It's no secret that the cost of simply existing is on the rise. Groceries are on the rise, services are on the rise, and housing costs are on the rise. Jokes about wishing we should have purchased homes when we were in kindergarten hit with truth when you look at how the dream of homeownership is quickly becoming out of reach for millions of Americans.
17 million people are set to lose their health care under the provisions in the "Big, Beautiful Bill". Over 1.9 million of that is in Florida alone, with one state losing more insured people than us.
When we live in a country where simultaneously billionaires exist and also have people who ration their life-saving medication because they cannot afford to keep them in full supply, the system is broken.
There are currently 30 states with a minimum wage greater than that of the federal minimum of $7.25, which has not seen an increase since 2009. Florida's is set to increase to $15 by next year, which would be nearly double the Federal minimum wage, yet would still only earn a full-time employee roughly $26,000 per year, after taxes.
We need to ensure that any American working full-time can support themselves in this country.
Water pollution in Florida has endangered our most majestic creatures and threatened our way of life. Polluters have been able to get away with minimal fines and continue with their business. Something needs to change.
As other countries around the globe have shown, the movement towards clean energy benefits all people. From expansive job creation to the elimination of our dependence on costly fossil fuels that keep Americans paying high utility costs, clean energy has proven itself time and time again as worth investing in.
If you paid $1.00 in Federal Taxes in 2023, you paid more than GE.
General Electric earned nearly $7 billion in 2023, yet instead of paying any federal income tax on those profits, they got a refund of $423 million.
Corporations and Billionaires are avoiding taxes while hard-working Americans are paying the price. It's time to even the scales.
The federal elimination of protections that oversee funding for education is already in place. Areas with disadvantaged populations are set to be hit the hardest. With those areas, also special education programs, after-school programs, and even school lunches, will all be threatened.
Political efforts to censor or restrict what is taught in schools, particularly in areas like race, gender, and LGBTQ+ issues, can stifle intellectual freedom and harm students' understanding of the world.
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