Leila Hazou, Green Party, Candidate for U.S. Senate
-Modernize American labor standards, including a $25 minimum wage tied to inflation, a 32 hour work week, 3 months of maternal/paternal leave, and much more
-Price controls on human necessities, including rent, utilities, food, etc
-Reduce taxation on income under $75,000 per household, institute a marginal wealth tax on large holders of assets, restructure property tax to pursue equality in public education
-Guarantee housing as a right, including rent caps, repeal the Faircloth Amendment, fund social housing in the Green New Deal, prohibit corporate investment and speculation on housing
-Cancel all medical debt, institute a national single-payer healthcare system “Medicare for All”, ban patenting on publicly funded research, public ownership of pharmaceutical industry
- we need to continue to allow immigrants into the country, but need to improve the process by adding more judges, expediting applications for asylum, allowing asylum seekers to work legally while waiting for a decision on their applications
-Protect women’s rights by codifying Roe v Wade, repealing the Hyde Amendment, funding free women’s health products, and support the Equal Rights Amendment
- gun ownership is a right, however, assault style weapons should be banned - enforce thorough background checks and waiting periods
-Support the Green Party’s Ecosocialist Green New Deal to declare a climate emergency and rapidly transition the energy systems to green and renewable energy
-Nationalize(democratic public ownership) energy and transportation systems to provide a cleaner way to run America
-Support Solutionary Rail, a plan to electrify, modernize, and expand American rail systems to provide passenger and transport rails across the nation
-Save Pennsylvania families and communities by banning fracking and moving to cleaner energy and cleaner neighborhoods
-Invest in and develop Hydroelectric Dams on viable rivers across the nation as a cleaner, safer, and healthier alternative to fossil fuel
- this war has become a genocide of the Palestinian people, an arms embargo and sanctions must be enforced against Israel due to violations of US and international law
-Protect trans rights by codifying federal protections from discrimination and health coverage for gender-affirming care
I believe in taking care of Americans and our planet, not in funding and executing wars across the globe