http://www.voteforcox.com/main-1 daily 1.0 2019-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505099179111-KRJRCFTOTB8F1OIZ2POS/Main+Theme+copy.png Steve Cox For Congress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505011831286-LTQLVCR4QBLH8O65KYEU/JeffersonPrivateFortune.jpg Steve Cox For Congress I plan to win this race, and when the day comes that I exit my role as a public servant, I plan to do so as the same, middle-class guy I was when I entered. I believe the reward of public service is the service itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505068593452-RPPUA88RAMVWN6EVNE06/Mountains1.jpg Steve Cox For Congress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505501268827-9TT4TU3J5MTCS6KVKYM8/Main2.jpg Steve Cox For Congress http://www.voteforcox.com/news daily 0.75 2018-05-05 http://www.voteforcox.com/news/2018/5/4/a-joint-statement-of-solidarity-with-melissa-fazli monthly 0.5 2018-05-05 http://www.voteforcox.com/news/2018/4/11/steve-speaks-volume-2 monthly 0.5 2018-04-11 http://www.voteforcox.com/news/2018/4/1/steve-speaks-sunday monthly 0.5 2018-04-11 http://www.voteforcox.com/news/2018/2/7/video-complete-district-39-candidate-forum monthly 0.5 2018-02-07 http://www.voteforcox.com/news/2018/1/26/taking-on-the-establishment-and-winning monthly 0.5 2018-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1516999108690-CTLR25I7Q7FCP2O32UUG/Cox-DiamondBar-Ambrosioni-2018-005.JPG News - Taking On The Establishment, And Winning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1516999324877-BBWAWKNUMI4OE3A8MLM9/Cox-DiamondBar-Ambrosioni-2018-013.JPG News - Taking On The Establishment, And Winning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1516999204702-82T25JKBGRCFGFGZB7VI/Cox-DiamondBar-Ambrosioni-2018-007.JPG News - Taking On The Establishment, And Winning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1516999387669-DL2KQXMJN6VZ8HB0R3I6/Cox-DiamondBar-Ambrosioni-2018-014.JPG News - Taking On The Establishment, And Winning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1516999268191-NOYZ9LYPNPK5DWIOGKBL/Cox-DiamondBar-Ambrosioni-2018-009.JPG News - Taking On The Establishment, And Winning http://www.voteforcox.com/news/2017/11/21/why-net-neutrality-matters monthly 0.5 2017-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1511319546886-8I5BPCZJOPHX8TP5RO9X/Tiers.jpg News - Why Net Neutrality Matters Portugal doesn't have net-neutrality laws in place. Everything is done in tiers. No more freedom for you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1511319350529-UZWHD59C4B1YNLZQVAXI/Orphan+Drug+Act News - Why Net Neutrality Matters Taxpayers are footing the bill for more and more new medications and then paying many times the price to use them later on. http://www.voteforcox.com/news/2017/10/14/proud-independent-steve-cox-featured-in-the-orange-county-register monthly 0.5 2017-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1508004741721-XRUVHEVBOP1BXRYNLHBQ/Gus.jpg News - Proud Independent Steve Cox Featured in the Orange County Register Me and my best friend, Gus, at the beach a few years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1508005374027-XVIPNU4AK5PMY4OE6K2W/GusXRays.jpg News - Proud Independent Steve Cox Featured in the Orange County Register These are a couple of Gus's X-Rays. The one on the bottom shows that his left lung is basically all cancer. But we are fighting it... http://www.voteforcox.com/news/2017/9/24/forced-patriotism-isnt-patriotism monthly 0.5 2017-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1506288624431-LEIJBCRZ9RGYFTOBZGVD/Me.JPG News - Forced Patriotism Isn't Patriotism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1506288301472-Z5YO9JQ5GMGO01U5ZTIH/JusticeRobertJackson.jpg News - Forced Patriotism Isn't Patriotism http://www.voteforcox.com/news/2017/9/19/serving-two-masters monthly 0.5 2017-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505840911104-OR08OQ0FP9IFK88HTSZH/HealthcareObama.png News - Serving Two Masters From the CNN link above, and here. How'd these promises turn out? And before you blame Republicans, Democrats controlled both houses of congress, and had 60 votes in the senate if you count Independents Bernie Sanders (who wanted universal healthcare, and called Obamacare a "good, Republican healthcare law") and Joe Lieberman, who was Al Gore's running mate in 2000, and became an independent in 2006 after losing his Democratic Primary to another Democrat in his bid for re-election. The Democrats had enough votes to give us universal healthcare in 2010. They just didn't want to, because they're just as beholden to the healthcare lobby as Republicans, if not more so. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505843010133-RMN5AOSCLHAZMAFKHJF3/Citigroup.png News - Serving Two Masters From the link at left, and here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505844126482-Z4WY5EED8VWNLZ2QAEB3/obama-on-your-side.png News - Serving Two Masters http://www.voteforcox.com/news/2017/9/15/delusional-leadership monthly 0.5 2017-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505503230547-VJ2YOUB3D4CVESDUE03N/Hillary1984.jpg News - Delusional Leadership https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505504615324-IOEK7EEB86LQ1BNBQUBG/Political+Compass.png News - Delusional Leadership http://www.voteforcox.com/news/2017/9/13/the-healthcare-lobby-owns-both-parties monthly 0.5 2017-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505343684735-7QZ4J0AWHXK98NI9YBZ0/MedicareForAll.png News - This Is A Setup http://www.voteforcox.com/news/2017/9/12/corruption-is-universal-healthcare-isnt-1 monthly 0.5 2017-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505243587297-CYGGG3FO7JF1GZWF12FG/Bribery.JPG News - Corruption Is Universal, Healthcare Isn't http://www.voteforcox.com/news/2017/9/12/asset-forfeiture-is-theft