PUSO goes POLITICAL “One Voter Makes a Difference” 5 th General Meeting October 30, 2012

It’s more than just who becomes president… 0 Key issues that affect us as college students 0 Proposition 30, 32, 34, 36 0 Affordable Care Act 0 Student Loan Reform Law **IMPORTANT NOTE: This meeting is not intended to promote a particular campaign but merely to educate you and raise your awareness of the propositions and laws passed by President Obama that face us as college student voters.

Voting 0 Why is it important to vote?

California Propositions 30. Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act 31. Two Year State Budget Cycle 32. Political Contributions by Payroll Deduction 33. Automobile Insurance Persistency Discounts 34. Death Penalty Repeal 35. Ban on Human Trafficking and Sex Slavery 36. Three Strikes Reform 37. Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food 38. State Income Tax Increase to Support Education 39. Income Tax Increase for Multistate Businesses to Fund Clean Energy 40. Referendum on the State Senate Redistricting Plan

Proposition 30: Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act 0 Taxes personal income on high-income taxpayers (over $250,000) for seven years and sales taxes for four years 0 Funds public education, higher education, public safety and deficit funding

Proposition 30 0 YES: Increase personal income taxes on earnings over $250,000 and sales taxes by ¼ cent for four years 0 NO: $250 million cuts to UC system and $2400 mid-year tuition increase

Proposition 32: Political Contributions by Payroll Deduction 0 Prohibits unions from using payroll- deducted funds for political purposes 0 Prohibits union and corporate contributions to candidates and their committees

Proposition 32 0 YES: Unions and corporations can’t use money deducted from employee’s paycheck for political purposes 0 Subject to additional campaign finance restrictions 0 NO: No change in laws, corporations still able to use money from employee’s paycheck for political purposes

Proposition 34: Death Penalty Repeal 0 Removes death penalty and replaces it with life imprisonment without possibility of parole 0 Directs $100 million to law enforcement agencies for investigations of homicide and rape cases.

Proposition 34 0 YES: no offenders sentenced under state law. Offenders resentenced to life without parole 0 NO: Offenders sentenced to death. State not required to provide local law enforcement agencies with local enforcement agencies.

Proposition 36: Three Strikes Reform 0 Impose life sentence only when 1/3 is “serious or violent.” 0 Eliminate life sentences, reduce prison population, and save California around $150-$200 million each year.

Proposition 36 0 YES: Offenders charged with two prior serious or violent felony sentenced to shorter terms in state prison 0 NO: Offenders with above charged terms sentenced to death. Offenders continue to serve remainder of their life sentences

Affordable Care Act by Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez 0 Why now? 50+ million Americans uninsured 0 Tens of millions more underinsured, those with coverage afraid of losing it 0 Many medical practices work without support to provide safe and effective patient-centered care

Today’s Health Care Concerns 0 World’s best trained doctors and nurses, most advanced medical technology, finest hospitals 0 Continue to live sicker and die sooner than anywhere else 0 Health care costs consume greater share of our paychecks, corporate balance sheets, and local, state, and federal budgets 0 Insurance bureaucracy adding more paperwork to doctors’ practices limiting time with patients

Affordable Care Act: Presentation by Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez 0 Holds insurance companies accountable 0 Insurers must spend at least 80% of premiums on health care services or improving care, or else must repay money 0 Ensures fair treatment for patients & providers 0 Illegal for insurance companies to: 0 Deny coverage to children because of pre-existing condition (asthma) 0 Put lifetime cap on coverage 0 Cancel coverage because of paperwork mistakes

Affordable Care Act: Presentation by Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez 0 Strengthens Medicare 0 preventive services available without cost-sharing 0 Physicians spending more time with patients, focusing on prevention, 0 Expands coverage and benefits 0 Coverage for 32+ million people 0 Young adults on parents’ health plans until age 26 0 Affordable through state health insurance exchanges, premium tax credits and subsidies 0 Reduces burden of uncompensated care on physicians & hospitals

Former president Bill Clinton headlines rally at UC Irvine 0 college costs have increased at twice the rate of inflation over the past decade 0 U.S. is one of the top countries in the percentage of youth who go to college U.S. is 16 th in the percentage of students who actually get a degree “because of the cost … because people think, ‘I cannot borrow any more money … I will never repay the debt.’”

Student Loan Reform Law 0 Recently passed by Congress and signed by Obama 0 Interest rates for federal student loans lowered 0 government will send the money directly to the colleges instead of through the banks 0 “Even more important, you get to pay that loan back … as a fixed, small percentage of your income for up to 20 years … Your loan repayments will be determined by your job, so you don’t have to fix your job because of your loan repayments.”

Additional Resources HealthCare.gov