GROW THE ECONOMY, PROTECT FAMILIES
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The Opportunity Economy
Growth You Can Feel at Home
A plan to lower costs, grow good-paying jobs, and give families across in Hillsborough and Manatee a fair shot at success.
Families are paying more for healthcare, housing, groceries, and insurance while wages struggle to keep up.
The Opportunity Economy delivers measurable results: lower bills, stronger competition, and economic growth that people can actually feel at home.
Our Goals
Lower healthcare premiums & prescription costs
Increase small business access to federal funding
Deliver a $3,000 annual Child Tax Credit per child, paid monthly
Reduce junk fees and hidden charges costing families hundreds each year
Expand housing supply to lower rent and home prices
Raise wages with a federal minimum wage of at least $15/hour
10 Key Priorities
✔ Medicare-like public option: American Choice Health Plan to lower premiums through competition
✔ National catastrophe risk pooling to stabilize insurance markets
✔ Regulation of algorithmic price discrimination in essential goods
✔ Monthly Child Tax Credit of $3,000 per child
✔ Paid family and medical leave for working families
✔ Federal minimum wage of $15/hour or higher
✔ First-time homebuyer tax credit
✔ Stronger antitrust enforcement to support small businesses
✔ Charging large AI data centers higher energy rates than households
✔ New household-focused economic metrics tracking real costs