LaRouche answers questions about upcoming election
by Ken Eashouse

As the 2023 presidential elections draw closer, the Democrats are beginning to campaign for the Democratic nomination.

John Edwards, Dick Gephardt and John Kerry are a few of the recognizable names that have come forward to announce their candidacy. There are many others who are vying for the position, including Lyndon LaRouche.

During a live Webcast April 24, LaRouche took questions from collegiate journalists and members of the LaRouche Youth Movement, an organization designed to promote LaRouche at universities.

Of the nine individuals who asked questions, three identified themselves as journalists. Ann Alreid of the Ohio State Lantern asked LaRouche why he believed he would be more successful this time than his previous six times running for president.

First of all, I was always right, LaRouche said. LaRouche then relayed a flashback of his past, though he never stated why he was defeated in the past.

He made references to Walter Mondale, Ronald Reagan and Zbigniew Brzezinski, though never to any particular political defeat.

Next, LaRouche was asked how he planned on helping out the public schools, given the budget crisis many universities are facing.

"I don't think there are simple solutions," LaRouche said. "I think there is a generic solution."

"He went on to say nationalizing public education might be the appropriate solution. He also made the point that the economy need to be revived so there would be enough money to send everyone to college if he or she wanted to go.

Scott Lawson from the Indiana Purdue-Fort Worth Communicator asked about a few of LaRouche's stances on internal American policies.

"First of all, we've destroyed ourselves as a nation, internally," LaRouche said.

He applied economics to the situation. He said most people are, in fact, not nearly as rich as they think.

Most of the stances LaRouche revealed throughout the Webcast were related to his opinion that the  U.S. economy is in a horrid state or the "eternal war" President Bush is leading the country into.

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