Lower Seniors' property tax exemption age to 62; create "circuit breaker" tax credits for fixed-income seniors & the disabled; lower the Veterans Disability property tax exemption requirement from 100% to a rating-tiered system for partially disabled veterans; state tax refunds not taxed as income.
Expand Medicare and Medicaid; Ensure at least one publicly funded, fully staffed, 24/7/365 medical clinic in every county; preserve individual tax credits to keep insurance affordable; impose a one-cent sales tax on all vape products to fund medical facilities.
Rewrite the 1984 Quality of Basic Education (QBE) formula to increase direct classroom/per-pupil funding; Restore U.S. Civics, Home Economics (Life Arts) and Industrial Arts into public school curricula; end school district legal retainer fees.
Obtain funding from targeted wasteful state spending to increase local, truly affordable quality housing; force a cap on corporate home ownership; write a law that financially punishes landlords for unrealistic rent prices and increases.
Lower the Disability Rating requirements from 100% to a tiered system for Veterans' tax exemption; Work to make all VA facilities and clinics A+ rated; Offset federal funding and staffing cuts with reallocated state funds by eliminating corporate tax cuts & credits.
Improve Georgia's quality in Health Care (37th), Per Capita Income (33rd), Education (27th), Child/Family Well-Being (42nd) Business Growth (26th), and Natural Environment (20th).
Create a state-funded, interest-bearing pension program for Georgia's Firefighters, EMTs, Ambulance crews & Paramedics; require a minimum county service commitment.
Raise the $2.13/$5.15 per hour minimum wage (lowest in the U.S.); Create a flexible county-specific minimum wage system based on local economic conditions to promote job growth.
Make Election Day a state holiday.
Require employers to provide at least four hours off to vote, paid, unpaid, or made up.
Fine anyone $5,000 for interfering with/preventing a Georgian’s legal right to vote.
Get ALL religion out of politics; it's government, not church. Require all religious organizations to publicly report political donations. Tax churches that participate in politics.
Reclassify it as a Schedule III substance, especially for medicinal & pain relief uses. Enact a 1% sales tax to fund medical facility improvements. Mandate product warnings on all product labels.
Host regular open town halls with constituents & community groups. Meet with county commissioners, city councils and municipal boards to solve long-standing & emerging problems.