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The Issues (The 10 R's)
Welcome to the heart of our campaign – where we stand on issues that matter to you and our beautiful tapestry of communities that make up District 2. Below, you'll find a concise overview of each key issue Andrew is passionate about. Dive deeper into any topic by clicking through for more detailed information. Andrew's stances are shaped by the voices and needs of District 2, reflecting a commitment to bring real change and meaningful progress. To stay updated and engaged, feel free to explore and learn more about how Andrew plans to make a difference. Your insights and opinions are invaluable to us – join the conversation and help shape our community's future.
"I'm running on the 10 R's, and that's why there's one beside my name on the ballot!" - Andrew Scott Sm
Restore Economic Dominance
The Mississippi Delta and the City of Jackson have historically been the heartbeats of innovation and prosperity, and it's time we reignite that spirit. We are standing at the precipice of a new era—an era where innovation, technology, and forward-thinking are not just options but necessities.
Andrew envisions a future where the robust agricultural legacy of the Delta meets cutting-edge technology to create a sustainable and prosperous economy. This means not just reviving what was lost, but leapfrogging into the future with bold, innovative steps. Here's how Andrew plans to do it:
- Innovative Transformation with Drone Ports: Andrew will work to convert underutilized rural airports into drone ports, launching Mississippi into the forefront of logistics, smart agriculture, healthcare, and defense, while creating high-tech jobs and new market opportunities.
- Embrace and Enhance Energy Diversity: Recognizing the critical role of oil and gas in our current economy, Andrew will support and strengthen these sectors while strategically expanding into renewable energy. This balanced approach ensures energy independence, job creation, and a gradual shift towards a greener, more sustainable future.
- Reinforce Agricultural Dominance through Technology: Andrew will integrate cutting-edge technology into our agricultural practices, enhancing production and sustainability. Our farmers will lead the way in efficiency and innovation, supported by research, development, and modern infrastructure.
- Build a Future-Ready Workforce: Partnering with educational institutions, Andrew will ensure our workforce is ready for the jobs of tomorrow, focusing on technology, sustainability, and advanced manufacturing skills.
- Cultivate Talent and Entrepreneurship: Through partnerships with educational institutions and incubators throughout the region, we will nurture local talent and attract entrepreneurs. This will lead to a more sustainable economy, because if jobs start here, they usually stay here.
- Rebuild Tourism Industry: If there's one thing that District 2 doesn't lack is history, tradition, and the birthplace of most of the world's music. With such a rich, bold, and story-ladden history, District 2 could be a tourism capital, bringing in money from all over the world to come explore, learn, and get lost in the charm, hospitality, and history we have to offer. This will be the core of our Revive the Riverfront campaign!
Together, we'll make Mississippi's District 2 a beacon of economic resilience and innovation, leveraging our rich history and resources to build a prosperous, sustainable future for all.
Revive and Rethink Healthcare
Mississippi's District 2 faces significant healthcare challenges, especially in rural areas. Andrew's plan is to fundamentally transform healthcare by addressing its key aspects:
- Strengthening Rural Hospitals: Andrew will advocate for increased funding and support for rural hospitals, ensuring they are not just surviving but thriving. This includes incentives for medical professionals to work in rural areas, integration of advanced telehealth services, and partnerships with larger healthcare institutions for resource sharing and support.
- Revolutionizing Mental Health Care: Gone are the days of outdated mental health facilities. Andrew will pave the way for modern mental health care that emphasizes dignity, ongoing support, and effective treatment. Andrew's commitment to mental health involves establishing modern, compassionate mental health facilities. These centers will focus on comprehensive care, integrating therapy, community support, and innovative treatment approaches. This involves community-based programs, early intervention strategies, and incorporating mental health education into schools and workplaces. Having this support structure in place can also aid in helping get some folks off the street that truly need, want, and deserve care, housing, and rehabilitation services.
- Enhancing Healthcare Accessibility: No resident should be without access to healthcare. Andrew will work to remove barriers by improving transportation to medical facilities, expanding coverage, and simplifying the healthcare navigation process.
- Encouraging Medical Innovation and Research: Andrew will foster an environment that encourages innovation in medical technology and practices. By investing in research and development, and attracting healthcare startups, we can offer cutting-edge treatments and diagnostic tools right here in District 2.
- Collaborative Community Health Initiatives: Health is a community effort. Andrew will support and create local health initiatives, such as community gardens, fitness programs, and mental health workshops, to foster a culture of health and well-being.
Through these measures, Andrew envisions a District 2 where every resident has access to the care they need and where healthcare systems work seamlessly to ensure the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of the community. Together, we can create a model of rural healthcare that is admired and replicated across the nation.
