Candidate for U.S. Senate - Georgia in 2020 Georgia General Election.
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Get StartedEncouraging parole boards to consider the monitored release of other inmates, where the health of the incarcerated would benefit and public safety would not be jeopardized Learn more
• Incentivize US businesses to employ formerly incarcerated individuals. Learn more
Mandating that parole boards should "The CARES Act... is the largest direct wealth transfer from average Americans to the elites in modern history" 4 give special consideration to the release of inmates who are elderly or have compromised immune systems and who can demonstrate a local support system Learn more
Requiring courts and / or governors to release immediately non-violent offenders and misdemeanants, except those charged with committing predatory financial schemes on the public. Learn more
Promotion of “victory gardens” and neighborhood-scale food production everywhere. Learn more
Incentivize the private sector and cooperatives to produce needed raw materials and finished products by reinvigorating the manufacturing industry throughout the United States. Learn more
Suspension of debt collection and accrual of interest for those with assets under $1 million dollars. Learn more
A permanent UBI, along with other economic reforms, would prevent us from having to take emergency actions, after people are already suffering, when we have future crises and would minimize government bureaucracy and intrusiveness into people’s lives, eliminating the nightmarish bureaucracy of the welfare “system”. Learn more
Implement school distribution of breakfast and lunch Learn more
Provide public school students and families with support to meet family nutrition requirements Learn more
Adopt equitable methods of funding school districts Learn more
Eliminate student debt payments on outstanding loans Learn more
Fund sustainable public works infrastructure projects. Learn more
Implement a REAL Green New Deal to achieve a net-zero carbon economy in 5 years. Learn more
• Incentivize US businesses to produce raw materials and finished goods by rebuilding the U.S. manufacturing sector, for creating domestic supply chains. Learn more
Install rooftop solar power on local government buildings, including community centers, to reduce government electricity usage and sell excess to the power grid, and in the case of those on fixed incomes, eliminate the cost of local utilities Learn more
All elections must be auditable. New standards are required for meaningful audits in Georgia as current “standards” permit election rigging without oversight and consequences. Learn more
Universal and Automatic Voter Identification and Registration for every citizen and taxpayer, subject to application of the malapportionment penalty outlined by the Fourteenth Amendment. Learn more
Prescription drugs should be covered for all without charge. Learn more
Single Payer - Establish an improved “Medicare for All” single-payer insurance program to provide everyone with affordable, quality healthcare. This plan will also cover vision, dental and mental health care, on the principle of ‘everyone in, no one out’. Learn more
Work with Housing and Urban Development to create a federal database of vacant residential properties controlled by owners or managers who manage more than one unit, for use in providing emergency housing to the homeless, with federal compensation to the property owner, coordinated with local governments Learn more
Prioritizing public transportation for our population with disabilities via accessible transport vehicles for purposes of medical visits and food shopping Learn more
Expansion of internet services to Americans living in underserved areas Learn more
Fully fund the US Postal Service to retain existing services, employee pensions & prevent job losses Learn more
At the state level, state legislatures can follow the century-long success of North Dakota’s “Bank of North Dakota” by creating a state bank. This helps a state’s citizens and businesses get fair treatment in the financial marketplace, and state bank profits go into their state’s general revenue fund, reducing the need for state taxes Learn more
• Incentivize US businesses to employ formerly incarcerated individuals. Learn more
Implement living wage initiative starting at $15/ hr transitioning to $24/ hr to provide relief to minimum wage workers Learn more
Implementation of maximum wage by capping the deductibility of excess executive income Learn more
Uphold the right of workers to refuse a return to work under conditions which threaten their own health, or that of their families and communities Learn more
Outside of a generous UBI-type scenario, all workers, including “gig” and undocumented workers, will need to have their rights extended to include: • Protection from job termination without cause • Extended unemployment compensation • Family leave job protection Learn more
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