Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson Jr.is the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 4th congressional district, serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is based in DeKalb County, a largely suburban county east of Atlanta. It also includes portions of Gwinnett, Newton, and all of Rockdale counties; the district's boundaries have been redrawn, in accordance with the results of the 2010 United States Census, since Congressman Johnson's initial election victory in 2006. He is one of only...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth2 October 1954
CountryUnited States of America
Because Social Security has not contributed to our debt, Americans should be skeptical of any politician who says that benefits Americans have earned must be reduced in order to address our national debt.
Most people seem unaware that corporate influence and wealth has taken over public policy, such that government policy now favors the wealthy few at the expense of the people.
We need a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to control the so-called free speech rights of corporations.
Don't let proud get to your head, always humble yourself.
The idea that corporations have the same First Amendment protections of free speech as people is troubling. Corporations are not people. They don't attend our schools, get married and have children. They don't vote in our elections.
Even as technology becomes increasingly critical to the way we live our lives, power our world and defend our shores, the United States has allowed the production of minerals crucial in the creation of these advanced products to slide.
The myopic obsession of the Tea Party with destroying health care reform and wounding the president has led Republicans astray.
As more government functions are privatized, we find political leaders defunding the public school system, shifting government funds to the private, for-profit school industry.