The ideal way to establish "Land Back" in the United States, and the state of Georgia, involves a combination of federal and state legislative land transfers, tribal co-management of public lands, and voluntary private returns.

Much of this land is already in Treaty with the United States and simply has to be honored with the tribes. (Legal cases have already been decided across America, simply not enforced.
United States v Sioux Nation; Worcester v Georgia re: Cherokee Land, etc)

Because "Land Back" is a diverse movement rather than a single policy, advocates and legal scholars both point to several key pathways to return land and decision-making power to Indigenous nations.
Georgia recognizes both Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee
and Cherokee of Georgia Tribal Council.

Legislative and Public Land Transfers
Federal Actions
The U.S. government can return national forests (Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest), Bureau of Land Management (BLM owns subsurface rights) acres, and national parks directly to the original tribal nations through acts of Congress (or presidential executive orders).

State Returns
Georgia can return state parks or state-owned properties to their stewards, the local tribes.

Title Transfers
The ultimate goal of this pathway is transferring the actual legal deed (fee title or trust status) of ANY unoccupied or unowned lands back to the sovereign tribal governments.

Co-Management Agreements
Shared Tribal and State Authority
When full land transfer is not immediate, tribes and federal or state agencies share management of those public lands and any financial upkeep for them.

Restoring Stewardship
Once restored, tribes will utilize traditional ecological knowledge to manage wildlife, water, and fire safety with the states participation and willingness to learn this sacred knowledge in how to care for our Ancestral homelands.

Decision-Making Power
This ensures tribal voices guide how these ancestral lands are protected and utilized for future generations. (This was recently tested in Bartow County with a proposed data center being built near the Etowah Mounds archaeological sites.)

Private Land Returns and Conservation
Land Back Donations
Private landowners can and have started gifting their property and returning deeds directly to local tribes or Indigenous-led land trusts across the nation.  We need full disclosure of what has occurred on the property while not in entrusted to the tribes, and what current EPA/EPA of Georgia recommends or assesses on the property for any clean up. There needs to be some level of cooperation between entities.

Conservation Easements
Private land owners can place legal agreements on their land that give permanent management rights or cultural access back to Indigenous groups. This is a very appreciated measure especially for our sacred sites and burial grounds.

Purchasing Land
Philanthropy and fundraising campaigns have helped buy back private parcels of culturally significant land to then hand them over to tribes free and clear of all liens. The red tape needs to be cut to enable this action to be easier for all interested parties.

Restoring Tribal Sovereignty
Legal Reforms
Changing federal laws to further remove that red tape that makes it difficult for tribes to put returned land into federal trusts. (Carcieri v. Salazar 2009 which disregards currently recognized tribes as well as some tribes of past that have incorporated.)

Jurisdiction
Ensuring tribal courts and governments have full authority over the returned areas. This would relieve the current issue seen on reservations and legal jurisdictions outside of the reservation.

Self-sovereignty and legal personhood is to be extended for the right to bodily autonomy, freedom from exploitation, and moral consideration to ALL living beings, bridging human rights and animal ethics in the United States.

Self-Sovereignty
The moral or natural right of a living being, Plant or Animal, to own its body, direct its own life, and remain free from outside control or property status within the confines of collective agreed upon law of the land.

Legal Personhood
Legal status to be granted to ALL beings related to their fundamental rights of self-determination, standings in court, and protections under the law of the land.

How to Expand Personhood to Animals

Sentience is the Baseline
Philosophers and legal scholars alike state that because animals feel pain, fear, loss, happiness and joy, they possess interests that deserve direct moral and legal protection under the law of the United States.

Ending Property Status
Granting animals personhood means they would no longer be legally classified as property or commodities that can be bought, sold, or harmed for human benefit. All animal husbandry MUST be ethical and in line with the agreed upon law. The American food production method will prioritize high animal welfare, environmental stewardship, and fair treatment of workers over maximum mass-production efficiency.

