POSITIONS:
ENERGY: support alternative and renewable energy. Raise café standards. Support the
research and development of the electric car. R&D for battery technology. Work on
building a
renewable energy society. Support wind, solar and biomass. Support rail and mass transit.
Build high-speed rail between Baltimore & Washington. BUILD THE PURPLE LINE.
ENVIRONMENT: Clean up and protect the Bay. Save Maryland woodland, farms and open
spaces. Redevelop the urban areas and Baltimore to help stop the growth of sprawl. Support
stronger clean water and clean air laws. Work to pass the Global Warming Pollution Reduction
Act 2006.
WAR: We need to turn the war over to the Iraqis. We need to be out as soon as possible.
I would follow the Brzezinski plan. Have the Iraqi Prime Minister ask us to leave. Declare
victory. We gave the people a democracy. Lets bring in The United Nations and other NGO’S
and leave. I would be out within a year.
HEALTH CARE: Make Health care more affordable and available to everyone. Have the
government provide health care to all persons that make fewer than 120% of poverty level
income. Work with health care providers, insurance companies and Drug companies to lower
health care cost.
EDUCATION: Expand Pell Grants to make college accessible to the poor and middle class.
Make student loans more affordable. Support universities to keep tuition cost down. Provide
everyone with 2 years of community college. Re-work no child left behind. Provide more
funding for pre-k and special education.
HOUSING: Have the federal government work with and provide more support to local
communities. Provide more subsidized loans. Create land trust. Help low to moderate-income
families buy homes.
Contact Joe Werner
Joseph Werner
5 Bel Air S. Parkway ◊ Suite 109-42
Bel Air , MD ◊ 21015