2008 Woodie Awards
U.S. Senate candidate discusses issues
Billy Gates
Issue date: 2/15/08 Section: News
"This way, the people who actually use the forests can control what happens to them."
The other issue Frohnmayer spoke very frank about was the War in Iraq. "We need to get out as quickly as possible," he said. "We cannot sustain the type of military expenditures we currently have to use. We have over half a trillion dollars worth of military occupancy in Iraq."
"How willing are we to make the sacrifices needed? That is the question," he said.
On education, Frohnmayer said he would promote legislation to get block grants in the millions of dollars to schools so they could use it where the states see fit. "I would put a provision in the bill where the federal dollars wouldn't just substitute the state dollars," he said.
"This would allow the state to use the money where it was needed."
Along the same lines, Frohnmayer believes college students should receive benefits from the government as well. "The federal Pell grants have to be increased," he said.
"Debt forgiveness should also be enlarged for agencies like Americorps and the Peacecorps. To me, when someone goes to college, they are doing something for their country, and they should be rewarded for that."
As for health care, Frohnmayer said he supported a single-payer system, similar to the ones used in Canada and Germany.
"The way the private insurance companies make money is they take your premiums, invest them and not pay off your claim," he said. "Then you have to sue them to get your money.
"If we don't get health care costs under control, we're all in a world of hurt."
Frohnmayer, who did his undergraduate work at Stanford, feels very strongly about the vote of the college student in this November's election, and according to him, was why he came to Pacific.
"I feel it's critically important to engage new voters and making young people recognize it's their fight and their vote does matter," he said.
"The generation before [college students] screwed up in a spectacular way, and now students have a chance to fix it."
The other issue Frohnmayer spoke very frank about was the War in Iraq. "We need to get out as quickly as possible," he said. "We cannot sustain the type of military expenditures we currently have to use. We have over half a trillion dollars worth of military occupancy in Iraq."
"How willing are we to make the sacrifices needed? That is the question," he said.
On education, Frohnmayer said he would promote legislation to get block grants in the millions of dollars to schools so they could use it where the states see fit. "I would put a provision in the bill where the federal dollars wouldn't just substitute the state dollars," he said.
"This would allow the state to use the money where it was needed."
Along the same lines, Frohnmayer believes college students should receive benefits from the government as well. "The federal Pell grants have to be increased," he said.
"Debt forgiveness should also be enlarged for agencies like Americorps and the Peacecorps. To me, when someone goes to college, they are doing something for their country, and they should be rewarded for that."
As for health care, Frohnmayer said he supported a single-payer system, similar to the ones used in Canada and Germany.
"The way the private insurance companies make money is they take your premiums, invest them and not pay off your claim," he said. "Then you have to sue them to get your money.
"If we don't get health care costs under control, we're all in a world of hurt."
Frohnmayer, who did his undergraduate work at Stanford, feels very strongly about the vote of the college student in this November's election, and according to him, was why he came to Pacific.
"I feel it's critically important to engage new voters and making young people recognize it's their fight and their vote does matter," he said.
"The generation before [college students] screwed up in a spectacular way, and now students have a chance to fix it."
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