Practical Representation
Just as human children or incapacitated adults have legal guardians to represent their interests in court, non-human persons will have advocates to defend their inherent rights to life and habitat as well.

Things to Recognize with Shared Vulnerability and Ethics
Interdependence
Humans and animals share a mutual dependence on Earth’s ecosystems, making the exploitation of one an indirect harm to the collective whole. The United States government shall enshrine this recognition in its laws and/or Constitution.

Compassion Without Species Boundaries
Extending sovereignty universally to redefine justice, shifting human responsibility from being "masters" and stopping the continued attempts at domination of the planet to equal participants in the only shared natural home we have, Earth.

This is our collective American proposal for our single-payer national health insurance program that would expand and retool traditional Medicare to cover every U.S. resident automatically from cradle to grave.

By the Will of the People, the United States government is best suited to be a PATIENT ADVOCATE, not a business cohort giving shady deals to Big Insurance and Big Business.

How It Would Work

Universal Coverage
Because we know that Big Insurance brings in approximately $1 TRILLION dollars per year, it is felt that the people can do better FOR THE PEOPLE with their earnings.

The federal government would administer a unified system gradually replacing replacing private insurance with better, competitive, public options, stronger employer-sponsored plans (tax offset is commensurate with employee investments), and expanded Medicaid.

No Cost-Sharing
Proposed bills like the Medicare for All Act aim to eliminate premiums, deductibles, copayments, and out-of-pocket charges.

Comprehensive Benefits
Coverage would include primary care (sick, well and preventative), hospitalization (elective* and emergent), prescription drugs, dental, vision, and long-term care.
As a RN, this isn’t just “tele-health” options or “through the mail”, while convenient, it is not always comprehensive in what people need in healthcare, nor is it always sustainable.

Benefits and Savings
Lower Total Costs
Proponents and recent studies, including analyses from Yale University researchers, estimate that a single-payer structure could reduce total annual U.S. health care spending by over $1 trillion through administrative efficiencies and drug price negotiation.

Saved Lives
Universal access would prevent tens of thousands of annual deaths linked to a lack of insurance or delayed care. We can even issue vouchers to take you to and from everything. The ONLY thing that would prevent you from a healthy path forward is your personal choice.

Rebuttals to Criticisms and Challenges

Higher Taxes
Critics point out that financing a federal single-payer system requires substantial new government revenue, meaning higher income or payroll taxes.

As “higher income” is often utilized to argue against Universal Healthcare, raising the minimum wage will be the first step. While several states have already taken it upon themselves to raise their minimum wage, the US government has not raised theirs since July 24, 2009 by Barack Obama after George Bush signed legislation in 2007. (Fair Minimum Wage Act)
 

Reduced Private Options
The transition would eliminate most commercial private health insurance options within a certain amount of time, i.e. a few years. The Big Insurance playing field would be leveled to allow the people to control their personal narratives of their health rather than an insurance company telling someone they “haven’t met their deductible”, or allowing someone without first hand science or medical knowledge/degree in the field to make a life altering choice for them medically when they are a patient.

Provider Reimbursement
Critics and economic analyses suggest lower government-set reimbursement rates could impact provider participation, medical productivity, and wait times.

HOW TO COMBAT THESE CONCERNS…

PRODUCTIVITY
Automate routine claims.
i.e. “a strep throat visit” versus a comprehensive hospital stay. The latter would require a job creation for an individual with coding knowledge and MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE to discern and negotiate on behalf of the patient.  Current technology shows us that LLMs LACK DISCERNMENT.  

PROVIDER PARTICIPATION

Reimbursement based on INDIVIDUAL health outcomes, rather than how many patients can be seen in what amount of time. Science completely backs up treating the WHOLE person, mentally, physically and spiritually.  We even have medical and nursing diagnosis for those who have “spiritual sickness”. 

