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Along the lines of President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]] solution to the [[Great Depression]], Jill Stein advocates a "[[Green New Deal]]"<ref name=GND/> in which renewable energy jobs would be created to address climate change and environmental issues with the objective of employing "every American willing and able to work".<ref name=GND>{{cite web | url=http://www.green-rainbow.org/content/jobs-all-green-new-deal | title=Jobs for All with a Green New Deal | work=Green-Rainbow.org | date=September 5, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2012}}</ref> Citing the research of Dr. Phillip Harvey, Professor of Law & Economics at [[Rutgers University]], as evidence of the successful economic effects of the 1930s' New Deal projects, Stein would fund the plan with a 30% reduction in the U.S. military budget, returning US troops home, and increasing taxes on areas such as capital gains, offshore tax havens and multimillion dollar real estate. Stein plans on impacting what she sees as a growing convergence of environmental crises in water, soil, fisheries and forests, through the creation of sustainable infrastructure based in clean renewable energy generation and sustainable communities principles such as increasing intra-city mass transit and inter-city railroads, creating 'complete streets' that safely encourage bike and pedestrian traffic and regional food systems based on sustainable organic agriculture.<ref name=GND/>
Along the lines of President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]] solution to the [[Great Depression]], Jill Stein advocates a "[[Green New Deal]]"<ref name=GND/> in which renewable energy jobs would be created to address climate change and environmental issues with the objective of employing "every American willing and able to work".<ref name=GND>{{cite web | url=http://www.green-rainbow.org/content/jobs-all-green-new-deal | title=Jobs for All with a Green New Deal | work=Green-Rainbow.org | date=September 5, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2012}}</ref> Citing the research of Dr. Phillip Harvey, Professor of Law & Economics at [[Rutgers University]], as evidence of the successful economic effects of the 1930s' New Deal projects, Stein would fund the plan with a 30% reduction in the U.S. military budget, returning US troops home, and increasing taxes on areas such as capital gains, offshore tax havens and multimillion dollar real estate. Stein plans on impacting what she sees as a growing convergence of environmental crises in water, soil, fisheries and forests, through the creation of sustainable infrastructure based in clean renewable energy generation and sustainable communities principles such as increasing intra-city mass transit and inter-city railroads, creating 'complete streets' that safely encourage bike and pedestrian traffic and regional food systems based on sustainable organic agriculture.<ref name=GND/>


====Principle position, 4-Point "Green New Deal"====
Stein's principles are directed towards voters of every political party and independents:


#The right to a job at a living wage;
#The transition to a sustainable, green economy;
#A financial sector serving Americans;
#Citizen empowerment.


In Stein's words: "We don't need to run America like a business or like the military. We need to run America like a democracy." <ref name="huffingtonpost1">[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/colleen-becker/long-shots_b_1263720.html Long Shots, Huffington Post, Colleen Black, Long Shots February 9, 2012]</ref>

The Green New Deal includes an Economic Bill of Rights which advocates for full employment at living wages and the position that all citizens have the right to education, health care, housing, as well as the right to unionize. Citing [[FDR]] and [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] as early advocates of an Economic Bill of Rights, Stein says that the US needs an economy that serves people, not just banks, and recognizes their rights.

In an interview with [[The Center for Media and Democracy]]'s PR Watch, Stein describes the Green New Deal as an economic program that is also an environmental program, a peace program and a health program:

<blockquote>"We spend about a trillion dollars as taxpayers on a sick-care system, not a health-care system. To change the sick-care system to a health-care system, you want to have an infrastructure for health in your community. You also want, of course, a Medicare-for-all healthcare system. But even before getting there, there's so much you can do to prevent illness to start with: of the trillion dollars we spend every year, 75 percent of that is spent on chronic diseases that are preventable for half the cost. So I would just add as ancillaries to that, forgiving student debt and making public higher education free is a key part of this, and, of course, downsizing the military and bringing the troops home as well."<ref>Stein, Jill . "Dr. Jill Stein: Green Party Candidate for President." The Center for Media and Democracy. Interview by Harriot Rowan. 27 03 2012. Web. <http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/03/11378/dr-jill-stein-green-party-candidate-president>. Retrieved June 22, 2012.</ref></blockquote>

