Universal Healthcare
Universal Healthcare
Healthcare is a Human Right. South Dakotans believe that healthcare should never depend on where you live, your employer, or how much money you make.
The Issues South Dakotans Are Talking About
The Issues South Dakotans Are Talking About
The People's Platform
The People's Platform
After traveling to more than 35 counties and hosting 28 town halls across the state, one thing has become clear. South Dakotans may disagree on politics, we may disagree on approach, but we agree that our government should solve problems, not create them.
This policy platform was built from conversations with farmers, teachers, veterans, healthcare workers, parents, students, small business owners, retirees, union members, labor leaders, tribal leaders, and working class South Dakotans from every corner of our state.
We have heard directly from community members about barriers to opportunity, economic hardship, infrastructure challenges, and public safety concerns. The People’s Platform came directly from those stories, conversations, and lived experiences.
Protecting and Investing in Education
Protecting and Investing in Education
Education is the cornerstone of life and is one of the greatest investments a nation can make. Education should be America's competitive advantage.
Affordability: An Economy that Works For All
Affordability: An Economy that Works For All
The cost of living has become the defining challenge facing South Dakota families today. Affordability is about more than prices. It is about whether hard work is enough to build a stable life.
Protect Social Security
Protect Social Security
Social Security is not an entitlement. Workers earn and deserve every benefit through a lifetime of contributions. If you've paid into Social Security your entire career, the government should keep its promise to you.
Immigration Reform
Immigration Reform
America is both a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. We must secure our borders while also treating people with dignity. Secure borders and compassionate immigration are not competing values.
Accountability and Transparency in Congress
Accountability and Transparency in Congress
For far too long, our political system has been bought and sold by special interests, corporations, dark money groups. If we are to create any lasting change in our nation, we must ensure that the branches of government are answering to the people.