ASBL 41 David Redkey, Candidate for Congress, AZ District 1

ASBL 41 David Redkey, Candidate for Congress, AZ District 1

David Redkey is running for Congress as a Democrat in Arizona’s 1st District. He is a teacher, husband and  father who has proudly called Arizona home for nearly four decades. “As a passionate advocate for working families, he is running … to champion Foundation Economics — putting people over profits and restoring integrity to government.” (www.davidredkey4congress.com)

Highlights:

David wants to focus on working people and the middle class. Rebuilding their opportunities. “They have been destroyed for decades.” He wants to address the anger that fueled the MAGA movement, a lot of which was economic frustration. Working- and middle-class people want livable wages so they can afford things. Inflation is out of control. David wants to be a voice for all those who feel left behind.

From his site, www.davidredkey4congress.com:

Foundation Economics Executive Summary

Foundation Economics restores a simple deal: markets can be dynamic and innovative, so long as wealth can’t pile up endlessly at the top, wages keep up with productivity, and families can actually afford the basics. The policy mix uses very high marginal tax rates on ultra-high incomes and concentrated profits to push excess capital back into productive use, while pairing that with powerful, automatic tax credits that make living-wage jobs the best deal in town. Core family costs—especially childcare—are fully covered at modest incomes so parents can work, save, and thrive.

Then we discussed the American Small Business League’s www.dontcheatwomen.com project.

We want people to ask their representatives and Senators to:

•        Raise from 5% to 15% the amount of federal contract dollars that must go to women-owned small businesses (which would raise from 23% to 33% the amount that must go to small businesses in general).

•        Define a small business as 100 or less employees – because 98% of all businesses in America have less than 100 employees. Small business contracts should not go to firms with 500, 1,000, or 2,000 employees, as they do now.

•        Make the Small Business Administration prove that small business contracts go to small businesses and give the SBA a budget and staff as big as its mission (to help small businesses).

Because:

Women are half the population. They own 40% of all businesses. They sell what the government buys. And …

Without economic fairness, women can’t be political equals.

Men dominate in politics because they earn and save more than women. They give more to politicians and therefore have more influence. It’s easier for men to run for office. Men hold roughly 75% of seats in the House, Senate, State Legislatures, and cabinet positions, almost that many governorships, and 90% of committee chair and party leadership positions.

The American Small Business League (www.ASBL.com) works to end the diversion of federal small business contracts to big businesses. Our www.DontCheatWomen.com project seeks to end discrimination against women in federal contracting.

Raising to 15% the federal contract dollars that must go to women-owned small businesses would be a great first step. Men hold more political offices and have more political influence simply because they earn and save more than women. That must change.

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