Change Comes When Budgets Change.
Federal Spending On Essential Services
EDUCATION
VETERANS AFFAIRS
SOCIAL SERVICES
- Dept of Education's Budget is less than 1/9 of Defense Spending. (Dept of Education)
- In 2019, Dept of Education Budget was cut 12% compared to 2018 budget.
SOCIAL SERVICES
VETERANS AFFAIRS
SOCIAL SERVICES
- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) budget was cut $953 Million in 2019.
- HRSA is the primary federal agency for improving health care to people who are geographically isolated, economically or medically vulnerable.
VETERANS AFFAIRS
VETERANS AFFAIRS
TRAINING and EMPLOYMENT
- VA's Budget is less than 13% of Defense Spending.
- 6,345 veterans died by suicide in 2018 nationwide, including 192 veterans from MO. (Dept of VA)
- 488 veterans from MO experienced homelessness in January 2019. (37,085 veterans nationally)
TRAINING and EMPLOYMENT
TRAINING and EMPLOYMENT
TRAINING and EMPLOYMENT
- Training and Employment Budget is 1% of Defense Spending. (Dept of Labor)
In 2019, Training and Employment Budget was cut over 7% compared to 2018 Budget.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
TRAINING and EMPLOYMENT
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- Dept of Justice (DOJ) Proposed Budget in 2021 was less than 5% of Defense Spending.
- DOJ overall budget was cut 2.3%
- State and Local Grants cut 43% in 2021 versus 2020.
Are We Safe When Millions Still Can't Afford Healthcare?
- Over the past 10 years, 14 hospitals in Missouri have closed.
- Over 10% of Missourians do not have health insurance.
- For 2019, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention reported 1,151 people died by suicide in Missouri.
How Fair is Universal Healthcare?
Is it Legal? Safe? Fair?
- Is it possible to provide universal healthcare in a legal, safe, and fair way for every American?
- What if voters demanded smarter policies to make it so?
- Should we ever give up on saving lives?
Are We Secure When Homelessness And Unemployment Rates Rise?
- 6,179 people in Missouri go homeless on a single night. (usich.gov)
- 180,000 Missourians remain unemployed. (data.bls.gov)
- 813,840 people still have very low food security, including 1 in 7 children in MO.
Isn't A Smarter Nation A Stronger Nation?
- Are we secure when U.S. students score lower in reading, math and science than Russia, Hong Kong, China, UK, and Singapore?
- In 2019, Missouri's 4th graders scored lower in reading and math compared to 2017.
- 10% of Missouri's children have no internet access at home.
Safety Demands We Increase Pay and Accountability for Law Enforcement Officers.
- Why are the wages for law enforcement officers so low?
- Wouldn't safety improve if we hired and retained our finest officers?
- Doesn't justice demand we install common sense limits, and improve use of force policies according to best practices?
- Isn't it fair we increase compensation for those who risk their lives to serve and protect our communities?
I do not believe we should defund the Police!
Integrity Calls Us To Protect Our Environment
- The United Nation’s “Paris Agreement” calls for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to hold the increase in the global average temperature to below 2 degrees Celsius.
- Agriculture is an important component of Missouri’s economy; therefore, our state is particularly vulnerable to extreme precipitation conditions.
- Both floods and droughts can result in billions of dollars in losses for MO. (NOAA - Nat'l Ctr for Env Info)
To Whom Much Is Given, Isn't Much Required?
Can we raise revenue in a legal, safe, and fair way to strengthen America, which includes investing more in Career and Technical Education?
- Raising tax rates on ordinary income for the top two tax brackets by only 1 percentage point could raise $114 Billion in revenue from 2021-2030.
- (Unmarried/Heads of Households making over $204,000 per year, and Married Couples filing jointly making over $408,000 per year)
Fairness Requires We Demand More Value From Government Contracts.
- Is it fair that CEOs reap millions of dollars in bonuses from defense contracts funded by tax payers?
- Isn't America more safe if we modernize our military with better equipment at a more fair cost?
- What legal protections are available to negotiate more value before we sign high-dollar Defense contracts?
- Fairness is not anti-military. Fairness is anti-greed.
- Defense Contract Management Agency manages contracts with an overall total value of $5.2 trillion. ($678 million in contractor payments per business day)
- How can we invest to promote more justice, safety and fairness for America?
This Is Us!
Lift every voice and sing
Till earth and heaven ring
We are one nation
under God.
One race - the human race
One standard
Justice
Safety
Equality
Have no fear
Our flag is still here
"There is no fear in love."
We are the change
Let’s Roll!