V6 • The Daily Wildcat
Fall 2018 Election Voting Guide • October 24, 2018
VOTING GUIDE | SENATE RACE
SENATE RACE FOR THE STATE OF ARIZONA
Martha McSally (R)
Kyrsten Sinema (D)
McSally, a former colonel in the United States Air Force and the first woman to fly fighter jets in combat missions, has represented Arizona in Congress since 2014. McSally has formed her Senate campaign around her record in Congress, highlighting her efforts to secure Arizona’s southern border, provide veterans with the job protecting the border, funding U.S. military projects and passing 18 bills in her three years in Congress.
A Tucson native, Sinema has represented Arizonans in the state legislature and, since 2013, in Congress. Sinema has formed her campaign around her bi-partisan spirit. In Congress, Sinema plans to fight for affordable healthcare, veteran benefits and defend Medicare and Social Security. Sinema has promised to work to close the gender pay gap, fully fund the armed forces, fight sex trafficking and support a path to citizenship for undocumented children brought to the U.S.
Power to the consumers OPINION
BY ARIDAY SUED @DailyWildcat
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egardless of what many Americans may believe, conservatives also believe that their healthcare is important. Everyone can agree that the American healthcare system is broken and something must be done. What opposing parties just cannot really agree on is what is broken and how to fix it. Conservatives believe that the healthcare system can be fixed by encouraging competition between pharmaceutical companies and health insurance and also by changing our system of damages payments, which makes their distribution almost a “lottery.” Conservatives are often strong believers that individuals
are in charge of improving their own lives as much as possible. The Affordable Care Act took away all power from consumers. It ended up raising costs in the long run and harmed America’s economy. Prices for healthcare should instead be transparent so that small businesses are able to offer healthcare at a low cost, instead of the government pounding us with high costs. Americans should also have the right to have a say if they want health care, and if so, what kind. Many people are better off having health care plans through their jobs or different organizations at low or no cost. However, if that is not allowed, many Americans are stuck with high-cost plans that they may not even be taking advantage of. A higher cost of healthcare amounts to pay cuts for working families around the United States. Americans should view healthcare as a patient-first type of deal. Conservatives empower citizens to choose the kind of affordable
insurance that is best for themselves. Our broken system has created a crisis that has resulted in out-of-control cost which, in turn, unfortunately also resulted in less access to health services and Americans without insurance. This has occurred because people are losing their current plans. President Obama promised Americans that they could keep their current health insurance plan if they wanted. Businesses decided to pay tax penalties to not provide health insurance because it was cheaper than providing their employees with the ACA insurance. This is not what Americans want or need, but many people are blinded because they believe that a government that provides health care for everyone is a good government. Americans need to recognize that we have a fragile economy, and until we have a better plan or situation, it is not in our best interest to pursue “healthcare for all” acts, because it eventually results in many Americans losing their plans or
not being able to afford them. Choice and competition are two aspects that will regulate healthcare costs and significantly enhance outcomes. Being fair is all Americans ask for. Every reasonable person would agree that saving Medicare is crucial because those citizens that have it have worked extremely hard all of their working years; it is truly a benefit they have earned. If Americans allow government to control healthcare, potentially less people will enter the medical profession because of the risk of inadequate compensation. If there is a shortage of doctors along with a high demand of them, there will be a longer wait period for health care sessions. This can potentially result in Americans not getting the help they need on time. The rest can be left to imagination, because it is not pretty; it is a scary position to be in as an American. — Ariday Sued is a junior studying journalism and political science.
The Future of DACA in Arizona BY LAUREN ALBRECHT @DailyWildcat
In Sept., 2017, President Donald Trump ended DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, an Obama-era program that gave undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children and met a number of other requirements relief from the threat of deportation. “DACA granted work permits and relief from deportation to folks who qualified based on very selective requirements,” said Darío Andrade Mendoza, University of Arizona alumnus, DACA recipient and communication director for Scholarships AZ. These requirements included being under 31 years of age as of June, 2012, residing in the U.S. since June 2007, having no criminal background and currently being in school or being a graduate of high school, according to the information from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. DACA recipients also are CARMEN VALENCIA | THE DAILY WILDCAT required to pay federal taxes, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROTEST to defend DACA hold up signs on Sept. 6, 2017. Around 600 people gathered for the protest in Downtown Tucson. but they are not entitled to government welfare benefits were DACA recipients and rely The uncertainty created only know the U.S., many of such as Social Security or Food said Andrew Silverman, UA on that program in order to by the national debate over them have very little or no professor of immigration Stamps. navigate their college journey,” the legal status of the DACA connections to their country. law. “There needs to be After signing the executive recipients has threatened their said Natalynn Masters, ASUA They really are Americans in some permanent solution order ending the program, president. access to higher education. many ways. This is really their that Congress enacts and the Trump called on Congress In this time of obscurity for National politics have local country.” President signs.” to create legislation to the future of current DACA effects that stretch all the way Republican and Democrats The uncertainty created by resolve the status of those recipients, Masters stressed to Tucson. alike agree that Dreamers the Trump administration’s in the DACA program for the importance of ensuring “When President Obama positively contribute to the policy and congressional the long term. Attempts by all students are welcome to created the executive order country and should not be inaction extend all the way Democrats to revitalize the continue and complete their that created DACA, it helped sent back to places they know to the UA, where around 50 DREAM Act, which would educational paths. students attend the UA,” said nothing about. The parties’ DACA recipients are enrolled give DACA recipients a path “ASUA is the student Matthew Rein, Associated to earn a college degree. As the approaches to a solution to U.S. citizenship, have gone government, so we represent Students of the University to end the uncertainty of November midterm elections nowhere. the needs of all students. of Arizona executive vice Dreamers’ status differ approach, questions about the With the Trump We will continue to serve, president. “Having DACA and often has clashed with status of DACA recipients has administration threatening to engage and empower DACA students is an immense part the larger immigration been renewed as politicians stop renewing DACA recipient students,” said Masters. “We of our campus and culture, debate galvanizing election lay out their campaign protections, the clock is ticking are working to help provide and they are important to campaigns this cycle. promises. for Congress to step in or risk whatever support they need. the University of Arizona The next Congress, no “The country clearly has the potential deportation of We are here to help ensure community.” matter its political makeup, thousands of DACA recipients, an obligation to try to do that DACA students are getting ASUA believes in will be forced to reckon with something to give Dreamers many of them students or the education they came to inclusiveness for all UA the uncertainty of DACA a permanent status in this United States armed service the University of Arizona to students and wants to help recipients and their status country,” said Silverman. members. receive.” DACA students pursue their in this country, be it with “They were brought here by “DACA’s future is really education at UA. legislation or further executive their parents and grew up unclear at the moment,” “We have students who action. in the U.S., many of them