EXAMPLES
Spiritual Distress
related to feelings of guilt, alienation, or loss of meaning, as evidenced by somatic symptoms and self-neglect.
or
Ineffective Health Maintenance
or
Risk for Compromised Human Dignity
All of these capture the physical consequences of the inner turmoil… or the turmoil we are all suffering as a nation.  Especially when it comes to the psychological harms we are perpetuating upon our communities through inhumane treatment by police agencies, agencies such as the DHS, all the way to malnutrition caused by a hurricane that wiped out the nearest grocery store that no one is helping to rebuild. We have allowed our government to disrupt ALL of the basic human needs that are recognized in the medical field today.


IT IS TIME TO CHANGE.  

18.5 percent of adults in District 11 are age 65 or older. That number is rapidly rising. In just ten years it has significantly jumped— over 100 percent in Cherokee County alone.  This jump shows need for an elder care plan to be in place sooner rather than later for District 11 communities.

Most of our seniors rely on Social Security benefits completely, while others access the benefit as a supplement to other coverage they may have from service in our miliary for example. It is our civic duty as representatives of the people to ensure that what citizens invest for their future is never placed onto the chopping block again.

We owe this to every citizen that has paid into their benefits, and they deserve that return.

A single income earner should never have to make the choice between food on their table versus taking their child to the doctor. Making rent or covering exorbitant, life-saving, medical expenses for a parent or loved one.

As your representative, I will work to facilitate reinstatement of those benefits that have been lost by the passage of the “Big Beautiful Bill”. Our Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and VA Benefits programs will be prioritized as they belong to the people of our nation.

EDUCATION FOR ALL
The most intelligent way to secure the future of Georgia and the United States is to provide free post-high school education through a cooperative agreement between federal and state entities that is a matching grant program.  This program best serves our community by focusing first on community colleges and trade schools, paired with strict cost controls and non-tuition living support.

Federal-State Partnership
A Shared Funding Model
The federal government is to cover a large percentage of the cost for eligible (GPA equivalent to 75th percentile or higher) students to receive a post high-school education.  Georgia is to contribute a smaller share, similar to other community funding between the two entities.

Maintenance of Effort
Georgia must agree to not cut their own education spending to ensure new funds continue expand and strengthen access for aspiring students rather than replace existing budgets. This is an important investment if both Georgia and the United State’s futures.

Prioritize High-Value, Accessible Sectors
Community Colleges
This program is to start with our two-year public colleges and certificate programs because they have lower infrastructure costs and rapid local labor-market alignment.

Vocational and Trade Schools
Include technical training for high-demand fields like healthcare, green energy, and construction to meet immediate workforce shortages.

Cover Non-Tuition Costs
Living Stipends
Tuition is only part of the barrier; low-income students also need help with housing, food, and transportation. This will be calculated based on need.

Childcare Support
Provide on-campus or subsidized childcare so parents can attend classes without dropping out.

Implement Strict Accountability
Tuition Caps
Tie public funding to strict caps on tuition increases and administrative bloat to prevent colleges from raising prices.

Outcome Metrics
Measure success by graduation rates, credential completion, and job placement rather than just enrollment numbers.

The most effective way to reduce the U.S. national debt is through a comprehensive, balanced approach that combines long-term economic growth with significant spending reforms and increased tax revenues – like adjusting taxes on the ultra-wealthy that would require shifting away from our traditional income taxes, which the rich often avoid anyway.

We are wise to integrate solutions that include wealth taxes (levy on all assets), taxing unrealized gains (paper profits), and closing loopholes (offshore profit shifting, requiring yearly foreign earnings taxes/reports). Because the debt is now so large, no single action will solve the issue. Because of that, a combination of strategies is required for Congress to take.

Some key strategies to enact:
Reforming Statutory Benefits such as Social Insurance and Safety Programs
As we know, mandatory spending (Social Security and Medicare) is the largest driver of federal spending, but not the only driver. Bottom line, the United States has an aging population.  Altering benefit formulas, or limiting healthcare subsidies to rein in long-term costs needs to be evaluated.

