Dan’s Priorities

Protect east side water – Develop a plan for future water needs

Add a prescription drug benefit to Medicare

Pay down the national debt (we pay $240 billion per year in interest)

Get the big corporate money out of politics (support the McCain-Feingold bill)

Support crime prevention and intervention programs

Reduce corporate welfare – giveaways of public resources and tax breaks to large corporations

Preserve our natural resources for our children and our children’s children

Provide tax incentives for use of alternative energy sources (reduce our dependence on fossil fuels)

Mandate the labeling of genetically engineered food

Strengthen the incentives and opportunities for people to move from Welfare to work

Raise the minimum wage

Simplify the tax code and make it more fair

Support progressive legislation that promotes social justice and equal opportunity for all Americans