Roger Briggs

My Interests:

live theatre, science and technology, government, public health, anything to do with Arlo Gurthrie

Political Skills:

speach/ad writing, copy editing, speaking to groups

Favorite Quote:

"The idea of the marketplace as the fullest expression of democracy has a strong appeal. But it assumes that economic motives are the only human motives. If making money were all that mattered, there would be no nurses,
teachers, poets, farmers, soldiers, police officers, or professors of medieval literature. The minimum wage, the abolition of child labor, and
the creation of worker safety and environmental laws all express moral impulses that the mark has neglected. The Founding Fathers saw the wisdom of a political system characterized by checks and balances. Despite the appeal of free market rhetoric, economic systems must be structured the same
way, with diverse and competing centers of power."

Reefer Madness, Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market,
Eric Schlosser, p. 219, 2004.

About Me:

"If you're in control, you aren't going fast enough." Mario Andretti