ASBL 52 Vance Bostic, House Candidate, NY District 8

ASBL 52 Vance Bostic, House Candidate, NY District 8

Vance Bostic is running as a Democrat for Congress in NY’s 8th District (mostly in Brooklyn), the seat currently held by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (“a failure in the district”).

From www.VanceBforNY8.com:

Born and raised in the projects of Coney Island, Vance has worked in every corner of the service industry. Along the way, he got his MBA. He sees our “elected officials” as weak-willed and corporate-backed, standing by while democracy crumbles and the rich get richer.

Highlights from our conversation:

Congress has lost its humanity. We need real public servants, not career politicians; representatives who care about the people and will put humanity first.

Vance wants great communication with the district (polls, etc.) so he can write bills for their wants and needs, so they can tell him what to do as their representative.

PLATFORM

Housing Is a Human Right

Artists & Gig Workers Bill of Rights (for such jobs as Uber, Door Dash, etc.)

Medicare For All

Ending Citizens United

Single-Subject Bills

Justice & Safety

How has Jeffries failed the district? “I’ve seen him at union rallies. Then he votes for things like Amazon’s union busting. He smiles to our face but votes against us behind our backs. He voted against capping credit card interest. He gets a lot of money from Wall Street and Big Pharma and votes against Medicare for all. The things we keep asking for, he’s not in favor of.”

And we discussed our small business issues:

The American Small Business League (www.asbl.com) wants to stop big businesses from getting small business contracts. (Small businesses would create millions of jobs with those contracts and the economy would boom.)

Our www.DontCheatWomen.com project wants to end discrimination against women in federal contracting. We want Congress to:

•        Raise from 5% to 15% the amount of federal contract dollars that must go to women-owned small businesses.

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

But companies owned by men get over 95% of federal contracts. Men dominate in politics because they earn and save more than women. Men give more to politicians and have more influence with them. And it’s easier for men to run for and win office.

Men hold roughly 75% of seats in the House, the Senate, all State Legislatures, and every president’s cabinet. They hold almost that many governorships and 90% of committee chair and party leadership positions

Women need to participate in politics as equals. They have different wisdom, values and priorities and deserve equal representation.

Raising the number of federal contracts that must go to women-owned small businesses is a great first step.

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