monthly 0.5 2017-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505844786066-5M1FXO4FEDSNGN5LCXQU/AssetForfeiture1.jpg News - "Asset Forfeiture" Is Theft http://www.voteforcox.com/news/tag/universal+healthcare monthly 0.5 http://www.voteforcox.com/news/tag/asset+forfeiture monthly 0.5 http://www.voteforcox.com/news/tag/abuse monthly 0.5 http://www.voteforcox.com/news/tag/single+payer monthly 0.5 http://www.voteforcox.com/news/tag/democrats monthly 0.5 http://www.voteforcox.com/news/tag/republicans monthly 0.5 http://www.voteforcox.com/news/tag/duopoly monthly 0.5 http://www.voteforcox.com/news/tag/theft monthly 0.5 http://www.voteforcox.com/news/tag/civil+asset+forfeiture monthly 0.5 http://www.voteforcox.com/news/tag/healthcare monthly 0.5 http://www.voteforcox.com/news/tag/lobby monthly 0.5 http://www.voteforcox.com/news/tag/fraud monthly 0.5 http://www.voteforcox.com/news/tag/corruption monthly 0.5 http://www.voteforcox.com/annual-report-stat-1-mentor daily 0.75 2025-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5797de498419c2b3b97221ba/1473700888618-FTWE0952TOEB5FN2LMRP/annual-report-p1423927103-6-2500x1667.jpg Annual Report Stat 1 - 98% Student Retention DESCRIPTION TEXT. PELLENTE MORBI TRISTIQUE SENECTUS ET NETUS ET ET MALESUADA FAMES https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5797de498419c2b3b97221ba/1473700888618-FTWE0952TOEB5FN2LMRP/annual-report-p1423927103-6-2500x1667.jpg Annual Report Stat 1 - 98% Student Retention DESCRIPTION TEXT. PELLENTE MORBI TRISTIQUE SENECTUS ET NETUS ET ET MALESUADA FAMES https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5797de498419c2b3b97221ba/1473701216284-VUBYJX644RVP7MHPG8QE/annual-report-p1423859362-6-2500x1667.jpg Annual Report Stat 1 - 86% University Placement DESCRIPTION TEXT. NUNC SIT AMET SIT AMET MALESUADA LIBERO MORBI ODIO URNA, RHONCUS VITAE. http://www.voteforcox.com/annual-report-stat-2-mentor daily 0.75 2025-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5797de498419c2b3b97221ba/1473700599108-USBOQA8JYVRAQKFNRVQV/annual-report-p1423939271-6-2500x1667.jpg Annual Report Stat 2 - 52% Female Students DESCRIPTION TEXT. MORBI TRISTIQUE SENECTUS ET NETUS ET MALESUADA FAMES PELLENTESQUE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5797de498419c2b3b97221ba/1473700599108-USBOQA8JYVRAQKFNRVQV/annual-report-p1423939271-6-2500x1667.jpg Annual Report Stat 2 - 52% Female Students DESCRIPTION TEXT. MORBI TRISTIQUE SENECTUS ET NETUS ET MALESUADA FAMES PELLENTESQUE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5797de498419c2b3b97221ba/1473700409375-H3SS760LFEEZ2IGPTEID/annual-report-p1423857050-6-2500x1667.jpg Annual Report Stat 2 - 95% Literacy Rate DESCRIPTION TEXT. SED NISL SED VIVERRA TEMPOR NUNC SOLLICITUDIN IPSUM AT TINCIDUNT ELEIFEND. http://www.voteforcox.com/annual-report-stat-highlight-mentor daily 0.75 2025-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5797de498419c2b3b97221ba/1473701416958-FKF17V7V8TVLS9KF3TKD/annual-report-p1423758687-6-2500x1667.jpg Annual Report Stat Highlight - Quisque Malesuada Vulputate DESCRIPTION TEXT. AMET DICTUM MAGNA SIT AMET MALESUADA LIBERO MORBI ODIO URNA, RHONCUS VITAE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5797de498419c2b3b97221ba/1473701416958-FKF17V7V8TVLS9KF3TKD/annual-report-p1423758687-6-2500x1667.jpg Annual Report Stat Highlight - Quisque Malesuada Vulputate DESCRIPTION TEXT. AMET DICTUM MAGNA SIT AMET MALESUADA LIBERO MORBI ODIO URNA, RHONCUS VITAE. http://www.voteforcox.com/about-me daily 0.75 2017-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505174858410-4BERVJJL27G0SRW5HF1L/Motorcycle2.JPG About Me This is me a few years ago testing multi-time champ Ryan Villopoto's Kawasaki KX450F out at Perris Raceway for a European magazine article. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505235984762-G5N0CQ4OSQ10MWSZ390S/Parents.JPG About Me My parents, Dennis and Jeannette, at the Fullerton Courthouse on their wedding day, in 1972. I'm as rooted in District 39 as anybody. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505175244703-P4E6VRG1WLY2HIVGGD4W/Wife2.JPG About Me Me and my wife, Erica, in New York City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505236909598-UVQQLPUFY8JXCONU0UL6/Signature.png About Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505172712077-N27RQCH0Q1HWKXPJCCRB/AboutMeHeader.png About Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505176366082-4KZZLL9LJ9SUHOXJ3R94/Engine.jpg About Me My truck's engine as I built it back up with forged pistons, since a broken piston caused the problem in the first place. I'm still driving this truck now three years later with no problems. As you can see, I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty, or to dive head-first into things on the belief that I'll figure them out when I get there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505175092026-0Y15299SJNP266BAZLCC/Dogs.JPG About Me Our dogs sacked out on the custom back-seat bed I made for them. Don't take selfies while you're driving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505174762662-UOMXBHEDT4W5TTVPV3T7/Dad.JPG About Me My dad, Dennis, in Vietnam, in 1968; about 50 years ago now... http://www.voteforcox.com/on-the-issues daily 0.75 2019-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505087846686-VMHCUR5N7N030IBLV8HH/IssuesHeader.png On The Issues http://www.voteforcox.com/minimum-wage daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504819253982-4X617Q202XPM3EEU8KY6/Wage+vs+Productivity.png Minimum Wage If the minimum wage simply kept up with productivity (shown), after adjusting for inflation, it would be almost $20 per hour today. If the minimum wage just kept up with inflation over the last 50 years (it was $1.60 in real dollars in 1968), it would be $11.25 per hour