US House Candidate Tamara Zwinak responds to 2020 Disability Rights North Carolina General Election Questionnaire

 2020 Disability Rights North Carolina General Election Questionnaire


US House Question 1
I am a candidate for US House of Representatives Dist-11 from North Carolina with a Green platform focused on Healthcare (including the pandemic response), Sustainability (protecting the environment and responding to climate change), and protecting Social Security for the disabled with the goal of passing Universal Basic Income.


US House Question 2
As a disabled person, I benefited from Vocational Rehabilitation programs and without them I may never have graduated from college.  I will pass legislation to federally fund Vocational Rehabilitation programs to pay for college tuition, books and travel expenses for eligible disabled clients.

  
US House Question 3
Rural communities have seen hospitals close and doctors move away as the profits are not sufficient to cover the cost of running a healthcare business.  Government has a role to play in healthcare if we want to have access in rural communities.  States and municipalities need federal funding to keep hospitals and clinics open.   


US House Question 4
My plan is to increase generous incentives through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit to build 10 million affordable housing units across the country with strong tenant rights protections to end the housing crisis. 


US House Question 5
There is no place for the idea of a "subminium wage" in our economy.  Every working person, whether disabled or not, should be paid a living wage.  I will pass legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 hour.  


US House Question 6
Yes, I will commit to keeping the ADA strong by opposing any changes that would make it harder to enforce accessibility standards.   The ADA was passed over 30-years-ago.  I plan to increase the accessibility protections for workers with unseen disabilities, including ADHD, PTSD, Autism and mental illness, where we have not made as much progress as we have with physical disabilities.  


US House Question 7
Any bill I sponsor will include input from people with disabilities, both seen and unseen, and organizations that serve the disabled.

Popular posts from this blog

Candidate Answers to WLOS-TV Questions

 Bryan Overstreet, Special Projects Producer WLOS-TV Asheville, North Carolina                                       Cell: 804-263-8551 E-mail: bsoverstreet@sbgtv.com Re: Candidate Questions 1)  Why are you running for office? I am a Green candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives-District 11.  For decades the environmentalists have exerted great effort to protect nature.  This week the UN Summit on Biodiversity gathered experts and leaders from around the world to talk about the progress we have made protecting biodiversity.  Our goals have not been met.  We are in the final hour of our fight to protect nature and our place in it.  If we do not act immediately, one million species face extinction in the next few years.  Human activity has already caused the e...
Read more

U.S. House Candidate Tamara Zwinak responds to North Carolina Science Debate

1) What are your top 3 scientific priorities for the upcoming year? 1) The coronavirus pandemic: Deliver a safe, accessible, affordable and effective vaccine and innovative ways to dispense the vaccine to 500 million people in 20-21. 2) Increase innovative ways to rapidly reduce CO2 emissions to reduce global warming; the death of coral reefs; forest fires; and droughts. 3) Innovations to bring sustainable packaging without petroleum based materials or styrofoam to market and rapid ways to capture and collect plastic waste in the oceans, streams and on land.   2) How do you plan to ensure access to COVID-19 testing, tracing, treatment, and personal protective equipment (PPE) for all North Carolinians, especially workers in the highest risk jobs? By providing federal funds to the states to accomplish these tasks.   3) What is your strategy to mitigate infection risk in hot spots that contribute to community spread such as meat processing plants, nursing hom...
Read more

US House Candidate Tamara Zwinak Outlines Her Policy Positions and Priorities

Tamara Zwinak, Green candidate for U.S. House of Representatives outlines her position on a multitude of issues prioritized by her campaign.  Pandemic Response I believe the political climate in Washington has set the stage for the pandemic crisis.  The coronavirus pandemic has killed over 180,000 Americans of which nearly 50% are seniors and Black and Brown people.  Of those who have recovered, thousands still suffer from lingering symptoms that may leave them permanently disabled.  Over 35 million people are unemployed, millions more are discouraged workers and only half of the unemployed receive unemployment insurance.  My immediate plan for managing the pandemic includes Social Distancing, Mask Mandates, Rapid Testing with Immediate Results, a Safe and Effective vaccine available to all; production of PPE, medications and vaccines in the US; and testing of waste water. Sustainability My economic policy is grounded in the concepts of sustainable...
Read more