KEN STREMSKY DISCUSSES EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND EQUAL
       RESPONSIBILITIES

       The United States of America should become a country that does
       not discriminate against people because of their race, sex,
       sexual orientation, religion, and national origin.  Many 
       people are discriminated against on a daily basis in our country
       for the previous reasons.

       Many innocent people have probably ended up on death row and 
       been executed becausethey had black skin.

       Men have been murdered because they were homosexuals.

       Women get raped on a regular basis in our country especially on
       college campuses.

       Women often get harassed by male co-workers in our country.

       Our military continues to discrimate against men and women
       who are homosexuals.  The ability to fight well should be 
       more important than a person's sexual orientation.

       Our economy for far too long depended upon slavery.  We had a
       Civil War that finally ended it.  It is too bad we were not
       able to end slavery peacefully like many other nations.

       The United States of America imprisoned Americans of Japanese
       descent because they were Japanese during World War 2.  The
       families of many American soldiers of Japanese descent
       were imprisoned because they were Japanese.  Our country
       did not imprison people because they were of German descent
       and/or Italian descent during World War 2.

       The federal government tried to kill of Native American
       tribes by giving them blankets that had smallpox.

       The United States of America can and should do much better.

       We should have color blind admissions for k-12 public schools,
       k-12 private schools, public colleges, and public universities.  
       The color of a person's skin should not be a factor in college
       admissions.  A person's economic background should be a factor.
       A person's drive to succeed should be a factor.  To admit a
       black man who is from a wealthy family who did not do well in
       school over a white man from a poor family who did very well
       in school is a form of discrimination.  Ability and drive
       should be more important than race in the college admissions
       process.

       Our country should give State Legislatures the power to 
       pardon people, change death penalty convictions to life
       in prison, and change other prison sentences as well.

       Our country is discriminating against poor families now
       by forcing them to send their children to public schools.
       Our country spends more money on a per student basis for
       public education than most countries in the world and we
       do not get much for our money because of bloated administrative
       staffs in many school systems.  We should allow parents to
       use money to send their children to private schools including
       private religious schools.

       We should be encouraging all citizens who are at least 
       18 years old who are allowed to vote to vote.  We should
       require a State photo identification to decrease voter
       fraud.  All states should have ballots that are as easy to
       understand as the ballots that Manchester, NH has for
       Congressional candidates.

       Our country should be willing to help people who want to 
       help themselves and people who are not able to help themselves.
       Helping out people who are able to help themselves and are
       unwilling to do so is a waste of tax dollars.