today. It's $7.25 at the federal level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505090728576-0NXTDZNHC2FC9Y6HYT40/MinimumWageHeader.png Minimum Wage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504818889124-5P7M581A0V38J0AGIVFA/MinimumWageProfits3.gif Minimum Wage "But we can't afford to pay workers more." Yes, they can. This compares employee compensation to corporate profits over time. See where the money's going? They can afford to pay better, fairer wages, but they simply don't have to right now. The government they pay so much to do their bidding makes sure of that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504987722639-RC6UPNP4ABLM1IDGORK3/Economics.JPG Minimum Wage http://www.voteforcox.com/immigration daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504829260329-GV3XJUEBD5D3S6BLBELG/ImmigrantTaxes.jpg Immigration Illegal immigrants pay taxes, too. Not as much as you or I do, but if we made them legal, they'd pay the same as we do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504828487468-RF168FVEH4L5VLMQTS8L/LegalImmigration.jpg Immigration This is what a broken immigration system looks like. Nobody's going to wait 6 years, much less 20. If we want to fix illegal immigration, we need to make legal immigration quicker and less expensive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505091719145-JEO2JFW971TJDGUWFYUW/ImmigrationHeader.png Immigration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504828903187-OUAMVFZ9GKYE1522O8EL/immigration-research-brief-1-figure-2.png Immigration Immigrants win again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504828806715-2O1W66OGZ8RKL99IDM9L/immigration-research-brief-1-figure-1.png Immigration Immigrants are less likely to be incarcerated than natives are, whether they're here legally or illegally. http://www.voteforcox.com/country-bicycle daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504901634107-HB3GMV5UOEYH77XJBJIR/Political+Compass.png Country Bicycle On the Political Compass (take your test here to find out where you truly fall), this is accurate. The only two boxes I'm unsure of are "Scandinavian Countries" and "Xenophobes." We don't actually have a left-wing party anymore. Bernie Sanders (an Independent), as you'll see in the next graphic, is barely left of center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505092381020-W691ZWYYMELGENCYTVS7/BicycleHeader.png Country Bicycle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504901970332-RYG47A8YAXQ2LW66P2QS/IMG_5644.JPG Country Bicycle People are going to want to argue with me about this, but on the whole, it's very close to spot-on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504901199060-ZODF94AVD6HW44PHZUJ2/PoliticalSpectrumWithLogo.jpg Country Bicycle As the political spectrum has shifted to the right in this country, it seems many people have hardly noticed at all. Politicians and media alike refer to these two parties as "the left" and "the right" but that's only relative to each other. And sometimes it's actually wrong. There are now Republicans who are left of some of the more right-wing Democrats. We can't move forward with our country leaning this far to the right. http://www.voteforcox.com/freedom daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505093167918-66HQJOCVX71E08H3M8CM/FreedomHeader.png Freedom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504921780704-FMKCRO7O1L2ONTODQJBM/Freedom1.jpg Freedom http://www.voteforcox.com/supporting-the-troops daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504922481246-O9NWEC1SHJ6VRZNWNTVX/SupportTheTroopsDad.JPG Supporting The Troops I took my dad to see The Wall for the first time about 10 years ago and I snapped this photo. This man, my father, fought for this country, and he bears the scars to prove it. When he came home, he continued to give - paid his taxes, worked his ass off - and the Department of Veterans Affairs rewarded him by cutting his benefits. That's how our government "supports the troops." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505093219708-4A1JMXNWKYKQ3HM8OY12/TroopsHeader.png Supporting The Troops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504922733137-3V82V6GRRMMXLH6414R2/SupportTroopsBernie.JPG Supporting The Troops http://www.voteforcox.com/whos-the-boss daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505093408463-EQRRQCTV120LTQNFHEP3/WorksHeader.png Whos The Boss https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504923245122-ISILG55S8W2GUUY2MIOF/Boss.jpg Whos The Boss http://www.voteforcox.com/department-of-defense daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505090115698-XGGUEETLJ6YMRLHZDAJD/DefenseHeader.png Department Of Defense https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504987962271-886CSZ14WFTIT2Z6WQNV/IMG_1312.JPG Department Of Defense From the link provided in the main body of this document, here is the CIA's "Key Judgments" in the case of Iraq's WMDs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504663828684-WT1MC71QTRDJ3ZNYX82T/Saudis.jpg Department Of Defense Even though the documents implicating elements of the Saudi Arabian government in the attacks of 9/11 only came out in 2016, all three of these presidents had access to the information when they did this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504989094162-XBXHG9SMYBRUW8IA0IOO/IMG_9018.PNG Department Of Defense For further evidence that the Iraq War WMD intel was a lie and not an "error," this is the original note written by US Senior Policy Official Stephen Cambone, as dictated to him by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld less than 5 hours after the plane hit the Pentagon on 9/11. Source It reads: "Resume Statement: Best info fast. Judge whether good enough hit SH [Saddam Hussein] @ same time, not only UBL [Usama bin Laden] Need to move swiftly-- Near term target needs-- Go massive--sweep it all up-- things related + not." