Universal Healthcare
Universal healthcare is vital because it ensures everyone can access necessary health services without financial hardship, improving both overall population health and economic security. Universal systems help reduce health disparities, prevent crises, and protect people from being driven into poverty due to medical expenses.
Health Equity and Access
Universal coverage promotes fairness by guaranteeing that all people, including vulnerable groups, receive essential health services regardless of income, status, or demographic background.
It supports healthier communities through prevention, early intervention, and equal treatment opportunities, making health care a fundamental human right.
Economic Benefits
Protects individuals and families from catastrophic health expenses, which can lead to poverty or financial ruin.
Reduces administrative waste and enables greater investment in prevention, chronic disease management, and public health measures.
Public Health and Security
Universal systems are better equipped to respond to epidemics and disasters, ensuring readiness and resilience in times of crisis.
Strong coverage boosts life expectancy and quality of life, delivering measurable improvements in health outcomes for entire populations.
Universal healthcare is not only a moral and ethical imperative, but also an essential pillar to secure healthier, more equitable communities and protect society against the medical and economic risks of untreated illness.
Free Public Education/Student Loan Forgiveness
Free public education is foundational for an equitable society, as it guarantees that every child can learn the skills needed to participate in the workforce, foster civic engagement, and contribute to the community regardless of their family's income. Public schools help narrow opportunity gaps and promote upward mobility by leveling the playing field for children from all socioeconomic backgrounds.
Student loan forgiveness is important because it directly relieves a financial burden that holds back millions of graduates, allowing them to buy homes, start businesses, and invest in their futures without decades of debt. Forgiveness and debt-free education policies also expand access to college, raising graduation rates, diversifying the workforce, and promoting long-term economic growth, since students are less likely to be deterred by fear of lifelong debt. By making education truly accessible and easing the weight of past debts, society benefits from a more skilled, motivated, and financially secure population.
Tax Billionaires
Properly taxing billionaires is crucial for economic fairness and effective public investment, especially when it means closing loopholes like the "Buy, Borrow, Die" strategy that lets the ultra-wealthy grow their fortunes without ever paying their share in taxes. Relying only on income tax misses most billionaire wealth, which often sits in untaxed appreciating assets, not salaries.
Implementing wealth taxes, mark-to-market taxation of capital gains, and closing loopholes—such as eliminating the step-up in basis at death and taxing unrealized gains—would prevent billionaires from indefinitely deferring or completely avoiding taxes as their wealth compounds. Modern proposals, like the Billionaires Income Tax Act, would require ultra-wealthy individuals to pay taxes annually on the increased value of their stocks and fortunes, regardless of whether they sell—ensuring they contribute proportionally, just as everyday Americans do each paycheck. By targeting the real sources of billionaire wealth and closing these tax loopholes, society can ensure that the richest contribute fairly to public goods and services, narrowing wealth inequality and strengthening the economy for everyone.