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Rebecca DeWitt
DeWitt, Rebecca (Green)
Phone: (602)814-2127
Email: dewitt4congress@yahoo.com
Address: Did not respond
Age: 46 (born:11/06/63, Los Angeles, CA)
Arizona since: 1977
Occupation: Senior financial systems analyst, SCF AZ, since 2007; senior financial analyst, VistaCare, 2006-2007; senior financial analyst, Mesa Air Group, 2003-2006.
Marital: Single
Religious preference: Non-denominational
Education: B.S., accounting, ASU, 1989.
Political experience: Officer, AZ Green Party; treasurer, Maricopa County Green Party, Green party candidate for Congress, 2008.
Memberships have included: Mensa.
Interests: Gardening, hiking, various art projects, volunteering.
Issues
Political influence: Gandhi.
Top priority: Immigration reform, balanced budget, energy independence/alternative energy.
Respected opponent: Dennis Kucinich because he works for what is “fair” and “just” and not for what is popular or easy.
Wall St bailout: As a Green, I feel any support should have been given to the people first: “trickle up economics.” It didn’t address the true problems with the economy. There were some good add-ins in the final hour, like the alternative energy tax credits, to make it more palatable to the masses, but overall it was a bad bill.
Stimulus Act: I agree with the economists that are saying it wasn’t large enough to get the best effect for a jolt to the economy. And while tax cuts are important, timing makes a huge difference in its success and long-term effects.
Health care overhaul: Even though it’s not a perfect law, it provides for protection and affordable healthcare to individuals with pre-existing conditions and it increases the availability of healthcare to millions that had limited or no options for coverage.