Green Party of New Jersey
Updated
May 09, 2008
Letters
to the Editor / Easton Express-Times
I would like to correct Bruce Kowalick's mistaken information about Ralph Nader's platform (letter, Sept. 24). The confusion arises from the existence of two separate organizations, each calling themselves the Green Party. Kowalick cites the platform and Web site of GPUSA, but Nader is running on the ticket of the Association of State Green Parties (ASGP). While GPUSA has endorsed Nader, Nader has not endorsed the GPUSA platform. To see Nader's stance, visit voteNader.org. Nader will be on "Meet the Press" at 9 a.m. Sunday debating Pat Buchanan. Also, the Warren Green Party will show a Nader speech on video at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5 at 69 Fox Farm Road, Phillipsburg. Contact 908-362-0177.
Nader's (and the ASGP's) position on taxes and economic justice includes a livable wage for the working poor (one third of America's 47 million workers cannot subsist on the scant wages they make). He calls for innovative taxation (tax what we don't want -- pollution, etc.), an end to corporate "baby-sitting" through hand-outs, bail-outs and tax cuts and a truly progressive income tax rather than our current sieve that burdens the middle and working class.
MARK WIRANOWSKI
Warren County Green Party Coordinator
Blairstown Township
Roukema should debate all candidates
On Sept. 16, I went to my first community roundtable hosted by the town of Phillipsburg, presented by U.S. Rep. Marge Roukema. The rhetoric and political jargon flowed from her mouth. Every question had the prefect answer, solution or anecdote.
When confronted with the issue of a third-party candidate with her debates, she gave a typical politician's response that her debates were all scheduled and would be welcomed in the next election. Why does our system have to only be a two-party democracy?
How are Warren County residents going to fairly compare notes and make intelligent voting decisions? I am fed up with the two- party system and would like to see Ralph Nader and other Green Party candidates invited to participate in the debates. Are there only two parties running candidates in America?
I want this forced "duopoly," as Nader brilliantly coined the word, to end. I challenge Roukema to schedule a debate with all of her political opponents to take place in Warren County with the emphasis on stopping suburban sprawl. I would like The Express Times to sponsor this event.
JOHN R. DeMARZIO
Lopatcong Township
