Issues I Support
The political system is broken. Career politicians have consistently prioritized corporations and special interests, leaving everyday people behind. It's time for a change.
We need a system that ensures everyone pays their fair share and is designed to support those who need it most. We need a government that creates opportunities for all, regardless of economic or social background.
The time for change is now.
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Our current tax system is one-sided. It has allowed the rich to collect and the poker chips, and make you go broke. Currently. 47% of families live paycheck-to-paycheck, not knowing whether or not they can pay their bills this month, while 801 billionaires have taken advantage of them by lobbying Congress to lower taxes on them and raise them on you, to build fortunes that they don’t deserve.
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We don’t have healthcare in this country, we have sick care.
Healthcare spending in the United States has gotten out of control. The U.S. spends twice as much as comparable countries do on health, driven mostly by higher payments to hospitals and physicians. We need full scale changes to the system to lower costs for patients, and provide healthcare coverage for ALL Americans, regardless of sex, race, religion, ethnicity, or income.
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The Federal Minimum Wage was last changed in 2009. Since then, there have been massive changes in the world, our economy, and the job market, but the minimum wage has remained the same. Workers deserve to earn a living wage.
It’s simple - we need to put more money in the pockets of hard-working Americans. No one should be prevented from earning a living wage.
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On average, families in the United States pay over 20% of their household income to childcare. We are the worst developed nation in the world when it comes to child care. We offer no maternity leave, and little to no support to families. Other developed nations offer up to $14,000 per year to families to help with childcare, while we contribute around $500 per family. This is what happens when career politicians prioritize corporations and special interest groups over everyday Americans.
It’s time to invest in our middle class and get them the support they need.
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Currently, 20% of Americans over the age of 50 have ZERO retirement savings. This means that their primary source of income in retirement is going to be Social Security. Without changes to the current system, the Social Security Fund could be depleted in the next few years. If that happens, millions of Americans, mostly Baby Boomers, will be living in abject poverty.
We need changes to Social Security to ensure that it’s properly funded, so that the Baby Boomers, and all other generations have access to it when they need it the most.
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Aside from the 1%, no one has taken advantage of our current system more than corporations, tipping the scale heavily in their favor. Many corporations pay less in federal taxes than nurses, teachers, and everyday Americans. That’s just not right. We need a system that holds corporations that have exploited their workers accountable, and requires them to pay their fare share.
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Small businesses are the true motor behind the US Economy. Over 66 million Americans are employed by small businesses. And small businesses pay big. On average, small businesses pay employees $30.42 an hour, which amounts to a $63,000 income over the course of a year.
This is above and beyond what corporations pay their employees. We need to continue to invest in small businesses, and strengthen the US Economy for the future.
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According to the CDC, over 48,000 Americans died from gun violence in 2021, a 23% increase from 2019. Guns are the #1 cause of death for children under the age of 18, and accounted for 1/3 of all deaths among 15-17 years olds. It is simply too easy to get a gun in America. We need common sense gun reform in this country to prevent more innocent lives from being lost and keeping guns out of the hands of criminals and those who are unfit to own & operate firearms.
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“Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” What happened to that United States? The one that welcomed those who were simply trying to provide their families with better lives, and opportunities. That is something we all strive for. Our current immigration system is broken. We have made it extremely difficult for immigrants who have been here for years, and are hard working, integral parts of our community to become US citizens.
We also need to strengthen the border, through additional security and increasing enforcement along our Southern borders.
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One thing we all can agree on is that there is a lot of waste and unnecessary spending in our government, and it would benefit everyone to get some of these items trimmed from the budget.
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These include banning members of Congress, their families, and their staff from owning and trading individual stock.
It also includes term limits for ALL members of Congress, the Senate, the Presidency, and the Supreme Court.
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The cost of housing in the United States has risen steadily over the past few years, pricing out a lot of middle-class Americans who dream of owning a home. One of the #1 concerns of younger generations is whether or not they will ever be able to afford a home. We have allowed our housing market to be controlled by red tape, preventing new homes from being built at the rates we need them while corporate landlords with deep pockets buy up all the available property and drive up costs.
We need whole-scale changes to the way we approach housing in America.
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Our veterans are heroes. We ask them to go off into battle, to defend and serve our nation. And they do so without asking questions. But when they return, we don’t take care of them. Over 35,000 veterans are homeless. Nearly 1.7 million veterans lack healthcare coverage. 1 in 3 veterans live paycheck to paycheck.
We have failed our veterans, after they so valiantly fought to protect us and the freedoms we enjoy. We must do better to ensure that they have the support they need when they return home such as healthcare coverage, mental health support, and financial resources.
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Yes, it is a crisis. We are seeing record heat waves each year, more powerful storms, longer hurricane seasons, record droughts, and other climate disasters that keep on getting worse. And as a country, we haven’t changed how we address the problem. We need to look at drastic changes around the country, from consumers switching to electric vehicles, introducing more robust public transportation systems, alternative energy solutions, and others solutions.
It’s clear - we can’t keep doing the same things over and over and expecting different results. We need to change for our planet, and for the world that we want to leave behind for our children.
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Investing in infrastructure and transportation is the very definition of investing in America. It creates American jobs, while aiming to improve the roads, rails, buses, and planes we fly on. But we still fall behind the rest of the developed world in how we move people throughout the country.
Our lack of investment in infrastructure and prioritizing public transportation has made the day-to-day lives of Americans more difficult, has contributed to the climate crisis that our world now faces, and has prevented America from having a true vision of what the future of transportation looks like in this country.
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The war in Ukraine and conflicts in Gaza & Lebanon have highlighted the need for United States to remain involved on the world stage. We have found ourselves on the right side in supporting Ukraine against but have allowed a genocide and full blown humanitarian crisis to unfold in Gaza.
Every person on this planet, regardless of gender, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, country of origin, or income deserves the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is time for a new approach to our position in the world, and it begins with one that holds war criminals responsible for their atrocities against humanity, and working with our allies to ensure that we promote a world that promotes the safeties and freedoms that so many enjoy today.
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Members of the LGBTQ+ community are some of the most valuable members of our communities. They are teachers, police officers, medical professionals, Little League coaches, and a big part of our everyday lives. They deserve the same rights and freedoms that we all enjoy.
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