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Could America Accept a Socialist President?

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    Socialist Party Presidential Candidate Stewart Alexander discusses his run for office.

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Back now with the second of our other presidential candidates Stewart Alexander he was nominated by the Socialist Party.

Thank you very much what invitation what you stand for.

Well we believe that working people should be able to controlled the destinies of their communities their nation and also control.

The resources and our communities also the distribution.

-- we believe that the factories on the businesses in those communities should belong to those people.

So the government should come and take it away from the fat capitalists and give it to the workers know we don't come we don't believe in government should come in and taken away the best not.

Our power wouldn't get there I don't what won't.

Is very important that people have be able to have cooperatives.

And within their communities we don't have that today we have the government have.

Massive in appearance regulation -- small business from the county state and also when the federal level.

And we we see that this you're against regulation and also when you look at quarter -- -- against this regulation that isn't the or over regulation.

Deal over.

We're we have an abundance of regulations on all levels of government which is 300 itself as a strangle whole.

On people being able to manage their own affairs in their communities.

But we believe that people should be able to determine.

What the destiny is for their communities how that community is developed whether it's with the schools.

Whether -- -- fixing the highways.

Built.

Taking care of the properties that they live in.

People should be able to do this themselves without massive interference from government.

-- agree on that mobile world we've got a -- You want to.

And the -- this week we agree on that you want to nationalize a man and a few things that we agree.

Good you want to nationalize the banks who won a single Payer health care system you want three quality education from cradle to doctoral degree for all.

Yes indefinite extension of unemployment benefits when I -- -- get the money went out.

Do you -- when I went to the university of dominion state university in the seventies education was free.

Many young people can understand in the sixties and seventies education was free you're education was probably free.

Now we have gotten to a point where we strapped tens of thousands -- -- -- -- -- -- Tiny gulf to pay for all these -- college -- during realize that big corporations and big businesses are not paying their fair share.

They're not her.

And I wanted to ask and I should I call you comrade.

I I you may ask and on the banner on your website says welcome -- I'm -- your party's symbol as a slogan from Marx's Communist manifesto.

Workers of the world unite.

And I think and -- -- and I think workers of the world should united.

Markets this week marks headed right right -- -- that right.

Our when that all of our panel why I would try to give you a chance to pose some questions who wants to go first here.

No need not yield on the left there.

Mr.

Johns.

Do you governor -- do you support sellout living wage legislation let's say to take a living wage to ten dollars an hour and if you do.

Why not go straight to 75 dollars -- now.

Well -- I believe that a living wage.

My the party that I represent the sources party USA we have a -- fifteen miles per hour.

Personally I think fifteen dollars and hours and not enough.

If you consider most people in the communities where -- -- that to have the -- and this H one bedroom apartment.

Well caution over a thousand dollars a month this person is making ten dollars and hour.

Essentially they're making around 161656.

Tina Knowles a month once you.

Tactic to tax out of that.

There -- essentially have 14100 dollars may be less -- that a marked to level on.

A person cannot level -- 14100 dollars and net income and any community -- his allies went outside -- as such she went up 75 dollars an hour when not 200 dollars and down there needs to be a balance taking care of the needs of the individual and also taken care than the needs the economic the economic needs of our communities congressman go do you have a question.

If you were present -- net job.

Mr.

Alexander would you.

Sign legislation repealing obamacare after it came to your desk I believe that well.

Obama care -- why I do believe it needs to be repeal.

But I believe that we need to.

Introduce legislation.

Where we could maintain certain provisions.

In -- should be -- first certain revision provisions that are in Obama care.

But also to make certain that we incorporate single -- within that formula.

So.

More government -- what we'll get to that later we're on our ultimate all the little at this -- Alexander is a Socialist Party thank you up next the.

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