Reduce College Costs

Community Colleges and Universities were tuition free in California during the 1960's and 70's. The first Governor Pat Brown implemented a policy in California called "The Master Plan For Higher Education" which entailed tuition free Community Colleges and Universities all the way through Medical School.

Benefits Of The Master Plan For Higher Education

California had Nobel Prize winning talents coming from U.C. Berkeley and scientific advancements coming out of the Silicon Valley such as computer software. California's educational system was the envy of the world and many countries adopted the idea and still use it today. Countries such as Slovenia, France, Germany and Sweden. Politicians who enjoyed tuition free education are the very same politicians who have taken this opportunity away from us today. U.S. Representative Lou Correa attended tuition free college at Cal State University Fullerton during The Master Plan. Why have politicians taken these opportunities away from us. We need to bring tuition free Colleges and Universities back to California.

What Happened To The Master Plan?

The problem exists when a political candidate accepts corporate donations for their campaign. Corporations donate money to political campaigns because they want favors from politicians. Political studies show, candidates that accept money from corporate lobbyists tend to vote in the interest of the corporate donors 80% of the time. Once a candidate takes corporate donations these politicians are no longer free to work for the people. They have to serve the corporations who helped get them elected and not the voters who got them elected in the first place. Tony Castro Refuses corporate donations so he can be free to work for the voters.

Elect Tony Castro For Fullerton City Council in District 5 on November 8, 2022

Tony Castro For Fullerton City Council is a Fullerton resident, community organizer, volunteer, an outstanding citizen and is recognized for excellence in the community by the O.C. Register’s Excelsior. Tony Castro’s research on climate change and affordable Colleges and Universities is mentioned in a published book called “Dollar Democracy On Steroids” by Professor Peter Mathews. Tony Castro was a Co-Coordinator for Rescue Education California, a grassroots organization that successfully blocked tuition increases in 2005. Tony Castro also worked for the California Democratic Party's Voter Education Registration Fund to fight against Arnold Schwarzenegger's special election in 2005. Tony Castro has a completely progressive, pro-union, and non-corporate platform with a realistic and bold funding mechanisms.

Tony Castro Was Raised In A Union Home, With A Union Family, With Union Values

Tony Castro was a Union Carpenter for the Carpenter's Union Local 803. His Father retired from the Laborer's Union Local 652. Most of Tony Castro's cousins and uncles are union construction members. His grand father, great grand father and great uncle were all union members. A vote for Tony Castro is a vote for Union Values. Tony Castro is the Pro-Union candidate for Fullerton's City Council seat in District 5.

The Non-Corporate, Pro-Union, Progressive Candidate For Fullerton City Council

Tony Castro is the non-corporate, pro-union, progressive candidate for Fullerton City Council. Tony Castro refuses corporate money and special interest lobbyists donations for his campaign. Tony Castro believes that these types of contributions corrupt and have a negative impact on a politicians policy making decisions. Once a candidate accepts money from corporations or special interest lobbyists, those donors will then feel entitled and expect favors in the future. Tony Castro wants to be free from any influence on his decision making. That way he can be free to deliver his platform and promises to the voters in his district. Tony Castro pledges, to his voters and his district, to never accept corporate money in his career as a public servant.

Tony Castro comes from a legacy of unionized working class Americans. Tony Castro worked as a union carpenter for the Local 803 Carpenters Union based in Orange, CA. His father recently retired from the Laborers Union local 652 and most of his uncles and cousins are union carpenters and union laborers. Tony Castro believes that unions represent the best interest of working class Americans. Without unions, corporations are free to exploit and take advantage of their employees. Tony Castro believes that unions are necessary to help build a bigger middle class.

Tony Castro Supports Small Businesses And Small Business Owners

Tony Castro believes that small businesses, not including big corporations, should receive some type of tax incentive to help pay their employees a higher minimum wage. Tony Castro also believes in a $25 an hour national minimum wage. He knows that small business owners cannot afford to pay their employees a $25 minimum wage on their own and will need some help. That's when the Federal Government/Congress should step in and help small businesses pay their employees a higher minimum wage. Tony Castro does not believe in helping big corporations with any kind of tax breaks, loopholes or tax incentives. Instead, we should give small business owners tax breaks to help them pay their employees a higher minimum wage. Small businesses provide over two thirds of the jobs in the United States, therefore Congress should step in and help small business owners and stop helping big corporations. Big corporations had enough help, it's time to help the underdog.

Tony Castro Does Not Support Big Corporations

Big corporation have been getting away with not paying their fair share in taxes and still receiving hundreds of billions of dollars in tax returns and tax breaks since the early 1970's. This is also known as corporate tax loopholes and corporate welfare. When only 27.5 billion dollars was paid in welfare to aid the poor, large corporations were receiving 300 billion dollars a year in corporate welfare; according to the I.R.S. This is a result of money in politics and corporate donations to political candidates. Tony Castro refuses money from corporations for his campaign so he can be free to put an end to corporate tax loopholes and fight for the people, the working class and small business owners.Tony Castro supports small businesses and small business owners.

Tony Castro believes that small businesses, not including big corporations, should receive some type of tax incentive to help pay their employees the minimum wage. Tony Castro also believes in a $25 an hour national minimum wage. Tony Castro knows that small business owners cannot afford to pay their employees a $25 minimum wage. That's when the federal government/Congress should step in to help small businesses pay their employees the minimum wage. Tony Castro does not believe in helping big corporations with any kind of tax breaks. Instead, we should give small business owners tax breaks to help them pay their employees the minimum wage. Small businesses provide over two thirds of the jobs in the United States, therefore congress should step in and help small business owners and not big corporations.

Tony Castro does not support big corporations.

Big corporation have been getting away with not paying their fair share in taxes and still receiving hundreds of billions of dollars in tax returns and tax breaks since the early 1970's. This is also known as corporate tax loopholes or corporate welfare. When only 27.5 billion dollars was paid in welfare to aid the poor, large corporations were receiving 300 billion dollars a year in corporate welfare; according to the I.R.S. This is a result of money in politics and corporate donations to political candidates. Tony Castro refuses money from corporations for his campaign so he can be free to put an end to corporate tax loopholes and fight for the people and small businesses.

Tony Castro Is A Fighter For Social, Economic And Environmental Justice And Human Rights