===Activities===
In October 2011, Stein began participating in the [[Occupy protests]] at the [[Occupy Boston]] peaceful protest.<ref name="IrregularTimes"/> Speaking to the protesters, Stein said, "The Occupy movement is a cry for change from workers whose jobs have been shipped overseas and young people whose future is being stolen from them by politicians intent on serving [[Wall Street]] rather than the people...People are being forced from their homes by big banks that defrauded consumers. The planet is being sacrificed to protect profits of polluters."<ref name="IPR">
{{cite web|url=http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2011/10/green-rainbow-party-says-keep-hands-off-protesters/|title=Green-Rainbow Party says: Keep hands off protesters|coauthors=[[Green-Rainbow Party]]|date=October 13, 2011|publisher=Independent Political Report|accessdate=14 October 2011}}
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Stein gave a speech to an Occupy Wall Street gathering in [[Indianapolis]] on [[Super Bowl Sunday]], in response to Indiana's governor [[Mitch Daniels]] signing a law making Indiana become the 23rd "right to work" state just days earlier. Stein has also supported workers in Wisconsin, who are protesting against Governor [[Scott Walker (politician)|Scott Walker]]'s recent decisions, praising their efforts as exemplary and suggesting the rest of the nation should be just as active in defending the rights of workers.<ref>Stein, Jill. "Dr. Jill Stein: Green Party Candidate for President." The Center for Media and Democracy. Interview by Harriot Rowan. 27 03 2012. Web. <http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/03/11378/dr-jill-stein-green-party-candidate-president>.</ref>

===Criticism of Obama===
A ''New York Times'' interview with Jill Stein in February 2012 expanded on her criticism of President Obama. When asked if the president is deserving of credit for his healthcare work, Stein stated:

<blockquote>"Small time, sure. There are minor improvements. But on the other hand, he took single-payer off the table. He absolutely took a public option off the table. As we found on issue after issue — the war, reappointing George Bush’s secretary of defense, sticking to George Bush’s timeline on Iraq, expanding the war, expanding the drone wars all over the place. And how about bringing Wall Street in, the guys who created the problem, among his first appointments. It was pretty clear right then that this was going to be business as usual on steroids. We’re certainly not more secure, more equitable, more healthy or safer internationally, with what Obama has brought.".<ref> Shear, Michael D. "Five Questions for Jill Stein of the Green Party." ''New York Times''. 14 Feb 2012. <http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/five-questions-for-jill-stein-of-the-green-party/>.</ref></blockquote>


==Electoral campaign history==
==Electoral campaign history==
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On August 1 2012, Stein, Honkala and three others were arrested during a [[sit-in]] at a Philadelphia bank to protest housing foreclosures on behalf of several city residents struggling to keep their homes.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view/20120801green_party_nominee_jill_stein_arrested_in_philly_bank_sit-in/srvc=home&position=recent | title=Green Party nominee Jill Stein arrested in Philly bank sit-in | |publisher=Associated Press | work=[[The Boston Herald]] | date=August 1, 2012 | accessdate=August 1, 2012 }}</ref>
On August 1 2012, Stein, Honkala and three others were arrested during a [[sit-in]] at a Philadelphia bank to protest housing foreclosures on behalf of several city residents struggling to keep their homes.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view/20120801green_party_nominee_jill_stein_arrested_in_philly_bank_sit-in/srvc=home&position=recent | title=Green Party nominee Jill Stein arrested in Philly bank sit-in | |publisher=Associated Press | work=[[The Boston Herald]] | date=August 1, 2012 | accessdate=August 1, 2012 }}</ref>