Enacting Comprehensive Tax Reform
Personal Income Tax Burdens, or Tax on Personal Wages needs to be mitigated to fit with a Cost of Living Adjustment in our current economy.  The weight carried by the individual needs to be minimized as the individual DOES NOT cause the main debt of our country to increase year over year, especially with declining population. Uncontrolled government spending, such as those costs seen with military conflicts which are unsanctioned by Congress – who hold the ‘purse strings’ for us -- have cost the United States approximately 10 BILLION dollars in GDP profit loss for Americans so far in 2026.

Boosting Economic Growth
This cannot happen very easily with our government starting global conflicts and Congress remaining inactive in their Constitutional check of those powers.  Expanding the economy (measured as GDP) naturally lowers the debt-to-GDP ratio, making the debt more manageable. Immigration reform to boost a Constitutionally secure labor supply and entrepreneurship is crucial. As a nation of immigrants, indigenous, indentured and slave descendants – we owe it to ourselves to seek resolution in this matter. Bigotry cannot be the driver of a sustainable economy anymore.

Controlling Discretionary Spending
Reducing defense and non-defense discretionary spending through strict caps or eliminating outdated government programs provides smaller but immediate savings.
Some things that need to be updated or modernized:
GS Pay system for Federal employees.
IT and Cyber Security.

Federal Employee Development Programs, this includes all of our Law Enforcement Agencies
NIFP NEEDS UPDATED DATA (Flood insurance) as well as other infrastructure data.
DoD, and Property Management (There are dozens of federal buildings that can be better utilized or sold to clear government books. These should be disclosed PUBLICALLY.)

We need to include those who go to Washington to “get rich” accessing the public funds they are entrusted with. There needs to be a full audit of the people’s money and public land holdings.

Creating a Fiscal Commission
Forming a multi-partisan congressional commission can assist in the implementation of change and oversight of that changes. Establishing strict timelines and goals (e.g., bringing public debt down to 60-70% of GDP) forces lawmakers to negotiate a cohesive, long-term plan for Americans, not businesses.

NO MORE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS
If the government fails to pass a budget or annual spending bills that are beneficial to all United States citizens, it triggers a political crisis rather than an administrative shutdown.  A 30 to 60 day clock begins for Congress to seek resolution or a “Vote of Confidence” is called for from the people.

Congress is there for the people of their respective districts,
not themselves.

A recent housing study completed in District 11, identified a significant need for a greater diversity of affordable housing options.

While the District's high-income residents have access to those options, roughly 45% of the District's households with incomes below $75,000 are having increasing difficulty in finding housing that is both suitable and affordable.

As seen with other communities, a lack of affordable housing can cause a range of negative impacts, including increased homelessness, poverty, poorer physical and mental health outcomes, decreased economic growth and less tax revenue for the community. With these negative outcomes, we see a reduction in workforce diversity as well as a lack of stability in local economies.

It forces people to make difficult trade-offs, spend too much income on rent, or live in substandard housing, which harms families, especially children. The entire community's well-being and prosperity is effected. Together, we will work to heal our community’s shortage of affordable housing and encourage economic growth that benefits us all.

As a nurse, I know that taking care of one’s basic housing needs and securing someone against homelessness has been empirically proven to lower the percentage of those suffering addictive behaviors and it also reduces the incidence of mental health crisis.

This is especially important for our veterans.

Furthermore, disabled Georgians deserve equal opportunity for housing and home ownership.

We are currently observing a far-right “think tank” named Cicero – a company cofounded by billionaires like Peter Thiel of Palantir, that are lobbying HUD to discontinue funding for our housing assistance networks and divert the funding for those programs.

We cannot allow this to continue.  

The diversion of funds is NOT a solution to our housing problem but a direct worsening of the setback. As homelessness is being viewed more and more often as a “crime” rather than a societal need to be addressed, this inhumane action is not solving anything for District 11 and is rather funding the greed of the four privately owned prisons in Georgia with those who become homeless.

We have to stop lobbyists from hurting Americans further.