Thank
you all very much. We're very proud to be back here.
John Edwards
Standing Up For Regular Families
In Depth
Forty-seven million Americans
lack insurance and families and
businesses are struggling to pay
skyrocketing premiums. Edwards has
proposed a specific plan for
truly universal health care that
will take on the insurance and drug
companies, cover every man, woman,
and child in America, and get better
care at lower cost.
Every day, 37 million Americans wake
up in poverty. Personally committed
to the cause of poverty, Edwards has
outlined an ambitious agenda to
eliminate poverty within a
generation.
Middle-class wages have stagnated in
recent years even as the economy has
grown. Edwards will reverse Bush's
tax policies and trade policies that
have increased the burdens on
workers and help families
save and get ahead. He will also
restore hope to America's forgotten
rural towns and communities.
Restoring America's Leadership Role In The World
In Depth
Our standing in the world has
been badly tarnished in recent
years. America must once again be
looked up to and respected around
the world.
Edwards supports the immediate
withdrawal of 40,000-50,000 troops
from Iraq and the
complete withdrawal of all combat
troops from Iraq within nine to
ten months. We must also lead on the
great challenges like
ending the genocide in Darfur and
the conflict in Uganda and
fighting global poverty and diseases
like AIDS, malaria, and
tuberculosis.
A
strong, principled national security
policy is the foundation of
America's strength. We must
strengthen homeland security,
stand by our soldiers at every turn,
while respecting the Constitution
and living up to our ideals in the
fight against
terrorism.
Investing In Our Future And Our Communities
In Depth
Global warming is a crisis that
could fundamentally change our
planet, creating hundreds of
millions of deaths and starvation.
Edwards will
restore our energy independence
by asking Americans to be patriotic
about something other than war and
building a new energy economy based
on clean renewable energy and energy
efficiency.
Fifty years after Brown v. Board of
Ed., America still has two school
systems, separate and unequal. To
give every child an opportunity to
get ahead, Edwards will invest in
our teachers,
educate our children for the
challenges of the 21st century,
and make
college more affordable through
College for Everyone.
We must honor our lifelong
commitment to those who sacrifice
the most for our country. Edwards
will
repair our sacred contract with
America's military families and
veterans.