====Endorsements====
*[[Noam Chomsky]], author and activist;<ref>{{cite web|last=Stein |first=Jill |url=http://www.jillstein.org/chomsky |title=Chomsky endorses Stein - Jill Stein for President |publisher=Jillstein.org |date=2012-03-06 |accessdate=2012-07-16}}</ref>
*[[Richard Stallman]], computer programmer and software freedom activist. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stallman.org |title=Richard Stallman's Personal Page |publisher=Stallman.org |date= |accessdate=2012-07-16}}</ref>

==Fundraising and position on super PACs ==
The [[Green Party of the United States|Green Party's]] position on fundraising is to know and follow both the laws and regulations of the area.<ref>[http://www.localvictory.com/fundraising/creative-political-fundraising-ideas.html 7 Creative Political Fundraising Ideas, Local Victory website, Referenced on February 10, 2012]</ref>

Stein relies on "ordinary people" and not super PACs financed by billionaires or wealthy firms.<ref name="huffingtonpost1"/> As a result of her independence from [[Political action committee|super PACs]] and their associated monies, Stein says she is not beholden to special interest groups. Additionally, she is not vulnerable should the Federal court ruling of January 31, 2012, prove to pose serious problems to those who do receive massive donations.
<ref name="boston">[http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/01/31/nom_loses_campaign_disclosure_appeal/ Anti-gay-marriage group loses Maine list appeal, By David Sharp Associated Press, January 31, 2012]</ref>


==Personal==
==Personal==

Revision as of 06:38, 2 August 2012

For those of a similar name, see Gil Stein (disambiguation).

Jill E. Stein
Green Party nominee for
President of the United States
Election date
November 6, 2012
Running mateCheri Honkala
Personal details
Born (1950-05-14) May 14, 1950 (age 74)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Political partyGreen Party
SpouseRichard Rohrer
ChildrenBen and Noah
ResidenceLexington, Massachusetts
Alma materHarvard University
OccupationPhysician
WebsiteJill Stein 2012

Jill Stein (born May 14, 1950) is an American physician and nominee for President of the United States in 2012 with the Green Party of the United States.[1][2][3] Stein was a candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in the 2002 and the 2010 gubernatorial elections.[4][5][6] Stein is a resident of Lexington, Massachusetts. She is graduate of Harvard College (1973) and the Harvard Medical School (1979).[7][8][9] She serves on the boards of Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility and MassVoters for Fair Elections, and has been active with the Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities.[10]

On August 1 2012, Jill Stein and her running mate Cheri Honkala were arrested during a sit-in at a Philadelphia bank to protest housing foreclosures on behalf of several city residents struggling to keep their homes.[11]

Politics

Positions

Along the lines of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal solution to the Great Depression, Jill Stein advocates a "Green New Deal"[12] in which renewable energy jobs would be created to address climate change and environmental issues with the objective of employing "every American willing and able to work".[12] Citing the research of Dr. Phillip Harvey, Professor of Law & Economics at Rutgers University, as evidence of the successful economic effects of the 1930s' New Deal projects, Stein would fund the plan with a 30% reduction in the U.S. military budget, returning US troops home, and increasing taxes on areas such as capital gains, offshore tax havens and multimillion dollar real estate. Stein plans on impacting what she sees as a growing convergence of environmental crises in water, soil, fisheries and forests, through the creation of sustainable infrastructure based in clean renewable energy generation and sustainable communities principles such as increasing intra-city mass transit and inter-city railroads, creating 'complete streets' that safely encourage bike and pedestrian traffic and regional food systems based on sustainable organic agriculture.[12]



Electoral campaign history

Governor, 2002

Stein at a protest against coal.

