US Senate Race: Daniel La Botz

Apologies on the late post...I had all the research done, but somehow forgot to tie it all into a post before hitting the sack last night.  -.-

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Dan La Botz was born in Chicago and grew up south of San Diego along the border with Mexico.  He's lived in Ohio for the last twenty years, earning his Masters and PhD in American History from the University of Cincinnati.  He's taught at Miami University and the University of Cincinnati.  La Botz is married and has three children, and continues to be active in causes that benefit African Americans and Latino immgriants.  You can see more of his biography on his website.

La Botz is running as the Socialist candidate, which I realize is a dirty word in American discourse.  However, I'd encourage you to read what the party is all about, instead of swallowing propaganda from the 1920's blindly.

The issues La Botz is running on all sum up into a lot of change.  His take is the pure capitalist system we have now does more damage than it's worth, and needs to be changed.  Between re-imagining the economy (including labor unions, which according to La Botz need to be strengthened but changed to meet current realities) and readdressing civil rights La Botz hopes to encourage a more equal society.  He has some solid ideas, such as local and state governments investing heavily in "green" infrastructure.  And there are others that seem more problematic, such as enforcing a 32 hour work week at 40 hour wages in order to end unemployment.

Read the webpages, watch the videos, go to the polls informed.