Hi John,
When I led Detroit’s Health Department, I helped launch a program that provided tens of thousands of kids with free glasses.
Photo Credit: Vision To Learn
It changed lives. Kids who were falling behind in school because they couldn’t see the board could finally read, focus, and thrive.
That’s the kind of progress we can make on a larger scale in the U.S. Senate — when we build a government that actually invests in people.
But people always ask: “How are you going to pay for that?”
Here’s my answer: In a moment of deep inequality, maybe billionaires should pay their fair share. It’s time for a billionaire tax.
Maybe if you make enough for your kids’ kids to need for nothing, you can pay a little more so the kids in your community can see the board in class. So families don’t have to choose between rent and prescriptions. So the infrastructure that keeps our communities alive actually works.
We could do all of that if our government weren’t bought and sold by corporations and billionaires who’d rather hoard their wealth than invest in the people who made it possible.
That’s why I don’t take a dime of corporate PAC money — and I’m the only candidate in this race who’s never taken their money.
I’m not running to do their bidding. I’m running to do right by our communities. But to take them on, I need grassroots power behind me.
Thank you,
Abdul