Restructure Education
Andrew's vision for the education system is to empower students and parents with choice, while ensuring robust, well-rounded learning opportunities that prepare students for diverse futures.
- Enhancing Financial Literacy: Andrew will integrate financial education into the curriculum, teaching vital skills such as budgeting, investing, and understanding loans and credit, to ensure our students are prepared to manage their finances effectively throughout their lives.
- Promoting Blue-Collar Skills: Recognizing the importance of skilled trades, Andrew will expand vocational and technical education. This initiative will empower students interested in blue-collar careers with the necessary skills and training, providing valuable pathways to employment.
- Ensuring Fair School Choice: Andrew believes in parental choice in education. However, Andrew also recognizes the need for fair funding mechanisms. Andrew will advocate for policies ensuring that when a student moves between public and charter or magnet schools, the funding accurately reflects their current enrollment, thus maintaining equitable resources for all schools.
Through these efforts, Andrew aims to create an educational environment that values tradition, financial savvy, and practical skills, while ensuring every child has access to the best education possible, regardless of the school they attend or path they choose.
Rebuild, Restore, and Reimagine Infrastructure
Andew's infrastructure plan is a commitment to creating a district that's not only functional but also beautiful and rich in culture. Here's how we'll achieve this:
- Revitalizing Key Infrastructure: Andrew will prioritize repairing and upgrading essential infrastructure like roads, bridges, and utilities, focusing on efficiency, safety, and longevity. This forms the backbone of a thriving community and economy.
- Establishing Advanced Drone Ports: Central to Andrew's innovative strategy is the development of drone ports, transforming underutilized airports into hubs for commercial, agricultural, and defense-related drone operations. These ports will facilitate cutting-edge logistics, precision agriculture, emergency response services, and defense operations and recruitment, setting a new standard for rural and urban infrastructure.
- Beautifying Our District: Through landscaping, public art, thoughtful design, and a little elbow-grease, we'll beautify roads, public spaces, and buildings. Andrew's beautification efforts will make District 2 not just a place to live but a place to love.
- Expanding Broadband Access: Recognizing the importance of connectivity, Andrew will ensure high-speed broadband is accessible throughout the district, bolstering education, business, and healthcare.
- Enhancing and Expanding Parks and Community Spaces: Andrew will invest in our parks and create new green spaces and community centers. These areas will be the heart of community life, offering recreational and cultural activities that enrich our residents' lives.
- Preserving Historic Properties and Enhancing Tourism: Andrew will facilitate access to grants and funding for the preservation of historic properties, supporting efforts to maintain our cultural heritage. By boosting attractions like the Blues Trail and other local landmarks, Andrew will enhance tourism and celebrate our district's rich history.
- Tailoring Public Transportation Solutions: Andrew will explore and implement practical public transportation options suitable for our unique community structure, improving accessibility and mobility for all residents.
- Leveraging Funding and Partnerships: Andrew will strategically utilize federal grants, local investments, and private partnerships to finance these infrastructure projects, ensuring we deliver maximum value and impact for our district.
Andrew's comprehensive infrastructure plan goes beyond mere construction; it's about crafting a district that celebrates its history, embraces its community, and looks forward to a future of innovation and growth. Through these efforts, District 2 will not just be rebuilt; it will be transformed.
Reduce Crime
A safe community is a prosperous community. Andrew's plan for reducing crime focuses on proactive, innovative, and community-driven strategies:
- Preventative Measures and Education: Andrew believes in tackling the root causes of crime. This includes investing and rebuilding the district in education, job training, and community programs that provide alternatives to criminal activity. By addressing issues like poverty, education, and lack of opportunity, we can reduce the incentive for crime. Providing opportunity is the biggest crime detterent there is.
- Strengthening Law Enforcement: Andrew will ensure our law enforcement agencies are well-equipped, trained, and staffed to respond effectively to crime. This includes providing them with the latest technology and resources, as well as fostering strong partnerships between police and the communities they serve.
- Community Policing and Engagement: Encouraging community policing initiatives, where officers are an integral part of the communities they serve, will build trust and cooperation. Andrew will support programs that increase interaction between police and residents, such as neighborhood patrols and community meetings.
- Youth Engagement and Intervention: Implementing programs that engage youth positively can prevent them from turning to crime. This includes after-school programs, sports leagues, mentorship opportunities, and access to mental health resources.
- Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment: Recognizing the significant impact of drug abuse on crime rates, Andrew will support robust drug education, prevention, and rehabilitation programs. This approach not only helps reduce drug-related crime but also aids in the recovery and reintegration of individuals affected by addiction.
- Enhancing Judicial Efficiency: We will advocate for reforms that ensure our judicial system is fair, swift, and efficient. This includes supporting alternative dispute resolution methods, improving the speed of trials, and ensuring that the punishment is appropriate and rehabilitative when possible.