Stein was the Green-Rainbow Party candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 2002 and finished third in a field of five candidates, with 76,530 votes and about 3.5% of the vote.[13]

Massachusetts House of Representatives, 2004

Following her third-place results in the 2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Stein ran for state representative in 2004 for the Lexington District.[14] She received 3,911 votes for 21.3 percent of the vote in a three-way race, but lost to incumbent Thomas Stanley, who received 59.6 percent.[15]

Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, 2006

Stein was nominated for Secretary of the Commonwealth on March 4, 2006, at the Green-Rainbow Party state-wide nominating convention. In a two-way race with three-term incumbent Democrat Bill Galvin, Stein received 353,551 votes for 18% of the total vote.[16] Stein's 18% marked the best finish for a Green Party candidate running for Secretary of State in any state to date.[citation needed]

Jill Stein announcing her candidacy for governor in February 2010

Town of Lexington Town Meeting Representative, 2005 and 2008

Stein was elected to the Town Meeting Seat, Precinct 2 (Lexington, Massachusetts) in March 2005 local elections.[17] She finished first of 16 candidates running for 7 seats receiving 539 votes, for 20.6% of the total vote. [18] Stein was re-elected in 2008 finishing second of thirteen vying for eight seats.[19]

Gubernatorial election, 2010

Main article: Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2010

On February 8, 2010, Stein announced her entrance into the gubernatorial race on the steps of the Massachusetts State House in Boston.[20] She was joined in the race by candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Richard P. Purcell, a surgery clerk and ergonomics assessor, of Holyoke.[21] In May, Stein opened her campaign office in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, near the Fields Corner MBTA station.[22] Stein received 32,816 votes out of 2,287,407 in the November 2, 2010 general election.

Presidential campaign, 2012

In August 2011, Stein gave indication that she was considering running for President of the United States with the Green Party in the 2012 national election. She wrote in a published questionnaire that she had been asked to run by a number of Green activists and felt compelled to consider the possibility after the U.S. debt-ceiling crisis which she called "the President’s astounding attack on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid – a betrayal of the public interest...". In the survey, she suggested that she would announce her intentions by the end of September 2011.[3] Stein later stated that she would announce her intentions on October 24.[23]

On October 24, 2011, Stein launched her campaign at a press conference in Massachusetts, saying, "We are all realizing that we, the people, have to take charge because the political parties that are serving the top 1 percent are not going to solve the problems that the rest of us face, we need people in Washington who will refuse to be bought by lobbyists and for whom change is not just a slogan".[2]

In December 2011, Wisconsin Green Party leader Ben Manski was announced as Stein's campaign manager.[24]

Stein's decision to enter the presidential race stemmed from a mock election at Western Illinois University where she fared well. The mock election featured the Green ticket of Stein/Mesplay, Democratic ticket of Obama/Biden and Republican ticket of Romney/Ryan, with Stein capturing an impressive 27% of votes, Romney getting 33% and Obama getting 39%. Encouraged by this success, she decided to run to try to win. During an interview with Grist, Stein said,

"If I can quote Alice Walker, 'The biggest way people give up power is by not knowing they have it to start with.' And that’s true, for the environmental movement, the student movement, the antiwar movement, health-care-as-a-human-right movement — you put us all together, we have the potential for a Tahrir Square type event, and [to] turn the White House into a Green House in November".[25]

Stein became the presumptive Green Party nominee after winning two-thirds of California's delegates in June of 2012.[26] In a statement following the California election, Stein said, "Voters will not be forced to choose between two servants of Wall Street in the upcoming election. Now we know there will be a third candidate on the ballot who is a genuine champion of working people."[27]

On July 1, 2012, the Jill Stein campaign reported it had received enough contributions to qualify for primary season federal matching funds, pending confirmation from the FEC. If funded, Stein would be the second Green Party presidential candidate ever to have qualified, with Ralph Nader being the first in 2000.[28]

On July 11, 2012, Stein selected anti-poverty activist Cheri Honkala as her running mate for the Green vice-presidential nomination.[29][30] And on July 14, 2012, Stein received the official nomination of the Green Party at its nominating convention in July in Baltimore.[1][31]

On August 1 2012, Stein, Honkala and three others were arrested during a sit-in at a Philadelphia bank to protest housing foreclosures on behalf of several city residents struggling to keep their homes.[32]


