Nicholas Ruiz III, Ph.D
Dr. Ruiz was born in New York City in 1970 and lives in New Smyrna
Beach, FL, USA. He is the author of America in Absentia (2008),
Integral Reality (with Robert Hassan, forthcoming, 2010) and The
Metaphysics of Capital, (2006).  He is also the editor of Kritikos.
Platform for Progress

Universal Healthcare System - Every major
industrialized nation in the world has a universal
healthcare system - when will America? I will
support and/or sponsor legislation for a universal
healthcare system - let's end the nonsense of the
Medicare D 'donut hole', the 'uninsured' or
'non-covered' status, and prejudice against
alternative medicine, etc.... forever.

We need to harness the power of the financial
Market (i.e. Wall Street) for the Public - I will
support and/or sponsor legislation for the creation
of a Public Trust, that is, a 10% issuance of public
shares of all publicly traded companies, and a
10% issuance of all tradable derivatives (e.g.
crude oil, gold, etc.) for the financing of public
interests (e.g. healthcare, education, social
security, etc.). The financial bailouts of 2008-2009
have proven that we have the political will to
connect the Market sphere to the Public sphere in
ways previously unimaginable, for the benefit of
financial stability and reinvestment in American
interests. If the American government (i.e. public)
can help to support the financial markets, the
financial markets can reciprocate the favor. The
Market should work for the Public, as well as the
reverse.

Green America - energy policy formation that
cultivates and protects American economic
interests, while preserving natural ecosystems. I
will support and/or sponsor legislation that seeks
to preserve our natural ecosystems, while initiating
a variety of sustainable new energy initiatives,
such as the widening of tax credits and incentives
for the installation of residential and commercial
energy efficiency products or systems.

Banking and Credit Reform - Banking and credit
practices have grown increasingly predatory over
the past few decades. I will support and/or
sponsor legislation that seeks to curtail abusive
financial practices (e.g. overdraft fees, late fees
high finance charges, etc.)

Education - who decided that math and science
were the alpha and omega of education? Not
parents. Education consists of far more than math
and science. Creativity, abstract thought,
thoughtfulness - all of these assets require
education in the arts, philosophy and music, in
order to be cultivated in our children. Our
politicians continue to throw money away on more
math and science, and technical assessments and
testing, while sacrificing the arts, philosophy and
music, teachers and public schools. The
obsession with math and science has created
many of the worst problems with which our society
is faced. We should balance the education
equation, and teach equal parts of math, science,
the arts, philosophy and music in our schools. I will
support and/or sponsor legislation that balances a
robust education in the arts, philosophy and
music, with a robust education in math and
science.

Fairness in taxation - I am in favor of fairness
across the tax spectrum, but am cautious that we
retain the US social safety net, and other vital
federal functions. So I would want to work with a
bill that adequately protects key federal funding,
while seeking to ensure that tax liability was
spread fairly across our population.

Warren Buffett once said that his secretary paid
more tax (30%) than Buffett himself did (17%) -
that's simply not fair or just:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/money/tax/article1996735.ece

We absolutely need tax reform, and please feel
confident, that I am committed to such a concept
as fairness in taxation.

Tell me what you would like me to do as your
elected representative.












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for U.S. Congress 2010
FL District 24
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