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Beto O'Rourke

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Immigration and Border Security

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Immigrants contribute to building the strength, success, and security of the United States. The security of the Mexican/Texan border has never been so high, yet the government spendings are the highest they have ever been. The future immigration reforms should focus on ensuring their safety and integration, providing them a path to work, family reunification and citizenship.

 

Health Care

 

Healthcare should be universal and ensure that all individuals are taken in charge when they need it. Beto wants to get out of a rhetoric in which, according to him, people refuse to seek medical care because they can’t afford it, or when they do, they’re so sick they have no choice but to go to the Emergency Room where the cost will be many times more expensive and the outcome will be worse.

 

Government accountability

 

Beto has refused to use PAC to support his campaign. He also sides with the Democrats who are largely against gerrymandering and historically have not gained as much as the GOP has.

 

Economy

 

The government should ensure that every Texan benefits from the country’s economic growth and that every person who is willing to work has a chance to. Quality apprenticeship and good infrastructures should be worked on. Beto also wants to protect the Earned Income Tax Credit that benefits millions of hardworking American families and promote the Family and Medical Leave Act to ensure those families can stay healthy and strong.

 

Education

 

The education system should take steps towards moving control to the classroom and empowering teachers to fulfill their calling by having autonomy to teach their students and reduce the emphasis on arbitrary, high-stakes tests. Public funding should be increased for low income and underserved communities.

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