Personal

Stein was born in Chicago and raised in Highland Park, Illinois. She lives in Lexington, Massachusetts, with her husband, fellow physician Richard Rohrer. The couple has two adult sons.[33]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mass. doctor Jill Stein wins Green Party's presidential nod". USA Today. Associated Press. July 14, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Levenson, Michael (October 24, 2011). "Jill Stein launches bid for Green Party presidential nomination". Boston Globe. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  3. ^ a b Reply by Jill Stein, to the GPUS Outreach and exploratory questionnaire for the 2012 GPUS presidential nomination GP.org
  4. ^ O’Sullivan, Jim (January 7, 2010). "Stein to jump into gov race with Green-Rainbow bid". Boston Globe. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  5. ^ 2 more candidates jump into Mass. governor's race Boston Globe, February 4, 2010
  6. ^ Wayland's Jill Stein to launch campaign for governor MetroWest Daily News, February 4, 1010
  7. ^ Mass.Gov - Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
  8. ^ Hirsch, David S. (October 02, 2002). "Governor Candidates Bicker in Debate". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2012-07-14. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ Saulny, Susan (July 12, 2012). "Party Strains to Be Heard Now That Its Voice Isn't Nader's". New York Times. p. A10. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
  10. ^ Jill Stein 2010 gubernatorial campaign Boston Globe
  11. ^ "Green Party nominee Jill Stein arrested in Philly bank sit-in". The Boston Herald. August 1, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  12. ^ a b c "Jobs for All with a Green New Deal". Green-Rainbow.org. September 5, 2011.[dead link‍]
  13. ^ "2002 Election Results, Governor" 'CNN.com. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
  14. ^ State Election 2004 Candidates for Election Elections Division, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved February 8, 2010
  15. ^ "State Election Results 2004." Elections Division, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved November 3, 2006.
  16. ^ http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/rov06.pdf
  17. ^ "Jill E. Stein's Biography Candidate Details". votesmart.org. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  18. ^ "STATE ELECTION - NOVEMBER 7, 2006, SECRETARY OF STATE, CITY OF BOSTON" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  19. ^ "Green Party of the United States | Candidate Details". GP.org. 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  20. ^ Stein denounces Beacon Hill "corruption tax" as she announces run for governor Boston.com, February 8, 2010
  21. ^ Gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein of Green-Rainbow Party, introduces lieutenant governor candidate Richard P. Purcell, of Holyoke The Republican (Springfield), April 3, 2010
  22. ^ Stein’s grass-roots campaign planted in Fields Corner Boston Globe, May 16, 2010
  23. ^ Clifford, J (October 10, 2011). [Which Presidential Candidate Stands With The 99 Percent? "Which Presidential Candidate Stands With The 99 Percent?"]. pp. Irregular Times. Retrieved 14 October 2011. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  24. ^ Winger, Richard. "Ben Manski Will be Campaign Manager for Jill Stein Presidential Run". Ballot Access News. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  25. ^ Hanscom, Greg. "Being Green: Presidential hopeful Jill Stein aims to rebuild a broken system ." Grist. N.p., 06 04 2012. Web. 22 Jun. 2012. <http://grist.org/election-2012/being-green-presidential-hopeful-jill-stein-aims-to-rebuild-a-broken-system/>.
  26. ^ "Jill Stein says she has delegates for Green Party nod for president". Boston.com. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  27. ^ "Mitt Romney won't be the only Massachusetts resident on the presidential ballot". Boston.com. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  28. ^ Winger, Richard. "Jill Stein Campaign Appears to Qualify for Primary Season Matching Funds". Ballot Access News. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  29. ^ Caldwell, Leigh Ann (July 11, 2012) "Running mate revealed: Green Party running mate, that is", CBS News. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
  30. ^ Steinmetz, Katy (July 11, 2012) "The Green Team: Jill Stein's Third-Party Bid to Shake Up 2012", TIME Swampland (election blog). Retrieved July 11, 2012.
  31. ^ Kilar, Steve (July 14, 2012). "Green Party nominates Jill Stein for president at Baltimore convention". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  32. ^ "Green Party nominee Jill Stein arrested in Philly bank sit-in". The Boston Herald. Associated Press. August 1, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  33. ^ "About Jill Stein". Retrieved 14 October 2011.

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