Democratic presidential hopeful John Hickenlooper, a two-time former governor of...
SAN FRANCISCO - Democratic presidential hopeful John Hickenlooper, a two-time former governor of Colorado, called on Friday for beefing up U.S. anti-trust laws, part of a business-friendly yet progressive agenda he hopes will set him apart among 20 candidates seeking the party’s presidential nomination.
“Capitalism is based upon competition,” Hickenlooper, who made his fortune as a small-business owner, said in a wide-ranging interview. “I think we should be aggressively looking at everything we can do to make sure we have more competitive landscapes.” Hickenlooper is not the first Democratic candidate to make the dominance of the big tech companies a campaign issue. Senator Elizabeth Warren last month vowed to break up Amazon, Google and Facebook if she is elected president.
On healthcare, Hickenlooper called for universal coverage and a so-called public option, under which Americans could opt to receive care from a government program or maintain private coverage, rather than moving immediately to the “Medicare-for-All” system that many progressives, including Sanders, have embraced. Medicare-for-All would shift all Americans into a Medicare-based, single-payer healthcare plan.
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