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504663183697-2Y5J8D79K6UK8XGOIXB2/tonkin-lie.gif Department Of Defense Cartoon by David Horsey http://www.voteforcox.com/war-on-terrorism daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504830018485-O2MXMR8IZAJXG5N6Y55B/Korean+War.gif War On Terrorism By the end of our wars, this is always the pattern. Since World War II, we've always regretted going to war once the media-generated fear and fervor wears off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504985371292-191ZG1P1E4XWH5Q3QS5B/IMG_7540.JPG War On Terrorism This accurately illustrates the problem when any society begins to allow the government leeway with domestic security. With the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, American liberty was quickly swallowed by this overriding push for "security." We need to re-prioritize because this cannot be "the land of the free" or "the home of the brave" if we're too scared to allow our fellow Americans their freedom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504831021056-62FD7I6A29TXQCNGFOQA/WarOnTerror.png War On Terrorism This looks a lot like the data in my piece on the War On Drugs, huh? The more we fight terrorism, the more terrorism we get. I know, let's have a war on the middle class, a war on healthcare, and a war on education. Those things could only get stronger after we declare war on them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504988229057-9OLVUFVBBFDS76Q50G1F/IMG_2627.JPG War On Terrorism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505091860768-JP0W9DDKU717KKRAII8U/TerrorHeader.png War On Terrorism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504987158364-E68AJQWTEPOCFSGNOOR7/IMG_7895.JPG War On Terrorism This, from July of 2016, is one of many examples illustrating why terrorism is getting worse rather than better. If you honestly put yourselves in their shoes, wouldn't you hate any government that did this to your family? I know I would. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504830356046-58TIG0B0SVW32XGD06Y8/Vietnam.gif War On Terrorism Again, we got all whipped into a frenzy by the media before Vietnam, where my father served three tours, and then by the end we regretted it. http://www.voteforcox.com/government-waste daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504660721440-00G5U1C91KED5R2MVM40/Middle+Class.png Government Waste Our middle class is being killed off both by private industry and government policy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504660435149-O90P530Z10US6ATWEHTP/Pentagon.jpg Government Waste The defense budget is bloated and wasteful. Rather than spending all of this money fighting wars that we don't need to fight, and we can't win, I think we should spend it here at home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505089560576-GOKHHX1S8TK51SAW4ORH/GovernmentWasteHeader.png Government Waste https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504661028934-H80EJW3JZRMKOG0JEC9F/MilitarySpending.gif Government Waste This chart is as of 2013. It hasn't gotten better. It seems the military budget is the only one we're not allowed to talk about cutting. I'm talking about it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504658990980-W98SG84G32XA5MC0JUA7/FY2003-FY2013-contract-award-percentages.jpg Government Waste When the fiscal year is about to end, everybody spends, spends, spends! Notice how the State Department (DOS) spent over 1/3 of its entire budget for 11 years in September. Source http://www.voteforcox.com/education daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504665112104-BS9MST0G0TZ35U9VKV58/Tuition.jpg Education Government-funded colleges were tuition free until around the start of the Vietnam War. Since then, this has priced many out of advancing their educational goals. This hurts all of us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505090289954-47A5RK5BPAHEOK3VG0AA/EducationHeader.png Education http://www.voteforcox.com/economics daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504927426705-K8ETQ1KSGQSM1Z2CKZM4/HealthcarePharmaLobby.JPG Economics In truth, we pay that $240 million (many times over) through our medical care, which they use to turn around and influence congress to make sure we have no choice but to keep paying, or die. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504926659833-9IZL9KGYKDL3VZF75SY6/Kenneth+Arrow+2.png Economics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504927830043-OYHNO5EA0SCUOAYRPEGA/EconomicsFord.PNG Economics Henry Ford understood economics pretty well... His successors at his company, not so much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505094315916-U9V1KKOG7KFF5CHAD9VV/EconomicsHeader.png Economics http://www.voteforcox.com/founders daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505093939383-Y0B4GX44JW8WLKJCRWXL/FoundersHeader.png Founders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504924283781-B2SQ7VIXJH9MBAA8VTQM/JeffersonPropertyTaxQuote.jpg Founders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504924201594-H65ZE4C8GMHAV2VXBE39/FranklinPropertyQuote.jpg Founders http://www.voteforcox.com/home-1 daily 0.75 2016-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1535394867157-MTQAOAQPKWQ68DDY1HTW/tumblr_mn8b8sLRb61rkz363o1_1280.