Letter: Refreshingly different

Published: Sunday, Oct. 28 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT

Summary

On Oct. 15, I attended KCPW's live broadcast, "What Do Independent and Third-Party Candidates Have to Offer Utah?" in the city library's auditorium. It was a substantive discussion between five candidates running for Congress that didn't revolve around the two major parties and their talking points. Getting money out of politics was a common theme among the independents, as was climate change. Weird, right?

Can anyone guess what was also mentioned? Sustainable economics. The incorporation of the reality of finite resources and wealth inequality into our economic system. It was refreshingly different from Democratic and Republican debates.

Independents might be ignored in our two party system now, but they are starting a discussion that America needs to have. As Joe Andrade said that night, be a responsible citizen — listen and act.

Shannon Kennelly

Salt Lake City

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ugottabkidn

Sandy, UT

Shannon, I agree they need to be included in the debate but when I see the previous comments from higv I see how our government is becoming more and more a plutocracy (some call it fascism) with people like that willing participants. Electing the More..

12:08 p.m. Oct. 28, 2012
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higv

Dietrich, ID

I have been hearing we need independents and third parties for years? How come no one votes for them? Thing is they take votes away from your closer philosophy. How did Perot and Nader help as Third party candidates. Take away a majority. They More..

8:15 a.m. Oct. 28, 2012
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