For far too many people these days - prosperity is out of reach.  But it doesn’t have to be that way. 

The cost of living is rising out of control, and there aren’t enough jobs that can even keep up with those rising prices, much less get ahead. We need to make sure that our families can make ends meet. The basics - gas, groceries, healthcare and utility bills - should be affordable for everyone. To help ensure affordability, I will support policies to

• build affordable and accessible housing

• support education and training for the next generation of workers

• make childcare affordable and accessible

• aid and incentivize small businesses to thrive

• attract new jobs to the Northland
  

Our state is facing some serious issues. The governor’s gift to his billionaire donors last year - the elimination of the capital gains tax - has severely damaged the state budget. Now, he’s promising another kickback to the richest Missourians. He wants to get rid of the state income tax. The part he doesn’t like to mention is that they’re going to increase the sales tax you pay and they’re going to cut government services even further.

That means highway and bridge projects get pushed back another year. Families already struggling with inflation get less help feeding their kids. Our schools - already at the bottom of the list when it comes to state funding - will get even less.

These are all cuts that affect regular folks and their families, but the handful of people who belong to the 1% class won’t notice any of it.  They get all of the benefit of the tax cuts, but don’t share any of the pain these radical changes will cause.

I pledge to be a public servant that is transparent about cost of living changes, and fights to put families first.