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PUSO goes POLITICAL“One Voter
Makes a
Difference”
5th General Meeting October 30, 2012
It’s more than just who becomes president…
0Key issues that affect us as college students0Proposition 30, 32, 34, 360Affordable Care Act 0Student Loan Reform Law
**IMPORTANT NOTE: This meeting is not intended to promote a particular campaign but merely to educate you and raise your awareness of the propositions and laws passed by President Obama that face us as college student voters.
Voting
0Why is it important to vote?
California Propositions30. Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act31. Two Year State Budget Cycle32. Political Contributions by Payroll Deduction33. Automobile Insurance Persistency Discounts34. Death Penalty Repeal35. Ban on Human Trafficking and Sex Slavery36. Three Strikes Reform37. Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food38. State Income Tax Increase to Support Education39. Income Tax Increase for Multistate Businesses to Fund
Clean Energy40. Referendum on the State Senate Redistricting Plan
Proposition 30:Schools and Local Public Safety
Protection Act
0Taxes personal income on high-income taxpayers (over $250,000) for seven years and sales taxes for four years0Funds public education, higher
education, public safety and deficit funding
Proposition 300YES: Increase personal income
taxes on earnings over $250,000 and sales taxes by ¼ cent for four years0NO: $250 million cuts to UC system
and $2400 mid-year tuition increase
Proposition 32:Political Contributions by Payroll Deduction
0Prohibits unions from using payroll-deducted funds for political purposes0Prohibits union and corporate
contributions to candidates and their committees
Proposition 320YES: Unions and corporations can’t use
money deducted from employee’s paycheck for political purposes0Subject to additional campaign finance
restrictions0NO: No change in laws, corporations still
able to use money from employee’s paycheck for political purposes
Proposition 34:Death Penalty Repeal
0Removes death penalty and replaces it with life imprisonment without possibility of parole0Directs $100 million to law enforcement
agencies for investigations of homicide and rape cases.
Proposition 340YES: no offenders sentenced under state
law. Offenders resentenced to life without parole0NO: Offenders sentenced to death. State
not required to provide local law enforcement agencies with local enforcement agencies.
Proposition 36:Three Strikes Reform
0Impose life sentence only when 1/3 is “serious or violent.”0Eliminate life sentences, reduce
prison population, and save California around $150-$200 million each year.
Proposition 36
0YES: Offenders charged with two prior serious or violent felony sentenced to shorter terms in state prison0NO: Offenders with above charged
terms sentenced to death. Offenders continue to serve remainder of their life sentences
Affordable Care Act by Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez
0Why now?50+ million Americans uninsured
0Tens of millions more underinsured, those with coverage afraid of losing it
0Many medical practices work without support to provide safe and effective patient-centered care
Today’s Health Care Concerns
0World’s best trained doctors and nurses, most advanced medical technology, finest hospitals0 Continue to live sicker and die sooner than anywhere
else0Health care costs consume greater share of our
paychecks, corporate balance sheets, and local, state, and federal budgets0 Insurance bureaucracy adding more paperwork to
doctors’ practices limiting time with patients
Affordable Care Act: Presentation by Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez
0Holds insurance companies accountable0 Insurers must spend at least 80% of premiums on health
care services or improving care, or else must repay money
0Ensures fair treatment for patients & providers0 Illegal for insurance companies to:
0Deny coverage to children because of pre-existing condition (asthma)
0Put lifetime cap on coverage0Cancel coverage because of paperwork mistakes
Affordable Care Act: Presentation by Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez
0Strengthens Medicare0 preventive services available without cost-sharing0 Physicians spending more time with patients, focusing on
prevention, 0Expands coverage and benefits
0 Coverage for 32+ million people0Young adults on parents’ health plans until age 26
0 Affordable through state health insurance exchanges, premium tax credits and subsidies
0 Reduces burden of uncompensated care on physicians & hospitals
Former president Bill Clinton headlines rally at UC Irvine
0 college costs have increased at twice the rate of inflation over the past decade
0U.S. is one of the top countries in the percentage of youth who go to college
U.S. is 16th in the percentage of students who actually get a degree “because of the cost … because people think, ‘I cannot borrow any more money
… I will never repay the debt.’”
Student Loan Reform Law0Recently passed by Congress and signed by Obama0 Interest rates for federal student loans lowered 0government will send the money directly to the
colleges instead of through the banks0 “Even more important, you get to pay that loan
back … as a fixed, small percentage of your income for up to 20 years … Your loan repayments will be determined by your job, so you don’t have to fix your job because of your loan repayments.”
Additional Resources
HealthCare.gov