Georgia Can’t Wait is a movement to win a people’s government in the Peach State.
Our healthcare system is broken, our economy only works for the Good Old Boys, voter suppression is at an all-time high, and our confidence in government is at an all-time low.
And we haven’t even gotten to climate damage.
Georgia. Can’t. Wait.
It’s not a slogan, it’s a reality.
Government leadership boasts we’re the #1 state in the country for business. And they’re right. Our state has 16 Fortune 500 companies that alone generate over $370 billion in revenue each year. Yet with all that wealth, Georgia has the 9th highest poverty rate in the country, the 4th highest incarceration rate, and the 2nd highest maternal mortality rate in the country. What good is being one of the best states for business if you’re one of the worst states for people?
The truth is, our wealth is either concentrated in the hands of Good Old Boys protected by politicians, or it leaves the state entirely, protected by corporate interests in other states.
The result is that very little of that wealth ends up in our communities, or in the hands of working families. It rarely goes to improving our schools, our roads, or to ensuring that everyone has affordable healthcare. It rarely goes to teachers, service workers, first responders, or anyone you or I know. And that’s the point. The Good Old Boys care about businesses, not families. Corporations, not people. And we all know how that story ends…
That’s why we’re committed to spending the next seven months with you, crafting a new story — one of hope and hard work — that puts the power back in the hands of everyday Georgians. We’ll build this story across Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Oconee, and Walton, through conversations in community centers and farmer’s markets, in church basements and in town halls. Because no one knows our pain — and how to heal it — better than we do.
No one politician has all the answers, and neither do I. But you have a right to know where I stand. I am proud to share some of our core campaign values and policy ideas: