Platform

In addition to this platform, Robert signed onto the WV Can't Wait platform, which was crafted with the help of thousands of West Virginians in over 100 Town Halls.

Agriculture & Land 🚜

Establish Homestead Act and Land Reform
Restrict Usage of Eminent Domain
Revitalize Subsistence Farming
Support Local Small Farmers

Broadband & Communication 🖥️

Bring Broadband To All West Virginians
Expand Access and Quality of Public Broadcasting

Business & Finance 💼

Ease Regulations for Distilleries
End State Control Monopoly on Liquor/Spirits
Ensure the working class and small-businesses have access to adequate banking services
Establish State Bank of West Virginia
Mandate Low-cost Uniform Green Practices Across All Industries
Offer Incentives for Co-operative Businesses
Oppose Monopolization
Promote Democratized Enterprises and Fair Trade
Support Expansion of Co-operative Credit Unions

Constitutional Reform & Democracy 🏛️

Adopt Ranked Choice Voting (RCV)
End Congressional Gerrymandering by Electing U.S. House Representatives At-large
Establish Initiative and Referendum
Implement Local Government Reform
Move Toward a Unicameral Legislature
Replace the plagued “voter fatigue” gubernatorial system with a parliamentary system
Support Common Sense Term Limits

Education 🍎

End High Stakes, Standardized Testing
Finance World Class Education with Penny Wealth Tax on Millionaire Incomes
Implement Sustained Early Learning for Foreign Languages
Incorporate Essential Life Skills
Prohibit Charter Schools
Provide Higher Education For All
Support Teachers and Education Staff
Utilize Technology to Personalize Learning

Energy ♨️

Develop Industrial-Scale Geothermal Power
Promote Urban Application Wind and Roof-top Solar
Study River Current (Tidal) Energy Potential

Environment & Resources 🌱

Ban Dangerous Fracking

Toxic waste, or "brine", from fracking is highly radioactive - See Investigation Published By Rolling Stone

Ban Single-use Plastics
Increase Air and Water Quality Standards
Pursue Compromise With Market Based Solution to Pollution
Support the Current Prohibition of Nuclear Fission Power Plants

Family 🍼

Back the Fairness Act and Youth Mental Health Protection Act
Establish Baby Box and Parent Education Program
Improve Quality of Life for People with Disabilities
Provide Universal Free Childcare for Ages Five and Under

Health 🏥

Cut Healthcare Costs
Establish Elected Health Boards to Implement a Universal Dental, Mental, and Vision Care
Implement Harm Reduction Strategies to Support Recovery
Legalize Cannabis
Support Medicare For All as a Community Controlled National Health Service (NHS)

Housing 🏠

Coordinate with Local Community to develop homeless prevention strategy
Pilot Homeless Housing Program
Require boards for public housing to have representation with residents as the majority

Jobs & Transport 🛣️

Close the Gap of Involuntary Part-time Employment
Diversify the Economy with Green Manufacturing and Cyber Jobs
Expand EPTA to include all of Morgan County
Extend Commuter Rail to Hedgesville
Fix Our Failing Bridges and Roads
Make West Virginia the Top Energy Provider of the Eastern Seaboard
Phase Out Extraction for Fuel by 2030
Phase in Separate Roadways for Cyclists
Support a Service Corps Jobs Program

Justice ⚖️

End All Forms of Discrimination
End the Failed War on Drugs
End Mass Incarceration
Reform Bail System
Support Community Controlled Policing

Military & Veterans 🇺🇸

Study Development of State Defense Force
Take Care of Our Veterans

Poverty & Taxes 💵

Abolish Taxes and Fees for Electric Vehicles
Defend Unions and Collective Bargaining
End Declining Wages
End Childhood Poverty
Exempt Sales Tax for OTC Medication
Implement Penny Tax on Millionaire Incomes
Match Virginia's Tax on Beer at 26¢ per gallon
Provide Stipend for Volunteer Fire Fighters
Reduce Vehicle Property Taxes
Reinstate the Estate Tax for Millionaire Estates
Support Progressive Tax Plan

$15 x 40 hrs x 52 wks = $31,200

Excluding exempt income from total, remaining income will be taxed at 8% and graduated by a tenth of a percent and capped at 13% once reaching $1 Million of annual income, remaining flat for annual income exceeding $1 Million
No exemptions for highest earners

Support Workers Bill of Rights