The Goodwill Party

Produced by:Nick Houghton

Avery HicksKayla MuschongAleeha Kruppa

Jacob Wilk

Crime• Will get money by taxing the wealthy to hire more police officers

• Create programs to inform teens on how to defend themselves and programs to keep teens out of gangs

• Increase the penalties for committing major crimes

Gun Control• Increase strictness of background checks

• Allow firearms to be owned by everyone who passes the background check

• Crack down on illegally owned firearms

Schooling• Repair worn down schools and build new schools to supply necessary attention to the kids

• Increase taxes to earn money for repairs and construction

Unemployment• Bring the auto industry back to Flint

• Will hire more police officers, providing more jobs to be available plus aiding to the crime problems • Adding a new government building will give construction jobs and jobs to qualified individuals when the building is finished

Health care• Make health care affordable to people who can not pay for it individually, NOT universal healthcare

• Give grants to hospitals, allowing for more technology and cheaper procedures

• Money will come from tax on wealthy

Conclusion• Reduce crime by increasing police force, creating programs to inform, and increasing penalties • Control firearms with background checks, more accesebility for qualified buyers, and crack down on illegally owned firearms• Increase quality of schooling by repairing old schools and building new ones• Fix unemployment by creating jobs in auto industry, police force, and government buildings• Solve healthcare problem by giving it to people who are in need, not universal, and giving grants to hospitals• Most of the money required to carry out these solutions will be acquired by increasing tax rate on the wealthy

BibliographyFlint skyline - http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3187/3118364793_281bf68c6f.jpg

Fist - http://images.sodahead.com/polls/001538803/4350913362_black_power_fist1_xlarge.jpeg

Demographics - http://www.areavibes.com/flint-mi/demographics/

Polls - http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/03/27/us/03272012_polling_doc.html?_r=0