STATEWIDE (NETWORK INDIANA) — Valarie McCray is a psychologist by trade who is now looking to dip her toes into the public sector as someone who shapes the laws of the land.
She is running for U.S. Senate challenging Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN-3rd) for the Senate seat from Indiana being given up by Mike Braun who is running for governor. McCray says she is running for Senate because she “has to.”
For starters, she wants to crack down on those she says are making it difficult for Americans to buy a home.
“We have to do something about how the hedge funds are eating up all the affordable housing,” she told All Indiana Politics. “They are pricing out the average homeowner.”
Many believe that inflation and the state of the economy have had a lot to do with how the housing market has not been favorable to prospective homebuyers in some places. McCray believes that is an exaggeration.
“We have to stop, for one, perpetuating the myth that somehow the United States has had more inflation than other countries when in fact we are the lowest,” she said. “Inflation has not been an issue here in the United States. It feels that way, but according to the rest of the countries we are very, very low on that.”
On the subject of abortion McCray believes there should be no limits on access to abortion at all saying that she trusts women to make their own decisions. She said engaging in gestational limits imposes a decision upon women she says only they have the right to make. McCray added that babies are not simply “being killed.”
Finally, she said the only way to reign in the national debt is to make sure the rich “pay their fair share.”
“Democrats historically have balanced budgets,” she claimed. “We grab it back at a crisis point, we get it fixed, and then the Republicans take all that money and give it back to the rich.”
Election Day is Nov. 5.
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Delusional. The top 1% of income tax payers pay 40% of the taxes already. Corporations pas along any tax they pay on to consumers are part of the price of the good or service they make or sell. Democrats simply do not know how the world really works. In fact, democrat policies have cause all the problems with home buying by thinking they have some say in how the system of building and selling homes should be done. No thank you. I’ve had more than enough of this.
Another moron Democrat that is out-of-touch with people….
Wow! What a piece of work. Nobody is saying the high inflation rate the dem’s have induced are higher than other countries. Get your facts together Val. While I’m concerned with huge companies buying up homes at a record rate, inflation does play a factor in home prices. No limits on abortion? You’re not serious about public office in Indiana then. If women are so concerned about choice, why aren’t they making the choice NOT to put themselves in the position of becoming pregnant? AND I’m only talking about consensual sex (rape, incest, life of the mother are the exceptions). Lastly, paying their fair share. What does Val think when the 1% are paying that extra she wants? They own businesses and will past it on to consumers. That’s how it’s always been. And like Slacker06 already said, they pay 40%+ of the taxes already. She’s not serious about this.