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1535394848185-CGDDU4QCIRSO4U1270H3/image-asset.jpeg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504309961678-APIHFBCGC8GIZ4JL1PNL/CrowdPacPhoto.jpg Home http://www.voteforcox.com/congressional-pay daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505089357159-4H11AR5AL4ARB56ZP32S/CongressPayHeader.png Congressional Pay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504638527332-YX1KZ00KVYTGJ5N2WFCO/Congress3.png Congressional Pay Congress gets rich by keeping us from getting fair pay and benefits for our labor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504638188015-3WRANMFMI3RGEKJZBXX2/Congress2.gif Congressional Pay Government employees not only have great health benefits and retirement, they make nearly twice as much money as we do, too. http://www.voteforcox.com/the-truth daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504924097046-NW603QHZ1A9RVJN6KHJQ/Truth.jpg The Truth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505093738300-ZVGLG7BE1HQX8OQMGF5X/TruthHeader.png The Truth http://www.voteforcox.com/new-page daily 0.75 2017-09-05 http://www.voteforcox.com/quotes-and-memes daily 0.75 2017-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1511641736876-JWD9E1WNUH6BZ7IK8PGI/TeddyRooseveltLaissezFaire.jpg Quotes and Memes Part 1 of 2 of Teddy Roosevelt's speech as he ran for president as the head of a third party known as the Progressive Party, also known as the Bull Moose Party. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505249594718-ZAMON682SWCTFO4LX3O1/Elbridge-gerry-painting.jpg Quotes and Memes Founder Elbridge Gerry (after whom "gerrymandering" is named) on the danger of having standing armies in times of peace. ("Member" in this context is referring to male genitalia.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1511641858483-JWM3OLSPK8CFK6VZEU88/TeddyRooseveltGreatCorporations.jpg Quotes and Memes Part 2 of 2 from the same speech. Both excerpts designed to stand on their own in these graphics, but one directly precedes the other in the actual speech, which can be found in its entirety here: http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/images/research/txtspeeches/679.pdf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1511641493795-1CB5S0OP862HQES8TWSE/TeddyRooseveltCorporateFortunes.jpg Quotes and Memes I always feel it's an interesting fact to point out the political parties of historical figures such as Theodore Roosevelt, because it shows how far things have shifted over time. He was a Republican at this time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505249065741-5YN3FQZRG2BO2K6LY84Y/James+Madison+War+Quote.jpg Quotes and Memes James Madison on what happens to our liberty during times of constant warfare, including how it makes wealth inequality worse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505249990956-NC3H64G9BOQPSTMDYGSI/george-orwell+copy.jpg Quotes and Memes Author George Orwell on the responsibility we must own by continuing to elect corrupt politicians to office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1511641219702-8885EFZIZOH4OSDALYQW/TeddyRooseveltTrustsQuote.jpg Quotes and Memes Teddy Roosevelt was the principal politician fighting against corporate greed during the last Gilded Age. We're in a new Gilded Age today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505249485129-OM1Y5WG0P6G826IB8LB1/MadisonPartiesTaxesQuote.jpg Quotes and Memes James Madison on the problem with political parties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505096122973-TEMKTSVVHZ9MAIGMRUWB/MemesHeader.png Quotes and Memes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1511641630252-PZ5XWNZBIJVF06EB6Y8W/TeddyRooseveltCorporateDonations2.jpg Quotes and Memes This is still necessary, it's just that now we have to overturn or side-step the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision in order to do it. But it has to be done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505250090855-LVFHIKQNRO8NK5S4FE6Z/JeffersonPrivateFortune.jpg Quotes and Memes Thomas Jefferson on being proud of not using his position as the president of the United States to become any wealthier. In fact, he died broke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505249865266-BUSXVZ5L5YD9O81YHN7L/JusticeRobertJackson.jpg Quotes and Memes Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson in his decision regarding the forcing of people to take part in patriotic celebrations, such as standing for the National Anthem (think: Colin Kaepernick). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505247699037-M3XKFAXNAHISB8MA5A5E/FranklinPropertyQuote+copy.jpg Quotes and Memes The man on our largest denomination of currency in print proposing a form of socialism, before there was such a thing as "socialism." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1511641361000-N1SNXWSJRMV6MKVG1ZNH/TeddyRooseveltDeathKnell.jpg Quotes and Memes Both of our major political parties today work on behalf of the rich only. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505246740585-LB7H6APPYWGKKQNUTGHB/RFKRevolutionMeme.jpg Quotes and Memes You say you want a revolution... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505250259561-N8FY8BKJM3SRIZ5QO6YI/menckenquote.jpg Quotes and Memes Journalist/Satirist H.L. Mencken predicting the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505249738663-QB0U0K78CMHRIB4WR797/JFKGunQuote.jpg Quotes and Memes John F. Kennedy discussing the responsibilities of citizenship, and the right to bear arms as among said responsibilities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1511644914345-03S30Y3N367NR1C8F9EI/Henry+Wallace+Fascism.jpg Quotes and Memes Franklin D. Roosevelt's VP from 1941-1945 was, soon after this, removed from being FDR's running mate for re-election by the Democratic Party at the Democratic Convention in July of 1944, because he was "too progressive" and "too friendly with labor" to be next in line to the presidency as FDR's health continued to decline. He was replaced by Harry Truman, who was deemed more conservative and more friendly to business