Green Party’s Flowers seeks radical shift for nation Senate candidate wants to overhaul health care, cut out private insurance firms
Dr.
Now, as the
The 53-year-old
"We can't address the solution to the climate crisis or on military policy unless we confront the fact that our public policy represents the interests of the wealthy elites," she said.
She wants a crackdown on
She also brings a passionate desire to overhaul the American health care system in a way that sends private insurance companies to the dustbin of history. She said she would have voted against Obamacare because it didn't go far enough toward a single-payer system.
Her interest in foreign policy runs deep. Libertarian presidential nominee
Flowers said she is not a pacifist, but she wants a dramatic shift away from the use of military force. She said she could support a presidential decision to defend a
Flowers opposes the
Were Flowers to be elected, she said, she would not be a senator in the mold of Mikulski, known for her avid pursuit of federal dollars for
Flowers concentrates her criticism on
"
If elected, Flowers said she would refuse the health insurance provided to senators until such care is available to all. She said she would accept only a salary equal to the median wage of Marylanders.
As a third-party candidate, she's realistic about her prospects.
"Most likely I'm not going to win," Flowers said. She complained that she's been excluded from televised debates.
"The media has decided from the get-go that I'm not a viable candidate," she said. "They haven't allowed the public to understand who I am."
Nevertheless, Flowers insists she's well qualified to be a
Flowers said the nation needs to be more than a "mirage democracy."
"We need to have alternative parties to broaden the debate, give people more choices, to force the major-party candidates to earn their votes," she said. "Even if I don't win this time, I can change the debate and continue running and building the party."
Credit: By
County services for seniors, adults with needs
Advisor News
Annuity News
Health/Employee Benefits News
Life Insurance News