Candidate for
United States Representative; District 26

Marjorie Musser Mikels is a fiercely compassionate mother, an independent progressive who believes in and supports the traditional values that sustain life for all on the planet. When she is elected she will help restore Balance in the House of Representatives and join with courageous independent members of Congress committed to:
1. Protect our Freedom from assault on our precious Constitutional Rights in the name of National Security and the "War on Terrorism";
2. Restore Justice for All (No Kangaroo Courts);
3. Promote Fair Trade (Not "fast track `free' trade") and Real Economic Stimulus (not a shameless giveaway to corporations who exploit foreign workers, while draining money and jobs from our economy);
4. Keep Social Security from Hijack by Privatization Sharks;
5. Preserve LIFE by promoting and development of sustainable alternative energy resources and weaning our nation off fossil fuels and nuclear power, instead establishing conservation incentives, and cleaning up Earth's Air, Land and Water Systems;
6. Develop a national health care plan, including prescription drugs for seniors, and medical care for all our children;
7. Maintain public education as one of our highest priorities and provide funds for Headstart, preschool, and after-school child enrichment programs;
8. Reverse the trend towards a police/prison state, and use some funds now expended on weapons of mass destruction, war and prisons to rebuild our communities and educate our youth;
9. Stop the growing gap between the wealthy and the workers. Honor working Americans by assuring living wages, affordable health care for their families, safe working conditions, reasonable unemployment benefits, and restoration of retirement funds threatened when corporate employers seek bankruptcy protection. Strengthen laws holding management insiders who exploit corporate assets for their own benefit liable to repay employees and investors;
10. Reduce governmental interference in our private lives and family health decisions, while protecting the most vulnerable in our society from abuse;
11. Halt governmental corruption and price gouging of our public resources by private entities resulting in the devastation of our economy.
12. Pass new election and campaign finance laws that encourage greater citizen participation, more openness in government, and less influence by corporate contributors in legislative decisions.

These goals are possible if we halt the madness of unilateral preemptive military actions consuming over half of our discretionary income to kill people (including innocent women and children) and destroy property. Marjorie would work with the human family to enter treaties to promote disarment, not proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and potential nuclear war.