- Technological Advances in Crime Prevention: Investing in technology such as surveillance systems, predictive policing tools, and data analytics can help law enforcement prevent and solve crimes more effectively.
By implementing these strategies, Andrew aims to significantly reduce crime in District 2, creating a safer environment for all residents. His approach is holistic, addressing immediate safety needs while also working to resolve the underlying issues that contribute to crime.
Reform Taxes
Andrew's tax reform strategy is dedicated to creating a simpler, fairer, and more transparent tax system that doesn't punish hard work or success. Here are the principles and approaches Andrew is considering:
- Simplifying the Tax Code: Andrew advocates for a drastic simplification of the current tax code to make it more understandable for the average citizen. This means reducing the number of deductions and credits, flattening rates, and making the process of filing taxes more straightforward.
- Exploring Fair Tax Options: Andrew is open to considering various fair tax structures, such as a flat tax or a national sales tax. A flat tax would impose the same tax rate on all taxpayers regardless of income bracket, while a national sales tax would replace income tax with a tax on consumption. Both options promise to simplify the tax system significantly.
- Ensuring Tax Fairness: Andrew's tax reform will aim to be fair, ensuring that no group is unduly burdened or unfairly advantaged. Andrew is committed to maintaining or improving the progressivity of the tax system, where the tax rate increases as the taxable amount increases, without placing an overwhelming burden on any one segment of society.
- Reducing IRS Overreach: Andrew believes in limiting the power and complexity of the IRS, making it more of a service to help taxpayers rather than a power to be feared. This includes better taxpayer protections, more transparency in audits, and an overall more taxpayer-friendly approach.
- Encouraging Economic Growth: Any tax reform should aim to encourage investment and economic growth. Andrew will ensure that the tax system rewards innovation, entrepreneurship, and investment, contributing to a healthy, dynamic economy.
- Promoting Local and State Flexibility: While reforming federal taxes, we recognize the importance of local and state tax systems. Andrew will advocate for reforms that allow for local and state flexibility, ensuring that communities can tailor tax strategies to their specific needs.
By adopting these principles, Andrew aims to develop a tax reform plan that simplifies the system, ensures fairness, encourages economic growth, and reduces unnecessary burdens on taxpayers. Our goal is a tax system that works for all residents and respects the hard work and contribution of every citizen.
Reinforce the Southern Border
As the representative for Mississippi's District 2, Andrew understands that a secure and well-managed southern border is vital not just for border states but for the well-being and security of our entire nation, including our district. Here is Andrew's enhanced strategy:
- Prioritizing Effective Border Security: Andrew will advocate for a multi-layered approach to border security, combining physical barriers where effective, advanced technology, and additional trained personnel. This ensures we can manage and protect our borders against unlawful entry while facilitating legal trade and travel that benefits our economy.
- Supporting Law Enforcement: Our border agents and law enforcement deserve robust support for their critical work. Andrew will ensure they are equipped with the necessary tools and training, and that their well-being is a priority, reflecting our respect for their service.
- Addressing Migration at the Source: Understanding that many issues at the border start beyond it, Andrew will support foreign policy and aid strategies aimed at improving conditions in countries that are major sources of migrants. By helping address the root causes of migration, we reduce the pressures on our border and contribute to a more stable, prosperous hemisphere.
- Streamlining and Reforming Immigration: A functional, fair immigration system is crucial for our nation's economy and cultural vitality. Andrew will work towards streamlining legal pathways for immigration, ensuring that District 2 and the entire country can benefit from the hard work, innovation, and cultural contributions of immigrants.
- Engaging with Local Communities: The impact of border policies is felt across the country, including in District 2. Andrew will engage with communities to understand their needs and concerns, ensuring that our approach to border security takes into account the economic, cultural, and social contributions of immigrants to our district.
- Promoting Economic Benefits: A secure and efficient border is good for the economy. We'll work to ensure that border policies strengthen trade and tourism, supporting jobs and businesses in District 2 and across the country.
By reinforcing the southern border with these strategies, we aim to protect our nation. A secure border, combined with a fair and efficient immigration system, will contribute to the safety, economic prosperity, and cultural richness of District 2 and the entire United States.
Restore Rights
Andrew is dedicated to restoring and protecting the rights and liberties of our residents. Andrew's approach includes:
- Advocating for Legalization of Marijuana: Understanding that it is less harmful than alcohol or a lifelong addiction to pain-pills, Andrew will advocate for full legalization, which will end the decades long crusade against marijuana. It's high time to make a change, take this step, and make marijuana availalbe to the people. This change recognizes its medical benefits and potential for responsible use, aligning laws with current scientific understanding and public opinion, and allowing for legal purchase nationwide. Andrew will push for this change immediately, advocating for policies that respect personal health choices and provide relief to those who benefit from marijuana's use. Andrew will also push to release and expunge the records of anyone who is or has been detained for marijuana solely related offenses and restore the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms to people who have medical cards.
