Deedra Abboud in Gubernatorial campaign websites
On Corporations:
Press business on needs of workers, environment
I have worked for racial and economic justice for more than thirty years and wrote a major book on the South African divestment movement. I know how far we still need to go to bring justice to our economy and our land.
Throughout my life I have done that--as the founder or leader of powerful organizations like Ceres, the Global Reporting Initiative, the Investor Network on Climate Risk, and the New Economy Coalition.
Working with groups from around the globe, I took on the world's biggest corporations and successfully pressed them to measure and disclose their impacts on workers, human rights, climate change, and the environment.
Together we succeeded in driving sustainability straight into the heart of our corporate economy.
Source: 2018 gubernatorial campaign website BobMassie2018.com
Jul 17, 2017
On Energy & Oil:
Clean energy would impact economic inequality
Our present and future prosperity is currently being stolen by utilities and energy companies that keep us addicted--at great expense--to fossil fuels and by government officials who do not want to challenge this broken system. Over the last 20 years
we have spent approximately $360 billion--an amount nearly ten times our entire annual state budget--buying fossil fuels from outside the state. We have been told that there is no alternative--but that was not and it is not true. Moving to a clean
energy economy would drive down the cost of living for every person, every family, every small business, and every town and city in Massachusetts. Imagine what would happen to family, business, and municipal budgets if energy prices dropped by half.
Fixing our energy system would be a major tool in addressing economic inequality.
We are also putting our children, and their children, and all the children for the next thousand years in danger through our failure to confront climate change.
Source: 2018 gubernatorial campaign website BobMassie2018.com
Jul 17, 2017
On Health Care:
Single payer health care is the goal
Let's face it--if the Republicans had their way, people like me with pre-existing conditions [he was born with hemophilia] would be dead.
As governor, I would fight tirelessly, relentlessly, and aggressively to move us toward what most countries have already achieved: a stable, comprehensive, logical single payer health care system that balances revenue with
expenses and guarantees quality care for everyone in the Commonwealth. Not only would a single payer system empower medical professionals to improve services and help
all people live longer and happier lives, it could reduce our statewide health care costs by nearly 16%.
Source: 2018 gubernatorial campaign website BobMassie2018.com
Jul 17, 2017
On Jobs:
$15 minimum wage and paid sick time
Affordable housing, quality education, basic health care, and solid employment have become harder for everyone but those at the top. Why? Because for most people wages, wealth, and income have remained flat.We know that there are many tools--higher
wages, better training, support for small business, local capital, anchor institutions, public banks, and tested business models like cooperatives--that can build real jobs for real people in real communities. We need a $15 minimum wage and paid sick tim
Source: 2018 gubernatorial campaign website BobMassie2018.com
Jul 17, 2017
On Tax Reform:
A millionaire's tax for those at the top
Today affordable housing, quality education, basic health care, and solid employment have become harder for everyone but those at the top. Why? Because whenever productivity improves and the economy grows, the benefits go primarily to those at the top.
For most people wages, wealth, and income have remained flat.A millionaire's tax that follows the ancient principle of fairness that "from those to whom much has been given, much will be asked."
Source: 2018 gubernatorial campaign website BobMassie2018.com
Jul 17, 2017
On Abortion:
Keep women's reproductive health services in ObamaCare
"Now more than ever, we must fight to ensure that Congress improves the Affordable Care Act, rather than repealing and replacing it with a plan that strips away health care for families and crushes the economy."
Source: 2018 Arizona gubernatorial campaign website, Deedra2018.com
Apr 10, 2017
On Health Care:
Don't repeal, but improve ObamaCare
We must fight to ensure that Congress improves the Affordable Care Act, rather than repealing and replacing it with a plan that strips away health care for families and crushes the economy. Deedra believes in listening to the will of the people, and
working towards a solution that will strengthen the Affordable Care Act:- Lowering premium costs
- Improving accessibility
- Safeguarding care for those with pre-existing conditions
- Expanding Medicaid and protecting Medicare
Source: 2018 Arizona gubernatorial campaign website, Deedra2018.com
Apr 10, 2017
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