Jobs
As an entrepreneur, I understand the ups & downs
of owning a business. Therefore, I will vote for legislation that increases research and grants for
entrepreneurs of tomorrow and I will propose new tax incentives for
small businesses so they can make capital investments and purchase
health care for their employees
Providing
Quality Affordable Health Care
Access
to healthcare is determined by many factors-insurance status, living
in undeserved communities, being underrepresented in the health care
professions, being uninformed about healthcare services and needs,
and feeling insecure about our healthcare system. In Michigan, More
than 46 million Americans in 2005 were without health care coverage
for the past two years; and more than 8 million of those Americans
without health care coverage were children.
I will be committed to seeing that health care is
accessible and affordable in Michigan.
Quality
Education for All Our Children
As a former substitute teacher, I believe education is very
important. Every child has a right to quality education. I will
fight to invest more resources in schools, including more resources
to meet the needs of special students. I believe that the quality of
education children receive is directly related to the quality of
support for teachers and schools. My goal is to see more resources
in the school system.
Criminal
Justice System
I want to ensure adequate reentry and ex-offenders programs for
adults and youth. Youth of all races sell and use drugs at similar
rates, but African American youth represent 60-75 percent of drug
arrest today.
I want to increase and encourage the use of substance
abuse treatments rather than incarceration.
If government dollars were invested in drug rehabilitation,
not only would incarceration rates decrease but ex-offenders would
also become productive members of our families and our
communities.
Building
Strong Communities
Affordable housing is an essential ingredient for healthy families.
But it is also a key component of safe neighborhoods and prosperous
cities.
Predatory lenders target elderly, poor, and
uneducated borrowers to strip the equity from their homes.
I will monitor and prevent Predatory Lending. | 