interests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505249099861-6ZBAI325U6IKNHRVXIB8/JeffersonGraduatedTax.jpg Quotes and Memes Thomas Jefferson proposing a graduated tax. http://www.voteforcox.com/donate daily 0.75 2021-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505076536806-0TOE3L81R5WTP271C70L/RFKRevolutionMeme.jpg Ways To Help https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505095605505-M4BF8GCHT06Y2A21BD68/HelpHeader.png Ways To Help http://www.voteforcox.com/election-reform daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504832644252-B9C2NB0AS7E505P8X2SC/Donors.png Election Reform That's right: 0.53% of the population contributes 67.8% of our election funding! That is not democracy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504833104397-W25SX3JCMG8TRNXBUSR3/Gerrymandering.jpg Election Reform This is how gerrymandering works. This is another way the parties subtly commit election fraud. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505092053531-XALOTXDMP93XXQGFUR9J/ElectionHeader.png Election Reform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504832289331-QLCNWXATKVE074EQUQ0T/Oligarchy.jpg Election Reform The parties don't care about you unless they need your money, or your vote. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504990626040-XD0T1YTM9OW7BDEKWMFT/PeoplePower.jpg Election Reform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504832846704-MQH4AVFS3XB9XAYDNL1P/Evils.jpg Election Reform http://www.voteforcox.com/government-is-science daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504917980703-DRID3BEUFAQM0W4C4IHC/science+policy+400+px.jpg Government Is Science https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505092713686-QBTKA5J1TT3LGHOTL2GD/ScienceHeader.png Government Is Science http://www.voteforcox.com/money-in-politics daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505094125138-88K80DR9CLK4OE9NDJQH/MoneyHeader.png Money In Politics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504924476397-WJPAQHWHRVE46FP8MMCA/Money.jpg Money In Politics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504924428457-IS7RB0IYV8UUPLUZ03WY/Money2.jpg Money In Politics http://www.voteforcox.com/veterans daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504662818377-M94LC9ZZ8ILE1MMMVAMY/VeteransPic.jpg Veterans Cartoon by John Darkow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505089927918-09A5Q0W5F59Y2WPATASW/VeteransHeader.png Veterans http://www.voteforcox.com/drug-war daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504821221555-K2YXNIFO70XZPHHG3D9P/DrugWarPortugal.jpg Drug War Since Portugal decriminalized all illicit drugs, their overdose rate has dropped to the second-lowest in all of Europe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505091002222-A5ITBCKCBRB80IY4LGDL/DrugsHeader.png Drug War https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504820675841-E9XMFRQD7AGMJT7OS1SE/Polls.jpg Drug War In the top poll, the majority of people said they would turn their child in if they committed crimes where there was a victim. But the bottom poll, almost nobody said they'd turn in their child for the use of illegal drugs. This tells me that we all know, deep down, that criminalizing drugs is a bad idea. If we wouldn't do it to our children, why would we do it to someone else's? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504820067577-6R6LL7J0NXHS5UFXAQ6O/Drug+War+Spending+vs+Addicts.png Drug War The "War on Drugs" hasn't reduced the percentage of the population addicted to drugs at all, no matter how much is spent. Which means ending the drug war should have a negligible impact on the number of addicts as well, but it would save us money and help people instead of ruining their lives forever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504928930677-YJF9L91WILWCGV2QB3CK/Drug+War.JPG Drug War This is why prohibition of alcohol didn't work, and why prohibition of illicit drugs can't work. Prohibition makes things worse, not better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504821578815-HK5E6DLT4A66DQ7GTYXB/Prisoners.png Drug War The "War On Drugs" officially began in 1971. This is not a coincidence. We now have more people in prison than any other country on earth both by outright number and percentage of population. "Land of the free"? Not so much. We have 5% of the world's population, and 25% of the world's prisoners. http://www.voteforcox.com/parties-are-the-problem daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504824861123-LTPTP1R20XOJ7V8YZHKO/slaughterhouse.jpg Parties Are The Problem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504823739437-AZ59YCF6TVR9SFC1ZA76/Independent.jpg Parties Are The Problem How about you? Join me and help me take on the parties. They don't care about you. Why would you care about them? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504824278402-J2MYOB84ZTKR1DCT0FAR/Independent.png Parties Are The Problem People are figuring it out. In another 10 years, maybe less, Independents like me will be the outright majority. Let's aim for "maybe less." It's time to be done with these two parties and move on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505091212834-WYK2GLJFS6XO1ZN9BBIK/PartiesHeader.png Parties Are The Problem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505008644013-5J8QKWELDQFG9EPSB71B/DCCC+Instructions.JPG Parties Are The Problem This was written and posted here by Blue America, which is a progressive non-profit that supports progressive candidates. It looks like the Democrats haven't learned a lot since Hillary lost to Trump, or for that matter since they've lost over 1000 legislative and executive seats over the last 10 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504990517062-6S2QFYS7E1XHE9UF3GCR/PeoplePower.jpg Parties Are The