Health
Democrats have been fighting to secure universal health care for the American people for generations, and in fact they are the ones that passed the most important bills for American healthcare – ACA, Medicaid and Medicare. Presidential nominee Joe Biden is no different - he believes that every American – regardless of gender, race, income, sexual orientation, or zip code – should have access to affordable and quality health care. He plans on protecting ACA, expanding Medicare, restore federal funding for Planned Parenthood, and much, much more. Biden’s plan will revitalize the U.S. healthcare and health insurance system... If you want to further inform yourself on Biden’s plan for healthcare and health insurance, you can read the whole by clicking on view more:
Industry
Michigan industry stands with Democrats, since they will tackle the problem of unemployment, immigration as well as focus on industries such as manufacturing, agriculture and IT industry.
According to The Michigan Agriculture Organization, Michigan Agriculture employs 932 000 people – 22% of the state’s workforce. Its food and agriculture contribute more than $101 billion to the state’s economy. Another way of getting income is the IT industry, which is what the Democrats are focused on.
Employment in the computer industry will grow 13% in the next 6 years, and everything can be learned online. Democrats will also focus on climate change, reducing greenhouse emissions; improving water quality, which goes in hand with agriculture. They will assure protection of low income workers’ rights (women, people of color, immigrants) to organize a 45h workweek. They will strengthen safety net for family farmers and make sure they are treated with dignity and respect... To read the whole text click view more:
Education
Democrats are famous for being serious about education of American people and investing in it. So does Joe Biden, Democratic presidential nominee, too. Biden proposes a more moderate education policy and envisions new educational support system that strengthens social health services at schools. He has a lot of plans and one of them is to increase spending for schools and colleges... If you want to read the whole text you can click on view more:
Environment
From rural farms to urban cities, climate change puts us all in grave danger. There is no greater threat facing our country and our world. Joe Biden's plan for America is to achieve 100% energy economy and net-zero emissions by 2050. A historic investment would be made in clean energy and climate change research and innovation, paid for by revising the excesses of the Trump tax cuts for cooperations. Biden also supports the Green New Deal, a congressional resolution that presents a grand plan for handling climate change. The Democrats, led by joe Biden are committed to creating a better future for our world... If you want to read the whole text click view more:
Crime
In 2020, thanks to research, we can be sure that Michigan is in the top 20 safest
states in the U.S., with 12 low property crimes per 100.000 residents and 37 violent
crimes in 100.000 residents. Even though this might seem well, 41% of Michigan residents worry about crime daily in 2020, compared to 45% in 2019. In Michigan, there are three types of crimes: violent crime, property crime, and mass shootings. 4% of residents have experienced violent crime in the last 12 months, 19% have experienced property crime in the past 12 months, and 3% have been affected by mass shootings.
Violent crime
Michigan worries most about being physically assaulted by a stranger, but they feel
that getting murdered is more likely to happen. 37% are most afraid of being
physically (40% nationwide), 23% think that murder by a stranger is a crime that is
most likely to happen, even though murder was the least common crime in Michigan. There were just three murders reported among the safest cities, making up 2% of all the violent crimes reported by those cities.
Poverty crime
The most concerning property crime in Michigan is someone breaking in when
residents aren’t at home. People also think this is the poverty crime that is most
likely to happen. 61% of Michigan residents are most concerned about a home
break-in when they’re away, and 33% of Michigan residents believe they’re most
likely to experience a break-in when they’re away. 17% of people in Michigan
have a security system to protect their homes (24% nationwide), 26% of people use
a dog or any guard animal (33% nationwide), and 28% use no form of protection or
security (29% nationwide).
Mass shootings
Mass shootings are the worst because they have the most victims. There have been
four mass shootings in Michigan:
1. Murray-Wright High School shooting in 1985, where seven people got
injured during a football match (6 of them were teenagers)
2. Grand Rapids mass murder in 2011, where a gunman killed seven people and
wounded two others
3. Kalamazoo shootings in 2016, where six people got killed, two were injured
4. St. Joseph courthouse shooting in 2016, where two people got killed, one
was injured
Overall crime in Michigan was increasing in the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, and then
started decreasing since then. In 2018, there were 210.198 crimes (44.918 violent
crimes, 165.280 property crimes, and 551 murders).
Michigan has had its share of notorious killers throughout history, and there are
some of the most famous ones: Paul Jaworski, John Eric Armstrong, Elias
Abuelazam (Flint Serial Killer or The Serial Slasher), John Norman Collins, AKA
Ypsilanti Ripper or Co-Ed Killer, Christopher James Dankovich, Juwan Knumar
Deering, Stephen Christopher Grant, Andrew Kehoe, AKA The Bath School
Murder, Robert Bashara, AKA Big Bob)
