Dr. Scott Noren for US Senate

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If you are dissatisfied with party politics:

If you are passionate about accomplishing the following and would like to get something done about it:

1) Ban Fracking federally

2) Remove 'people' status from corporations by amending the Constitution

3) Tax $500,000 and above higher to increase revenues and lower the deficit

4) Friends of the Occupy movement including opposing SOPA and indefinite detainment

5) Help a candidate win and get a jobs bill passed that doesn't involve Wall Street

6) Fund smaller alternative energy projects for homes and small businesses to get partly off the grid

7) Reduce the military budget and get funding for things WE need here in the US now

8) Get rid of Free Trade agreements that take jobs overseas

9) Get rid of derivatives trading and other robo trading that messes up the stock market

10) Bring back Glass-Steagall to separate the investment/risky side of banks from their other entities

If you are passionate about all of the above, VOLUNTEER and/or DONATE NOW!

Hello...I'm Dr. Scott Noren, Democratic candidate for US Senate in 2012. I welcome you to this web site for information on what I consider to be real Grassroots Democratic politics. TAKE WALL STREET OUT OF THE DEMOCRATIC AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTIES!!!

Occupy + My Platform= Occupy + even more progressive action!

As your US Senator, I will write the Bill and recruit Senate and House candidates as well as incumbents to agree to immediately amend the Bush Tax cuts for an increase in taxes for $500,000 and above. Senator Gillibrand voted AGAINST raising the debt-ceiling and voted FOR the tax cuts for the rich like other Republicans did, claiming there wasn't enough revenue aspect to the Bill; she could have taken a stand by NOT voting for the Bush Tax cuts for the wealthy.

I will move to expand the lowered interest rates to undergraduates which is expected to go away in 2012-13 and extend rates to graduate students who currently do not have access to these lowered rates in the federal loan systems.

I will move to amend the Constitution so as to remove 'people' status from Corporations and bring back Glass-Steagall, which Senator Gillibrand specifically stated she is against.

There are many more crucial issues in my web site and beyond that require a complete revamping of how we do poilitics.

My opponent is the #4 recipient of Commercial Bank Lobby money and #1 in the Financial/Insurance/Real Estate sector in the entire US Senate. She raises gobs of money and the party loves that. Grassroots doesn't work that way and I won't pander to big money so that I can pretend to 'support' grassroots democracy and then vote for things like the Bush tax cuts. If you find S&P despicable for what they did to this country, then why not THIS?

Let's be positive and really help me reform this Party, and get Progressives and Independents on the same piece of paper.

With those numbers, we can take back the House and start to change this country from favoring the haves and dumping on the have nots. Personal responsibility, government efficiency and fiscal prudence doesn't mean cutting teachers,or taxing the middle class the same or worse than the rich. We need safety nets for those who truly need them and enforce policies that weed out those that cheat the system and others who really need them. It's not pretty, but it's what we need to do.

Volunteer, contribute and prepare to CARRY BALLOT PETITIONS this Spring! We need to start now. Thank you and all the best to you and your families. I am a registered Democrat and will run as an Independent as well.

Additional Talking Points

Affordable, Quality, Accessible Health Care

Campaign Finance Reform

Job creation and Retention

Hydrofracking

Disabilities and Federal Programs

Afghanistan and Iraq

Wall Street Influence

Rural Broadband Access

Bush Tax Cuts

College Loan System

Energy

We are currently losing over $1 Trillion dollars PER YEAR in these costs below...some deny these numbers but they are huge!

CDC is the Center for Disease Control

$168 Billion per year in obesity related costs (CDC)

$157 Billion per year in smoking related costs (CDC)

$700 Billion per year in unnecessary medical tests (CBO)

The insurance companies are bankrupting the economy with massive monthly premiums that many individuals and businesses can't afford. SINGlE PAYER in STEPS!

We have a current shortage of primary care providers and nurses, especially minority nursing personnel.

Get rid of profit and shareholders from the insurance industry! We need a block of Senators to pass this, and I will be one of them!