Problem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504824955970-TMITJ7TM3UBGA75NBKUU/Independent2.jpg Parties Are The Problem There is no "lesser of two evils." There's just evil. Decades of voting for the "lesser of two evils" led to Clinton vs. Trump, the two least popular candidates in history. Let's try voting against evil for once... http://www.voteforcox.com/guns daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504825285560-ITH32TDCT6571J567FNG/GunStats.jpg Guns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504825683291-W1BRMEKAU246BYSM5WLM/JFKonGuns.jpg Guns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504828006155-FZVT44SYAZZUILS0GOVC/povertynotth.png Guns Some "experts" like to point out that it's the young people who are predominantly the killers in our society. As you can see in this graph specific to our home state, it's not their age that's the problem, it's their poverty. Socioeconomics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504826059991-KX7PUPMMD9CLKWNK18DV/Map-US-Murder-Fixed.jpg Guns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504827771047-38NIRDEX9MV58MK8RODY/GunHomicides.jpg Guns As you can see, gun homicides have the exact same cause as any other method of homicide. That's why the graph looks so similar for each. The answer is to go after homicides in general, and to do that, we need to address our many socioeconomic issues in this country. Gun bans and restrictions won't help this problem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505091501141-RYCW68JW4JHCSBOLPEAX/image-asset.png Guns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504826425694-M3P3RHOL1B12HZT3DXK7/gun-deaths-large.jpg Guns All of these deaths are tragic. All of them. But it's important to know the ratio here. http://www.voteforcox.com/moral-policy daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505092540966-UHYJRMIVR51WE3Y7KWQI/MoralsHeader.png Moral Policy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504903883622-UZQRSUD6SMRJQRRQW30K/RoganMorality.JPG Moral Policy http://www.voteforcox.com/laws-vs-rights daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504928814334-2WI24V6Y5PJISTNGQZCG/Law.jpg Laws Vs Rights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505094719774-N3V5J98N7CQ5VXGYIU1I/RightsHeader.png Laws Vs Rights http://www.voteforcox.com/police-reform daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504845841051-AOQ34316ZKARGAIPUK84/PoliceAsset.jpg Police Reform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504842178200-NTNKGHEW6KLNL66W9M5E/Police1.jpg Police Reform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504893394659-RMPZDHSGR4VRNQBP19IB/PoliceInvestigate.JPG Police Reform This is never a good idea. Ever. For anybody. Anywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505092237018-8EVPG5R78HKO15TWY53I/PoliceHeader.png Police Reform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504894045027-7UQDEFYI4HFQ34ABR7ID/PolicePowerHST.JPG Police Reform If we want to live in "the land of the free," then the way we handle policing in this country needs to undergo a paradigm shift. We can't expect them to police themselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504893847233-I0VZMP6T1GSH0K3GQZHL/PoliceAcquit.JPG Police Reform These two headlines came out the same day. An officer who shot a man to death who had done nothing wrong and was obeying commands was acquitted, while a civilian woman who told her suicidal boyfriend to go ahead and kill himself was convicted. Justice is supposed to be blind. It isn't. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504846397776-9AXDOBZ930A212R6A4BN/PolicingCivilianLed.jpg Police Reform The Civilian Led Policing model would be a fantastic improvement of relations between police and their communities, bringing equal accountability and justice to a system that needs both. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504894301516-ZJY0WG88HM1CZ3N2JVGZ/PoliceGrieve.jpg Police Reform I grieve every fallen officer. This is why I believe these things in this piece need to be addressed. The way policing is being handled today is making it more dangerous for all of them. People are increasingly seeing police as the enemy, and it's not the fault of the media, or politicians. It's due to the policies within police departments nationwide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504842791383-G859QD1064G5FDZPGGUD/ARD.png Police Reform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504844045713-VZD0OS56EIK5TV796VNB/PoliceBernie.png Police Reform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504845544677-J63H4CC563E9MIK8WJ8T/PoliceKing.jpg Police Reform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504894559042-MTN8D890AZZW5FD7UY30/PoliceBreakLaw.JPG Police Reform In any truly free country, this is a question that we must be able to easily and quickly answer. Police are tasked with enforcing the law, so when they break the law, who do we turn to? http://www.voteforcox.com/take-action daily 0.75 2013-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390597413198-XUEB2J3138YBEXDCIMC0/tumblr_migjb4LxOB1rkz363o2_1280.jpg Join The Fight http://www.voteforcox.com/main daily 0.75 2014-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390513380961-PTHFXE5U2S1FJSLPXUSD/tumblr_mh1iruZWLf1rkz363o1_1280.jpg Main http://www.voteforcox.com/healthcare daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504661958636-OBR668QVUORIQI0ZCAPU/Healthcare1.jpg Healthcare The 6% of GDP that represents the difference between what we spend on healthcare, and what the Netherlands spends (for much better care) comes to about $1.2 trillion per year, or $100 billion every month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505089716499-XDO5IFVBP3GWONPLBACX/image-asset.png Healthcare https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504661839164-IUTBY49FA1K63W2OVHKN/Healthcare2.gif Healthcare This is not because our healthcare is better. It isn't. We rank 37th in the world, behind all of the countries in this chart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504662156458-F8CHAZRH6LIT33IY3HC2/HealthInsurance.jpg Healthcare Where's all that money going? Here. And to shareholders, other executives and administrators, etc. It's definitely not being spent on patients. