Our Platform for Outlining Colorado’s Future

Governor Mitt Romney and Drugs People should have to pass drug test to get government assistance . 2003 12-21-2005 ; Healey kicks off student drug testing program in New Bedford 02-21-2003a ; Governor Mitt Romney fights for prescription drug coverage for seniors 2005 12-20-2005 ; HEALEY EXPANDS SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT FOR WOMEN 07-28-2005 ; HEALEY ENDORSES MANDATORY OVERDOSE REPORTING BILL 2006 06-30-2006 ; ROMNEY VETOES NEEDLES BILL; Says legislation will worsen heroin crisis by loosening drug paraphernalia laws 12-21-2005 ; HEALEY KICKS OFF STUDENT DRUG TESTING PROGRAM IN NEW BEDFORD Also see Gangs People should have to pass drug test to get government assistance. Reasons to agree I have to pass a drug test to work. I hate work. I wish I could get money for doing nothing. If I have to pass a drug test, to have the honor of working, people should have to pass a drug test, if they want free money. Like a lot of folks in this state I have a job. I work, the...

Issues / Raising the Bar on Education Governor Mitt Romney said everyone benefits when parents and kids can choose their schools. I would like to hear your reasons to agree or disagree ; until then, here are my Reasons to agree with Romney: It is best to trust individuals to make decisions for their own lives . Choice is good . School choice is good . Parental Rights and Practicality: While school choice might not be feasible for every family, it honors parents' rights to choose the best educational path for their children, whether Catholic, public, or any other type of school. Informed Decisions: With the freedom to choose, media outlets could offer evaluations and comparisons of schools, fostering a culture where education is a priority, akin to everyday consumer choices. This increased scrutiny and interest could lead to better-informed decisions about children’s education. Choice and Access: Just as bookstores and libraries coexist, providing choice doesn't necessa...

Reasons to agree We should invest in infrastructure projects critical to the national economy and its flow of goods and people, instead of funding home-district pork.

Issues / Strengthening Latin American Allies and Confronting Tyrants We should weaken the threat of the Castro regime. Reasons to agree Castro has political prisoners. We should not sit down for coffee with dictators when they put their citizens in jail for what they think. Castro helped the Soviet Union sneak nuclear weapons into Cuba. JFK had to stand up to Khrushchev in order to get them out. Castro was the leader of his country for 49 years. No one should have power that long. Cuba only has one party. One party government is bad . Governments should not be allowed to control the media . Castro controls the media, including the internet. Cubans are rarely permitted to travel abroad. This country is a cage. Cubans are never permitted to create political organizations At best Castro has maintained Cuba's pre-1959 level of development, but at an "extraordinary" cost to the overall welfare of Cubans. When castro was in school he apparently collaborated in a...

We must not allow a nuclear-9-11 . We must not allow a nuclear Pearl Harbor. We should take Ahmadinejad at his word . We should tighten economic sanctions against Iran . We should isolate Iran diplomatically . We need to communicate to the Iranian people the dangers of being nuclear capable . Iran is seeking nuclear weapons . Iran's nuclear ambition has nothing to do with clean energy . We should not assume that Iran will act responsibly when they have the bomb . We are faced today with the horrific proposition that those who speak of genocide are developing the capability to carry it out. It's time to face the reality of the Iran ian threat, take Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at his word and act accordingly. We must tighten economic sanctions against Iran , isolate Iran diplomatically, and make it clear to the Iran ian people that while nuclear capabilities may be a source of pride, it can also be a source of peril. CHALLENGE : We are faced today with the horrific propositi...

Issues / Combating Nuclear Terrorism Reasons to agree: Iran has a virtually inexhaustible supply of clean natural gas for energy, but yet the French and Russians are building nuclear reactors for them. I wonder why? Iran has refused offers from us to supply nuclear fuel for their power. I wonder why? A country, like Iran, that says that Israil should be wipped off the face of the planet should not be allowed to own nuclear weapons. We have no problems with Iran getting their power from Nuclear Weapons. We even said we would help them. But they want to use it for weapons, and the argument doesn't work that America has them and so everyone should be able to have them, because in the 50s everyone got together and agreed their was a balance of power between Russia and America, but if Iran gets them, then Saudia Arabia has to get them, and if they get them, Egypt has to get them, and if Egypt gets them their enemies get have to get them, and so everyone signed an agreement that ...

Reasons to disagree More people die from alcohol than terrorism. 85,000 people die each year because of alcohol Link 5% of all deaths from diseases of the circulatory system are attributed to alcohol. 15% of all deaths from diseases of the respiratory system are attributed to alcohol. 30% of all deaths from accidents caused by fire and flames are attributed to alcohol. 30% of all accidental drownings are attributed to alcohol. 30% of all suicides are attributed to alcohol. 40% of all deaths due to accidental falls are attributed to alcohol. 45% of all deaths in automobile accidents are attributed to alcohol. 60% of all homicides are attributed to alcohol. 100,000 deaths. That's more than a statistic. That is 100,000 individuals with faces. 100,000 individuals with lives not fully lived. 100,000 individuals grieved by mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, and children. Every year. An aggressive China that is willing to kill thousands of people in order to expand, woul...