How will you handle the pending Central States Pension Fund insolvency?
Over $3 trillion annually in pensions will be lost in the U.S. due to illegal Wall Street investments. With an economic multiplier of 7, this will be devastating to the U.S. economy for decades.
What is your opinion on the privatization of child welfare system?
Governor Jeb Bush privatized the child welfare system. Do you support returning the system to the state? CEOs are getting rich while workers remain overworked and exhausted.
How will people have income when their jobs are automated?
Should incomes depend on labor? The income benefits of automation are concentrated to the pockets of the owners of the machines. Shouldn't national income be more widely distributed?
Why has trickle down economics failed to improve the standard of living for the majority of Americans and what do you propose that we replace it with?
What will you do to finally put an end to our "Too Big to Fail" banking system?
Banks are larger than in 2008. Regulators do not think they have acceptable living wills. And Wells Fargo recently touted its exposure to oil and gas loans, only to have most of them go belly up.
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Are illegal immigrants a threat or a gain to the American economy? Why/Why not?
This is a pretty concerning issue in Florida.
What are your thoughts on minimum wage?
Do you think minimum wage should raise or not? How much do you think it should be
Do you believe in privatizing Jobs in public sector like prisons or S.S?
Presidential Candidate, Donald Trump, has recently said that prisons should be privatized more, and Former Candidate Marco Rubio argued the same for Social Security. What is your stance and why?
Would you support laws preventing corporations from terminating retire pensions.
Companies such as GE and others have ended paying retirees their earned medical and pension benefits that were promised as part of their employment.
What steps will you take to increase American exports rather than imports?
Thousands upon thousands of American jobs have been lost to competition overseas being paid cents the hour. Countries such as China aren't hesitating to take advantage of this disastrous trade deal.
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Are poverty and wealth inequality the greatest problems that the US faces?
Poverty kills and hurts more people each year than anything else that can be addressed politically. Wealth inequality is to blame. How does this align with your priorities?
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Why did you stand with Wasserman Schultz against the CFPB payday regulations?
Why did you stand against good payday regulation brought up by the CFPB? The bill you and Schultz supported would allow 300% interest. How do you justify this?
R exec's comp anti-competitive acts in the marketplace like the job market.
Flip CEO with Corporation
Would you fix the problem of minimum wage by indexing it to a factor?
Would you be willing to fix the problem by making a new apprentice wage with tax credits, as part of a higher indexed minimum wage?
What will you do to end exploitative unpaid internships in Florida?
Unpaid internships, though good in theory, often deprive talented young adults who cannot afford to work for free of job opportunities and experience.
Why aren't corporations held accountable for costs of suffering?
Corporate predators neglect the costs of destroying lives and poisoning the environment. Raising accounting standards can prevent omissions and save lives.
Do you have other proposals besides more tax breaks to raise real wages?
Increased tax breaks for the wealthy under the Reagan and George W. Bush administrations failed to raise real wages, which have remained stagnant under bath as well as in the Obama recovery.
What will you do to help Puerto Rico on it's current crisis?
Puerto Rico is going thru a horrible financial crisis. The debt it's over 70 billion dollars and most of the people are moving to Florida each year.
How will you help people reentering job force?
People return from raising children. Older people want new careers. Learned people still wait to use their talents. But only young people are hired. How will you support people's new employment?
R exec's comp anti-competitive acts in the marketplace: the job market.
CEO white collar crime in Sherman Act. Replace word Corp with Exec
1)execs capturing excessive comp and denying downstream distribution of revenues to basic employees - monopoly, oligopoly,
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What do you attribute the economic and job growth to?Can Pres. Obama get credit?
Who gets the credit for how this country is going?
Do you support providing a Universal Basic Income to all Americans?
Many people are looking at providing all Americans with a basic income as a promising solution to rising inequality and job loss due to automation. Do you support this idea?
How can homeowners/wind/flood insurances remain affordable for the middle class?
Windstorm, homeowners, and flood insurance rates in Florida are skyrocketing and becoming difficult for the middle class homeowner to afford. Deductibles are high & exclusions are too numerous.
Are you for raising taxes whether the economy is in a recession or inflation?
We have been in a recession recovering since 2008 and fiscal policy should be to lower taxes, not raise to steer us through. Why is the discussion raising taxes is always good?