Position Overview

• Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is the Dayton region's largest employer. We need to protect and support the base, but not ignore everything else.
• Combat climate change and protect the environment.
• Reduce health care costs.
• Reduce higher education costs.
• Protect privacy and enact right-to-repair legislation.
• We made a retirement promise to the taxpayers. We must safeguard Social Security to honor that promise.
• Ensure a livable minimum wage.
• It is imperative that we support Ukraine in resisting the Russian invasion. The tyrant Vladimir Putin should have been stopped 18 months ago.
• Help the homeless become contributing members of society.
• Provide for our military veterans. It is heartbreaking to see anyone, especially people who fought for our country, begging for food in downtown Dayton.
• End bullying and prejudice: anti-Semitism, racism, and support the LGBTQ+ community
• Pro-choice, but abortion should not be an alternative to birth control. No late term abortions.
• We need a balanced budget. This can be fixed by everyone paying their fair share of taxes, and cutting fat from government spending.
• Fix the undocumented immigrant problem and secure our borders by fixing the root cause. We need to make it easier to become a legal immigrant and eliminate any benefits of being an "illegal" immigrant.
• Reduce gun violence by instituting policies that do not conflict with the second amendment.
• Pro-union. Employees have the right to negotiate with their employers for fair work and pay.
• Supporter of return-free filing = no tax returns.
• Politicians should always, ALWAYS, do what is in the best interests of the people.
• The American Dream is being destroyed by the drive for corporate profit "at all costs".

Interesting Links

• Jeff Bezos made over $7.9 million an hour every hour in 2023 -- Yahoo Finance
  • "In under 13 minutes, he brought in the equivalent of what the typical person earns in a lifetime"
• Americans think the American dream is dying -- Axios
  • "Americans are increasingly unlikely to believe that those who work hard will get ahead and that their children will be better off than they are."
  • "America's enormous wealth gap is often cited as a reason for the decline in faith in the American dream."
• Americans can no longer afford their cars -- Newsweek
  • "Americans need an annual income of at least $100,000 to afford a car"
• The 'old American Dream died', Realtor details salary needed to buy a home, afford a middle class life in 2024 -- Fox Business
  • "Americans now need to make $120K a year to afford a typical middle-class life"
• The Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- National Geographic
  • "limiting or eliminating our use of disposable plastics ... will be the best way to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch"
• Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change -- YouTube
  • "If we don't do the right thing now, there are very serious problems that our children, and grandchildren, will have to face."
• Earth's last 8 years were the hottest on record -- The New York Times
  • "Each of the past four decades has been warmer than one that preceded it"
• Inequality for All -- YouTube
  • This is a much-watch, feature length documentary to understand how income inequality has worsened over the decades.
• The Working Poor, The Price of the American Dream Documentary -- YouTube
  • "The workers that helped bring the country out of the economic downturn ... are far from reaping the benefits today."
• Parents use retirement savings to help adult children financially -- USA Today
  • "Roughly half of under-30 adults live with their parents"
• Social Security has an income inequality problem, and it can't be swept under the rug any longer -- The Motley Fool
  • "No fewer than 80% of current retirees rely on their monthly benefit to help cover their expenses."
• 7 Things the middle class won’t be able to afford in the next 5 years -- YouTube
  • "Extended family trips, new cars, private school tuition, homeownership, healthcare, leisure & travel in retirement, 'safe' investments for retirees"