The bottom line is that we need to regulate the Insurance industry much more intensely immediately! We need to move to single payer but you can't do that if you have lobby money in your pocket!

See where Schumer and Gillibrand are at OpenSecrets.org

Preserve our Constitution...
See Dr. Noren's Proposed Senate Bill

We need candidates to get together from different states and run without Lobby money or even individual donations from Insurance, Gas/Oil, Pharma, or Banking/Financial areas. That still leaves an awful amount of money to be donated by people that don't influence votes in the same way. I am also intending once elected on getting others elected in other States that will agree to amend the Consitution to clearly reverse corporations from being treated like people especially regarding campaign donations and advertising.

The only way to a Lobby-free US Senate is to create a block of elected Senators this way; I intend to lead the way.

I agree with much of what Senator Bernie Sanders has put out on job creation and I have been independently promoting my own ideas as well. By repairing infrastructure like road, highway, water and housing, we can jumpstart the sluggish economy with good jobs. Paying for these projects will involve trimming the military budget and making it much more efficient. Lower payed Federal workers are NOT a fiscal problem; reducing salaries for 6 figure Federal workers which although unpopular with some, is where we spend over $39 Billion a year. Starting teachers and paraprofessionals should never be targets of job cuts and pay cuts. Made in the USA energy components for renewable energy sources instead of Made in China or elsewhere will create large numbers of jobs and keep our environment healthier. The Trade Laws need major revamping and have led to massive job losses. These policies did not end with President Obama; we need to email, write and call the White House urging him to scrap the new Trade agreements being planned and implemented with South Korea, and other countries. We need to revamp the manufacturing model of the past and bring it to the 21st Century. I have a 7 page jobs bill that doesn't involve Wall Street and will post it soon. We need to become a global competitor in the manufacturing of parts for the geothermal, solar and wind industries. We are not only falling behind but will suffer severe consequences if we let this go. This should be a national priority to stimulate government and private enterprise to make this happen.

Alternative Energy as a resource and as a job and income creator

Many farms throughout rural New York have felt the economic pinch similar to other areas of the country. We need to preserve land for continuity in agricultural production but also consider some additional land use for wind, solar and geothermal use. Examples of great models are Colorado Green Wind Farm in Lamar, CO and Dakota Wind Energy Center in Highmore, SD. The planning for this must be a combined local, regional, State and Federal initiative. One study suggests that for each 1000 MW of developed wind power creates the potential for 3,000 new jobs in manufacturing, 700 in installation and 600 in operations and maintenance.

( Sterzinger and Svrcek. "Wind Turbine Development: Location of Manufacturing Activity." Renewable Energy Policy Project.September 2004)

Dr. Scott Noren, US Senate Candidate in NY attended and spoke at the DEC Meeting in Ithaca for public comments on the DEC document regarding Marcellus Shale gas drilling/fracking. After the exposure from many sources about contamination and drilling mishaps, Dr. Noren has now announced that he is in favor of a NATIONAL BAN ON FRACKING. This follows also from expert testimony by leading experts in engineering, gas/oil drilling experts and land owners where accidents have occurred.

Dr. Noren opposes any new studies because he feels that "we already know the likely eventual consequences; ruining of the waterways and aquaphors". Dr. Noren also states that "the end-all result is an environmental and social catastrophe of immense magnitude for NY". Studies additionally cost tax-payer money. "We should instead make New York a manufacturing hub for infrastructure in wind, solar and geothermal products and services, thereby creating large numbers of well-paying jobs".

Dr. Noren also signed a petition to ban fracking.

The Governor appointed Senator, Kirsten Gillibrand appears to both promote fracking and advise more time and studies on the issue per her Press Release. A portion of this reads: "The Marcellus Shale represents a tremendous economic opportunity for New York, and I commend DEC for recognizing the importance of harvesting and producing new sources of energy to address the growing need for energy throughout the state. However, our quest for new sources of energy and potential economic growth should not come at the expense of good, clean air and safe drinking water for all New Yorkers," Senator Gillibrand wrote in her letter to New York Governor David Paterson. She has also intimated there might be safe fracking..."Gillibrand said while Marcellus Shale gas would provide an economic shot in the arm, she doesn’t want to support hydrofracking until she has answers to questions about the process of pumping chemicals under intense pressure into the shale formation".

