Issues

A commentator noted: last month we gave Ukraine $1 billion in aid but gave Russia $30 billion for oil and gas. U.S. foreign policy must address this and these matters: 1) cripple Russia economically for its barbaric invasion of Ukraine by helping Europe quickly convert to liquid natural gas (LNG), 2) end China’s unfair trade practices and our dependence on basic needs, 3) affirm support for Israel and the fight against terrorism, 4) declare drug cartels in Mexico and Central America are terrorist killers of millions of Americans by drug addiction and dismantle these criminal cartels, 5) stop Iran/North Korea nuclear proliferation, 6) confront narco Central American states and responsibly manage illegal immigration, 7) protect the dollar’s currency reserve status, 8) end enormous trade deficits and outsourcing.

Reasonable Americans know racism and slavery in past were horrible. Critical race theory (CRT) & cancel culture attack ethnic groups, casting blame on them for crimes centuries ago. It’s unfair - especially to innocent children shamed for sins they have nothing to do with. It only divides us more and undoes strides by Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement trying to rid us of segregation and bring people together.

Immigration is an environmental and jobs issue. It’s time for people of all beliefs to acknowledge realities. Each million people entering the country requires the destruction of many thousands of acres of farmland, nature and forests, replaced by concrete, new construction, further congested roads clogged by cars, and more greenhouse gases. Of course we feel compassion for people suffering in other countries, but we must face questions of fairness: how should a U.S. citizen feel if a job he/she needs was taken by someone living here illegally? Indeed, from environment to fairness, everyone must see the big picture.

Congress - not bureaucracies - must thoroughly regulate crypto currency (a.k.a. block chain technology). Millions of people buy crypto and we must protect those people from scammers and bad actors. However, we must protect and encourage developers in the crypto industry because it is the next generation of the web. If we shut down crypto, the US will lose millions of new jobs and trillions of dollars in economic power to threats like Russia and China.

Covid expert Dr. Anthony Fauci stated on The PBS NewsHour that we are “out of the pandemic phase.“ Emphasize treatment, end overreaction. Covid mutated many times and we cannot live as if it’s the killer it was two years ago. I met people who were afraid to touch a pen. We see troubled students, road rage, a crime wave - we need to repair psychological damage and, sparing resurgence, return to normal.

Condo and coop owners face serious problems. I offer reforms that will help.

Student debt overwhelms college students and grads. I support helping those in need, but believe it should be done by asking them to return something to the country. Donating time to AmeriCorps, public service… something! It’s time to ask people to give something in return to our country for all that it gives to us.

The small business climate in our city is atrocious. Mom and pops need help! Small businesses historically accounted for 51% of our state’s total jobs (Small Business Advocacy).

Non-profits provide vital services for thousands of New Yorkers. Scores of corrupt politicians used non-profits as personal slush funds to enrich themselves at the taxpayers’ expense. Here are my common-sense reform proposals n

Gerrymandering - drawing of district borders to benefit a political party - has plagued politics since our earliest days. It’s unfair to voters. I offer a legislative plan beautiful in its simplicity and logic: required boundaries based upon existing counties/cities made as "rectangular or square as physically possible." I call it, "The Fair Square Districting Act."