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All people deserve the right to make healthcare decisions for themselves, especially when it comes to reproductive care and abortion. A majority of Iowans, myself included, support reproductive freedom and believe that private health care decisions belong between a person and their doctor. I want Iowa to be a safe and supportive place for everyone, and that requires not being dead last in OB-GYNs per capita as Iowa is today. When elected, I will work to implement a comprehensive reproductive freedom package to address this travesty.
We must create a fair economy from the community up. This is the opposite of the wealth wedge that Republicans have driven between those with too little and those with more than an abundance. Start with minimum compensation so that people who work 40 hours weekly can afford a simple, decent life. The Iowa Legislature has been playing a dishonest shell game on taxes, bragging about lowering income tax rates, while causing property tax rates to skyrocket. We must address this by directing research activity tax credits to small businesses that invest in our communities instead of profit-maximizing corporations while also implementing fair taxes that ensure quality public services while responsibly using public funds.
We must enable supportive communities that reduce violence while also supporting law enforcement professionals with the tools they need to be effective. There are obvious and easy things to begin with such as strengthening background checks and red flag laws. Equally as important is reducing stress in the daily lives of people, which starts with ensuring people are able to earn living wages and have access to mental health resources. We must create a culture where we respect each other and listen to each other and understand each other’s needs. We must get back to what our grandparents understood: that education and public services are a strategic investment in our future, not a cost center to be minimized.
The most important thing we can do is create a culture of citizen participation in our government. Too many people view government as a problem, instead of as an entity with a role in facilitating the lives that we want to live. Our freedom requires active participation and informed citizens, and secure elections are the bare minimum for this to happen. When people engage in democracy, elections become more secure and voting becomes more accessible because they demand expanded early and absentee voting. With the technology resources available to us today, it should be very possible to both expand access to voting while providing secure election systems.
Iowa is in a wonderful position to contribute to solutions that will address climate change, as well as related ecological and social issues. Continuing to expand renewable energy production, storage, and distribution is paramount. This includes rapid adoption of electric commuter vehicles and the infrastructure it entails. We must guide agriculture toward more sustainable practices such as extended crop rotations that improve water management, increase soil health, and capture carbon in our soils. Perhaps most importantly, we need to connect people with the beauty of our state and increase our collective understanding of how our daily lives are so intertwined with the natural systems that we depend upon.
