty system in the United States. Do you think the political system is working . There is a story from cnn that talked about this earlier this year. Even if they are down on the independent candidates being presented, nearly 40 of americans think a third local party is needed
Libertarian Party President ial nominee. She is with us this morning to talk about the Libertarian Party and her run for president. Ms. Jorgensen, thank you very much for being with us today. Guest glad to be here. Thank you very much. Host give us your picture president. Viewersld our cspan consider you and vote for you for president of the United States . Guest because government is too big, too nosy, too intrusive, and the worst part is they often hurt the very people that they try to help. We need to put the decisionmaking power back to the individuals. Individuals can make the best decisions for themselves, and they can spend their money better than vera katz and lobbyist in washington. Lobbyists ins and washington. Host tell us about your platform and how would you govern as a libertarian . Our platform is basically, we are on your side. With the environment, what we would do is we would look at it as a solution, if you look around the world, wherever there is bigger governments,
Thank you very much. Host give us your picture president. Viewersld our cspan consider you and vote for you for president of the United States . Guest because government is too big, too nosy, too intrusive, and the worst part is they often hurt the very people that they try to help. We need to put the decisionmaking power back to the individuals. Individuals can make the best decisions for themselves, and they can spend their money better than vera katz and lobbyist in washington. Lobbyists ins and washington. Host tell us about your platform and how would you govern as a libertarian . Our platform is basically, we are on your side. With the environment, what we would do is we would look at it as a solution, if you look around the world, wherever there is bigger governments, there is more pollution. Wherever there is less government, theres less pollution. In fact, i was on a debate stage with a socialist candidate who, in her closing, said, you know, the u. S. Department of defense is
Since 9 11. These horrific events have in some ways come to define the United States. Every day in 2014, 92 people were killed with a gun, on average. In total, there were almost 11,000 gun murders, more than 21,000 gun suicides and over 81,000 nonfatal gun injuries that year. Compared to other rich countries, americas gun violence is on another planet. In 2011, the United States had over seven times as many as gun homicides per 100,000 people as did canada. Over 50 times as many as germany and almost 60 times as many as the united kingdom, according to gunpolicy. Org. So can americans learn something from other countries on this crucial issue of keeping its citizens safe . In this hour, were going to travel the world to look for solutions. Gun violence rates in one country are a fraction of americas levels. Well visit another nation where liberals and conservatives reached agreement on gun control and afterwards, shootings plummeted. But first lets visit a country where the people are