For the last several years, Tom has traveled around the country listening to young students talk about their vision for the future of this nation.
Many are ready to roll up their sleeves and join millions of others in tackling the challenges we face both at home and abroad.
Tom's New National Service Plan will channel this energetic spirit into a historic $50 billion expansion of our public service programs to address pressing challenges in communities across our country and abroad. He will pass an updated Serve
America Act in his first 100 days as president, increase public service program living allowances and educational benefits, and increase public service participation to one million positions in five years.
Steyer criticizes Trump for losing the trust of military leadership, unnecessarily increasing Pentagon spending, and appointing "incompetent" officials in the Department of Veterans Affairs He backs an overall reduction in U.S. military spending, but
says he will ensure the U.S. military is the "best-trained and best-equipped fighting force in the world." He argues that more defense spending should go toward emerging threats, including information warfare and climate change.
Source: Council on Foreign Relations on 2019 Democratic primary
, Dec 24, 2019
