Bob Massie in Gubernatorial campaign websites

On Environment: Green Bank: capitalize on what nature provides us

My energy plan will build a prosperous and sustainable future for the commonwealth, where everyone gets to participate while we protect the future of our planet. We will:

Stop sending billions of our dollars out of state to pay for polluting fossil fuel
Remove regulatory barriers that choke off smart changes in utility regulation, like net metering caps, opening the way for more solar installations
Provide income tax adjustments and job retraining to ease the transition, and drive the majority of renewables jobs to our gateway cities
Create an Energy Innovation Roundtable to bring our best ideas quickly to the forefront and implement funding innovations like a Green Bank

We can harvest the biggest growth opportunity the Commonwealth has ever seen, by capitalizing on what nature provides us. Massachusetts has some of the best off-shore wind potential in the nation. We could turn renewables into the largest single sector in the state's economy. Source: 2018 MA gubernatorial campaign website BobMassie2018.com Aug 4, 2017

On Families & Children: Support Raise Up Agenda of paid family leave

Our economy is upside down; productivity has increased 70% in 40 years but wages have gone up only 8%. We need a more inclusive and more democratic economy that supports working people and our local communities. As governor, I will:

Support the Raise Up Agenda ($15 minimum wage, paid family leave, and the Fair Share tax), but make it just the beginning of helping working households
Connect citizens and businesses in new ways by building new infrastructure including transportation and WIFI across the commonwealth
Review and reform regulations that create barriers to entry for small businesses
Support local economies by encouraging institutional procurements
Support part-time workers with healthcare for all, day care and pre-K, and pension opportunities

The New Economy is already rising up in our midst. Now we need a governor who understands these forces and can support their growing and positive impact on our local communities. Source: 2018 MA gubernatorial campaign website BobMassie2018.com Aug 4, 2017

On Health Care: Healthcare "entitlement" is Constitutional "life & liberty"

We are not arguing on behalf of "entitlements", a slimy word that manages to sound like people are getting something they don't deserve.

Our Constitution, a key founding document, enshrines the principle that we have an inalienable right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". This is one of several "truths" that are "self-evident." You simply cannot have "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" without access to healthcare. Health care is therefore not a privilege, but a right. Indeed, it is an inalienable right--one that cannot be taken away.

Let's work together to move us rapidly towards the only system that makes both moral and economic sense for the Commonwealth today--a Single-Payer system of healthcare that covers everyone from birth to death.

Source: 2018 MA gubernatorial campaign website BobMassie2018.com Aug 4, 2017

On Technology: Replace patchwork projects with world-class public transit

As Governor, I will take immediate steps to provide improve our transportation experience, and I will follow up with serious, adult plans to solve our persistent and dangerous transportation gaps across the commonwealth.We will:

Stop privatizing our operations and our repairs
Scrap patchwork wasteful projects, including the South Station Expansion project and the South Coast Rail non-electrified alternate route and instead move ahead with the North South Rail Link (NSRL), and the original South Coast route
Speed up service and increase frequency on East-West rail services and initiate discussions, partnering with the State of New York to cut travel time in half between Boston and Albany with a new Pittsfield area tunnel
Adopt the goal of fully electrified and reliable bus and commuter rail networks and work with Amtrak to explore electrifying the Downeaster service to NH and Maine

Source: 2018 MA gubernatorial campaign website BobMassie2018.com Aug 4, 2017

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