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brooklynite

(94,591 posts)
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 10:04 AM Sep 2014

Are we sure Greg Orman is from KANSAS?

"We’ve spent a lot of time over the last two decades debating whether or not women should have the right to make decisions about their own reproductive health. As a man, I’ll never have to face some of the decisions that women have to make. I know the women of Kansas are smart, and I trust them to make their own decisions about their reproductive health."

"The idea that those 700,000 people could simply head to a gun show and buy a firearm without the same background scrutiny doesn’t make sense to me. While there are likely other illegal ways for criminals to get firearms, we shouldn’t make it easy for a violent offender or a mentally ill individual to get a gun."

Religious freedom is a sacred Constitutional right given to every American but corporations are not people. The Supreme Court is simply wrong to treat corporations like they are."

"Our policy must be practical. It’s just not practical to say that we’re going to find and send back to other countries 11 million undocumented people. We’ve got whole industries in Kansas that would go away if we attempted to introduce such an unworkable policy. Towns like Dodge City and Garden City and much of the agricultural community in Kansas would be absolutely devastated."

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Are we sure Greg Orman is from KANSAS? (Original Post) brooklynite Sep 2014 OP
Kansas populism isn't dead, I guess n/m ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2014 #1
Protecting the environment iandhr Sep 2014 #2

iandhr

(6,852 posts)
2. Protecting the environment
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 11:18 AM
Sep 2014

"In Washington today, one side says we must protect our environment no matter what impact it will have on our economy. The other side says doing anything at all will cost us jobs and is therefore unacceptable. Both sides have dug in and don’t believe there’s any basis for cooperation.

The truth is this is a false choice, and I know it because as a businessman I did both. The first company I ever started, Environmental Lighting Concepts, designed and installed energy efficient lighting systems for commercial and industrial buildings.

Our company created jobs, helped the environment, protected natural resources, and made money for our customers. We used the opportunity to cut energy and ultimately help the environment as a good business decision."

This guy is saying we can create jobs and protect the environment.

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