If we are indeed a gig economy, I guarantee that no worker who is told what to do, when to be there, and how to do it, is anything but an employee and should be treated as such.

The government should be open. It should use open-source software solutions so as not to be beholden to the titans of the digital world. This includes everything from electronic medical records systems, to the tools of government (elections software, agenda tools for public bodies) and even accounting tools to help manage small business.

If you are the product, as in your data, the content you generate, the ads you watch on their platform, you should get paid for your creations like Youtube does. Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram etc would be nothing without you- and you should get a share of a majority of the profits (at least 51% and have voting power). Social platforms should be owned by the community, not the censors.

Every American must do a year to 18 months of public service at 18- be it in the military, or in a civilian conservation corps, or caring for our elderly, or providing childcare. Being an American requires time spent in the service of our freedoms. In exchange for a job well done, 2 years of college will be paid for.

College should be affordable and not a debt sentence. We can make sure that a public education is available to all, with the first 2 years paid for in exchange for public service and the 2nd two years with interest free loans, repayable based on your income level after graduation.

No American should have to choose between health care and bankruptcy. Insulin shouldn’t cost 15x more than in any other country. I believe in single payer, universal health care. If we can’t do that right away- we can as an interim step, allow small businesses to buy into medicare to balance the playing field as we begin the giant undertaking of retraining the entire medical insurance industry into health care providers instead of deniers and unnecessary overhead.

The environment matters. I believe in clean energy, emission free vehicles, free public transit, recycling, electric high-speed rail, ending sprawl, and locally grown organic food. We have to fight climate change now.

LBGQT+ rights is summed up pretty well except the use of the word “Man” in the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men [people] are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
But, I don’t just support LBGQT+ equal rights, we need to make sure that women and minorities are also given protections for equal pay for an equal days work. We’re not there yet.

Immigrants are not the problem. A broken system is. I support secure borders, more judges, faster legal processing, work visas tied to real labor needs, and a path to earned citizenship. Read my full position on immigration..

Senators Josh Hawley and Bernie Sanders, an odd couple if I ever saw one, proposed capping CC rates at 10% for 5 years. The big banks argued the cap would restrict consumer access to credit, forcing lenders to cut reward programs, or cause issuers to charge higher fees to compensate for lost revenue.

What they missed is that there is already a law on the books that caps credit unions at 18%.
I would push for this cap to be in place immediately. Studies show that interest rates over 20% can almost never be repaid- and the current top end is almost 30% with some “buy now, no interest plans” go as high as 39%

Turner and his pals bailed out the bankers in 2009- instead of you and me. It’s time to re-regulate banks and end “Too big to fail” policies.