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504662253324-KFXMNL6XMI9NHOLA4WE5/HealthcarePharma.jpg Healthcare Oh, and don't forget these people. Big Pharma has managed not only to secure themselves massive profits, but they even get taxpayers to cover their R&D much of the time. This isn't business. This is theft. http://www.voteforcox.com/patriotism daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504919885718-OB6VU7LLD37MLW66NBXK/PatriotismHarris2.jpg Patriotism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504920319412-3GWJMOGH9FA9L1RZSH0I/PatriotismZinn.jpg Patriotism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505092902457-7B9ZR3Z3BJLIOXLL5QJ7/PatriotismHeader.png Patriotism http://www.voteforcox.com/business-vs-theft daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504928187420-F5CRBYLPDNFRZWRLH8DM/Theft.jpg Business vs Theft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505094534518-BWAZP6VWET7B7JTAWEBR/TheftHeader.png Business vs Theft http://www.voteforcox.com/income-inequality daily 0.75 2017-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504817841537-KUIQJSJOHKZILUXEZ9MA/TaxesByCountry.png Income Inequality There's a myth that's been going around for a long time about the taxes being so high in the US that they're prohibitive to business. It's not true, no matter who says it, or how often. Think about how low we are on this list, then think about the fact that we spend more than nearly this entire list combined on our military, which we use in large part to protect these same countries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504816673336-TP3YG9Z59060V50XESYI/Tax+Rates.png Income Inequality As you can see, every Top Marginal Tax Rate is at a historic low right now. Have these low taxes created jobs, as believers in "trickle down economics" (officially called "supply side economics") would have you believe? No. Because companies only - only - hire people based on need. They don't hire people because their taxes are lower. That just means they get to keep more money in profit to share with their executives and shareholders. I have a plan to address this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504817583248-PEC48M8658S8N3LOO9RP/real-gdp-and-income.png Income Inequality There's a reason we, in the middle class, are feeling squeezed. It's because we are being squeezed. When GDP goes up, it should benefit all of us, but it doesn't. It only benefits the wealthy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504817352901-CL7NQ111VH6AKBYVCOWC/TaxesVsSpending.png Income Inequality We definitely do need to cut waste in our government, as I've covered elsewhere, along with cutting spending in general on things that don't make sense. But we also need to bring revenue up at the federal level. To do that, we have to go after those who can afford a tax hike, such as those making millions of dollars per year and up, not the middle class or poor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1505090496554-QCN1QGVQRWMW6M3RQ8X4/WealthHeader.png Income Inequality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504817078124-3NAM1O7HR3I8YVKYUZVC/Taxes2.png Income Inequality One major problem with our current system of taxation is that the top tax bracket hasn't changed significantly in decades. And after you adjust for inflation, tax rates are lower than almost any time in the last 100 years. We need brackets set at higher income amounts, and with higher tax rates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/591c946cd1758e9fb0d8d002/1504665678917-RYRFHHPPHF23AQW33NSG/Oligarchy.jpg Income Inequality As you can see, no matter the percentage of regular people, like us, who support a policy in government, the likelihood of adopting that policy never increases. But what happens when more of the "economic elite" or special-interest groups want the policy (like the NRA, or many others on the "left")? Done deal. "Taken care of, Mr. Shareholder. Whatever you want. We. Are. Here. For. You. Mr. Shareholder, Sir!" Congress hasn't been working for us - the people of this country - for at least 35 years now. That is why the middle class is dying off. It's not immigrants. It's not welfare (at least not for the poor; "Yes, sir, Mr. Banker, sir! We know you've had some 'bad luck' lately, Mr. Banker, sir! Here's some money. Don't worry. We took it from the poor and middle class. It's not costing you a dime, Mr. Banker, sir!"). It's corruption. It's the oligarchy. http://www.voteforcox.com/annual-report-top-mentor daily 0.75 2025-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5797de498419c2b3b97221ba/1473701632939-F6JOGA1G80DDEH1NJNIU/image-asset.jpeg Annual Report Top http://www.voteforcox.com/annual-report-text-1-mentor daily 0.75 2025-05-08 http://www.voteforcox.com/annual-report-cta-mentor daily 0.75 2025-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5797de498419c2b3b97221ba/1473796294701-PJQ9Y6BA21LY5I3H77MP/solid-52c2c8-2500x1667.jpg Annual Report CTA http://www.voteforcox.com/annual-report-text-2-mentor daily 0.75 2025-05-08 http://www.voteforcox.com/annual-report-text-3-mentor daily 0.75 2025-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5797de498419c2b3b97221ba/1473701254951-GFL38KHA3FYXDFFL3BY9/image-asset.jpeg Annual Report Text 3 http://www.voteforcox.com/contact-mentor daily 0.75 2025-05-08