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My 2-minute speech introducing myself at the League of Women Voters Candidate Forum tonight: - Hello, everybody. Before I get into it, I want to say thank you to the League of Women Voters, who have done our community a service by inviting *every* candidate to this forum tonight.

Now, about me: My name’s Steve Cox, and I’m an independent. I was born and raised in this district, and I hold no allegiance to anybody but *you*, and to any*thing* but truth and honesty.

And one of the greatest lies we’re told is that wealth, in and of itself, is what makes our country great. But is it? As one example, we live in the wealthiest country in the history of the planet, yet 20% of our children live in poverty. That’s 16 *million* kids!

I believe greatness is judged by how we treat our most vulnerable. And by that metric, we’re *failing.* Here are some *other* lies we’re told: “We can’t *afford* universal healthcare, or even to take care of our nation’s veterans, but we *need* this $1.5 trillion airplane.”