I think of the senior citizen in Bayshore in my constituency who's afraid to leave her apartment at night to walk three blocks to go to Swiss Chalet. As a woman, she feels vulnerable, feels that she can't walk her own streets at night. Our budget is hiring more police officers, putting greater resources in law enforcement.
I think of the parent who's struggling to raise their own child, and the inequality of the previous government's child care program, where 85% of the children were left behind; the rights of the disabled and the medically fragile to health care, where there wasn't enough money budgeted; and the rights of disabled children and their families, and the increased support for them through the tax system.
We made the decision that we'd rather put that money into those rights.