Long story short: tell your Congressfolk to pass the State-Based Universal Health Care Act, outlaw judge-shopping, and enact housing policy that actually helps homeless folks. Use the tools in the upper right-hand corner of this page (or, if you're on a cellphone, the bottom of this page) to find your Congressfolk's phone numbers and/or use the email/petition tools in the following paragraphs.
Social Security Works helps you tell your Congressfolk to pass the State-Based Universal Health Care Act, which would make it easier for states to start their own Medicare-for-All-style health insurance systems. Canada’s Medicare-for-All-style system started in Saskatchewan, after all, and the enterprising American Governor would relish the possibility at attracting big corporate headquarters to their state, since even CEOs prefer cost certainty to insane premium hikes. Of course, it’d also be better because folks wouldn’t have to stay in a bad job or marriage just so they don’t die, and because banksters wouldn’t make money from hurting you like they do now.
Demand Justice helps you tell your Congressfolk to pass legislation outlawing judge-shopping. You should get the judge in the area where you were allegedly harmed, not in some district in Texas headed up by right-wing judges who love certain kinds of frivolous lawsuits! It ain’t that deep! Now you may have heard Trumpholes lamenting the “unfairness” of their Personal Lord and Savior having to go before a jury of (gasp!) New Yorkers. Psst: that’s where he committed the crimes. They have nothing to say about his classified documents case being heard in Florida since the alleged crime happened there. So let us have wisdom, not Trumphole hysteria, guide us.
Finally, Daily Kos helps you tell your Congressfolk to pass legislation that really addresses homelessness, instead of pretending that jail time and massive fines are the solution. Who thinks some kind of punishment is the answer to every problem? Someone who needs to be ejected from your life, that’s who. And who fines someone who doesn’t have any money? Someone who wants to bring back debt slavery, that’s who. I’m not exaggerating about that. But Congress could invest more in housing assistance and end discrimination against renters, which would speak much better of us as a civilization than putting spikes on public benches.
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