- Restoring Voting Rights: Andrew believes that individuals who have served their time have a right to participate in and contribute to our democracy. Restoring voting rights for ex-felons is a step toward a more inclusive, just society. Andrew will work to reform laws to ensure that once individuals have served their sentences, they are welcomed back as full members of the community with their voting rights intact.
- Promoting Medical Freedom: Individuals should have the right to choose their medical path, including veterans having the full access to choose from any provider they wish. Andrew will advocate for expanded access and freedom to choose, ensuring that patients and their doctors have more options and autonomy in healthcare decisions.
- Protecting Personal Liberties: Andrew is committed to reviewing and advocating against laws that unnecessarily restrict personal freedoms. By engaging with our community, Andrew aims to identify and address any regulations that impede individual liberty without providing significant public benefit.
- Promoting Awareness and Education: An informed citizenry is empowered to protect and assert its rights. Andrew will initiate and support educational campaigns to spread awareness about civil liberties and the importance of active participation in the democratic process.
Andrew's commitment to reinstating rights is about more than policy; it's about ensuring that every resident of District 2 lives in a society that respects their dignity, choices, and freedom. Andrew believes that by advocating for these changes, we can build a stronger, healthier, and more just community.
Rip Apart the Deep State
Andrew stands for a government that is transparent, accountable, and serves its people with integrity. Andrew's plan is to conduct a comprehensive overhaul of federal bureaucracies and restore government by the People.
- Ending Weaponization of Federal Agencies: Andrew will work tirelessly to end the misuse of justice and federal agencies for partisan purposes. This means ensuring that organizations like the FBI, CIA, IRS, and DOJ operate with integrity and are held accountable for any actions that undermine public trust.
- Comprehensive Bureaucratic Overhaul: Andrew will conduct a top-to-bottom review of federal bureaucracies, eliminating corruption, inefficiency, and unnecessary complexity. Andrew's goal is to streamline processes, remove red tape, and ensure that every government agency is truly serving the American people.
- Reinforcing Transparency and Accountability: Andrew will advocate for laws and regulations that promote transparency and accountability in all government dealings. Public officials and agencies must be answerable to the citizens they serve, with clear oversight and consequences for misconduct.
- Empowering Ethical Leadership: Andrew will champion the appointment and promotion of leaders who demonstrate the highest ethical standards, who are committed to serving the public interest, and who are dedicated to cleaning out the rot in Washington D.C.
- Encouraging Public Participation: A government of the people requires active and informed citizenry. Andrew will support initiatives that foster engagement and allow citizens to have a direct say in the governance processes, ensuring that our democracy is vibrant and representative.
By adopting these measures, Andrew aims to create a government that is lean, effective, and truly of the people, by the people, and for the people. Andrew's commitment is to dismantle any entrenched powers that have lost sight of their purpose and to restore faith and integrity in our public institutions. As your representative, Andrew pledges to fight every day for a government that District 2 and all Americans can
Rejuvenate Agriculture
Mississippi's District 2 stands on the cusp of an agricultural rebirth, poised to blend tradition with innovation. Andrew's plan is clear and focused:
- Committing to the Pumps Project: Long promised and much needed, the completion of the pumps project is the TOP priority. Andrew will ensure it's done effectively, providing vital flood protection while being mindful of ecological impacts and maintaining harmony with the natural environment.
- Advancing with Drone Technology: Andrew will work to convert old rural airports into drone ports, providing our farmers with the latest in precision agriculture, from crop monitoring to efficient resource management. This leap forward in technology will bolster yields and sustainability.
- Empowering New Farmers: Reviving our agricultural middle class starts with supporting the next generation. Andrew will streamline access to funds and mentorship, particularly focusing on young and aspiring farmers, ensuring they have the means and knowledge to thrive.
- Cultivating Small-Scale Equipment Manufacturing: By encouraging local manufacturing of specialized equipment for smaller farms, Andrew aims to boost job creation, support diverse farming practices, lowering the cost of farming by making affordable and sensible equipment for smaller operators, and contribute to a more self-sufficient agricultural community.
In rejuvenating our agricultural sector, Andrew commits to not only restoring its productivity and innovation but also ensuring it coexists harmoniously with the environment. This balanced approach will safeguard our black gold's fertility and beauty for future generations, ensuring District 2 remains a beacon of sustainable and prosperous farming.[3]
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