28% of Americans are pre-diabetic. 305k people in Arkansas would become eligible for Medicare reimbursement under Spencer’s proposed fresh fruit and veggie program. Basically, local farmers would deliver fruits and veggies as a medical supply(!)
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Another question on the price of these policies. Housing program-estimated cost is 40B, less than cost of SNAP. Reed: When your house is on fire, you don’t start by looking at the bill. Many of these policies are already funded or revenue positive
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We need to start talking about these policies like we talk about the war in Afghanistan: as a necessity that we then find the way to pay for
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Spencer: you have to invest in people and communities. Need to give people with deep roots here a way to stay. Multinationals come in to Arkansas as economic imperialists. Negotiate tax breaks, leave after they expire
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Current social policy is endless cycle of burning money. Bite the bullet and subsidize housing, create real jobs, ways for young people to stay in community. Fight the precariousness of life in the 2nd district
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(Spencer) we are hemorrhaging money in one direction: up. We have to break the cycle of addiction and stop reinvesting in plutocracy. We don’t need safety nets, we need a floor below which no American should be.
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Q: is campaign finance reform still a goal A: will be my first priority in Congress. Need people in Congress to step up and set an example
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