Dr. Noren states, "You can see she is speaking from a position that clearly entertains the idea that fracking could be permissible if assurances can be made for it's safety. My contention is that it will never be proven safe enough to ensure that our water supply will not be in danger. She is clear on this and should be held to her word".

Having a multiply disabled daughter has given me insights on how to improve the quality of life for those not capable or less capable of fending for themselves.

My daughter was born 1 lb 4.2 ounces and has moderate to severe autism, partial complex seizures and mild cerebral palsy. She is an adorable, lovable, valuable member of society. Rachael is now 14 years old and her picture is on my web site here.

I support Don'tBlockMyVote.org and their work; I also support the Community Choice Act and pass at least some version of the CLASS Act to help families with disabled members function more independently financially and personally. My health care initiatives/platform would include some form of this Act for sure.

I am for a complete withdrawal from Afghanistan and Iraq ASAP with just a global coalition to stabilize Pakistan and the Afghani-Pakistan border

Wall Street ripped off the pension funds and our own Senator Gillibrand is directly funded by Wall Street. States get Federal funding cuts on essential items like Special Education instead of cuts to the military budget. There are teachers and paraprofessionals that are grossly underpaid or laid-off, yet School administrators who are not teachers as well as other State executives like Gaming Commissioners end up with plush salaries and pensions. We need to do things differently, NOT the same old way.
A little background

Standard & Poors is owned by parent company McGraw-Hill. S&P trashed this country's economy in part by rating mortgage derivative packages in a way that led to the financial meltdown. Then S&P downgraded the U.S. credit rating. 5 of the top 10 executives at McGraw-Hill have contributed at least $1000 towards Senator Gillibrand's campaign funds. I think this is unethical for her to accept this 'dirty' money.

We need Broadband access for all rural America and not piecemeal pay for it like Congress is proposing to do now.

The biggest problem in DC legislatively is that we have too many "Wall-Street" Republicans and Democrats. I want to represent the truthful side of all issues as a citizen politician with NO multi-national corporate influence. Corporations are not "People" and I will start My Move To Amend. The Bush Tax cuts that included the wealthiest Americans was passed by Congress including Senator Gillibrand and needs IMMEDIATE amending; I will write the Bill.

The College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 cut the fixed interest rates on newly originated subsidized Stafford loans for undergraduate students to 6.0% (2008-09), 5.6% (2009-10), 4.5% (2010-11) and 3.4% (2011-12), with a return to 6.8% in 2012-13. These cuts are available ONLY to undergraduate students, not graduate students, and only for subsidized Stafford loans; not for unsubsidized Stafford loans. Those loans remain at a fixed rate of 6.8%.

As a U.S. Senate candidate, I am proposing to extend this rate structure through 2015 and include graduate students as well as students using unsubsidized Stafford loans and other loan programs that are government administered. With a Republican controlled House, the chances of this passing are dim...now is the time to wake up and support candidates that will ram rod legislation like this by challenging those Republican controlled geographics and convincing them that their Republican leaders need to support this too..that's where Democratic Party money needs to go. Students and parents want low-cost college loans..not cut, cut, cut. We need to lower the cost of medical and dental education so our system of training these professionals is safe long-term and graduates are not overly burdened by massive debt.

The number one goal for our energy policy is residential and commercial energy conservation. Reducing the footprint as we have things now is critical. As Senator Bernie Sanders explains, we can create large numbers of jobs making these components here in the USA. Most politicians other than him get donations from corporations that buy these products from China and sell them here. Whether geothermal, solar and wind are best for a specific region, one thing is for sure..Dr. Noren is not for the long term use of fossil fuels.

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Dr. Scott Noren for US Senate - New York

Occupy + My Platform= Occupy + even more progressive action!

Additional Talking Points

The bottom line is that we need to regulate the Insurance industry much more intensely immediately! We need to move to single payer but you can't do that if you have lobby money in your pocket!