I also support student loan forgiveness up to $50,000 in order to support our students’ economic futures. We also need to ensure each student has access to a mental health counselor in the school. We also need to provide resources for students to not only learn the basics (Math, Science, Social Studies, Reading), but to explore other areas such as: Art, Music, Farming/Agriculture tech, business, etc. State testing should not be tied to school funding. We need to provide more funds for schools to, not only buy the resources/materials needed for the next generation to learn, but to pay educators what they duly deserve. Our education system is in need of reform. We also need to work to provide transportation to and from grocery stores, doctors, jobs, and group help sessions.Īs a public school teacher, education is something near and dear to my heart. We also need to target the issue of homelessness, and find a way to make sure our military veterans are not on the street without a roof over their heads. We need to provide better mental health care for our veterans, medical care, and reacclimation to civilian life training. The way we treat our veterans when they come home from war needs to change. Veterans have selflessly put their lives on the line for our freedom and we need to properly thank them for it. We need to invest more into veteran care. Internet access is something we need to utilize for the future, and having this resource will help many rural Kentuckians in the future. I also believe that we need to implement a broadband wireless internet initiative across our nation. We also need to repair our Social Infrastructure such as: Invest in public education: Fix buildings, staffing budgets and universal Pre-K childcare, supplies for schools, etc, invest in childcare for working families, etc.
In Kentucky, a study in 2020 found that 13.8 percent of major urban roads are in poor shape, and 3.1 percent of urban freeways and interstates are in poor shape. Despite the importance of these resources that everyone uses, we are seeing about 21.8 % of roads nationwide in poor condition, 7.6% of bridges nationwide are in need of repair, and there have been 4.8 derailments for every 100 miles of train track from 2015-2019. Repair Economic Infrastructure like roads, bridges, waterways, etc and use renewable resources for the repairs. I support President Biden’s plan to strengthen our infrastructure. We need to focus on our infrastructure that is sadly crumbling around us. If we have Medicare for All, so many more Kentuckians will be covered for the first time in their lives. Due to that policy, so many Kentuckians were able to have insurance for the first time. Under the Affordable Care Act, Kentucky expanded Medicare, which covered more people who previously made too much money to afford Medicare but not enough to afford private insurance. I will also work to stop the pharmaceutical industry from ripping off the American people by making sure that no one in America pays over $200 a year for the medicine they need by capping what Americans pay for prescription drugs under Medicare for All. In Medicare for All, Medicare coverage will be expanded and improved to include: dental, hearing, vision, and home- and community-based long-term care, in-patient and out-patient services, mental health and substance abuse treatment, reproductive and maternity care, prescription drugs, and more.
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