Sean Hubbard

Sean Hubbard is a small businessman, a political activist for the Democratic Party and was a candidate for the United States Senate in 2012.
Early life
Born in Austin, Sean grew up, the eldest of three children. At the age of five his family relocated to the small town of Scurry, just outside of Dallas. Sean spent his childhood in Scurry where small town values were impressed upon him. Growing up Sean spent his summers on his grandparents’ farm in Whitewright, Texas helping his grandfather bale hay and learning the value of hard work. Heavily influenced by the military service of both of his grandfathers and his grandmother’s love of politics, Sean developed a strong admiration for public service, which led him to decide to run for U.S. Senate.
Sean Hubbard attended the University of Texas at Dallas where he earned a Bachelors of Arts in Government and Politics with a minor in Economics. Hubbard met his wife while attending college at the University of Texas at Dallas. She was born in a concentration camp outside of Battambang Cambodia during the Communist Party of Kampuchea led genocide. Hubbard and his wife have a four month old daughter, the youngest member of his campaign.
Career
Political career
Campaign Strategy Director
While attending UTD Sean became involved with the Molera For Congress Campaign, acting as a strategy director during the 2002 election.
2012 Senate Race
Platform
"Texas has a long tradition of strong, effective Democratic leadership. Lyndon Johnson, Sam Rayburn and Ann Richards not only represented the best of what it means to be a Texan, but they also stood up and fought tirelessly for progressive values. And for everyday Texans like you and me. That is why I’m running for U.S. Senate. I'm tired of Democrats who run away from their party’s fundamental ideals. I’m tired of elected officials that forget who they’re supposed to be fighting for".
Democratic Nominee Challengers
* Addie Allen
* Grady Yarbrough
* Paul Sadler
Republican Nominee Challengers
* David Dewhurst
* Ted Cruz
* Tom Leppert
* Craig James
Sean Hubbard's Solutions to Issues
Economy
* Public Sector
Provide immediate assistance to state and local governments to prevent further layoffs and support rehiring of public sector workers. This means more jobs for police officers, firefighters, and teachers.
* Transportation
Transportation and Energy Improvement Project. Putting people to work rebuilding roads and bridges. Building an electric rail system for both freight and passenger rail beginning in Houston. Update the nation’s electric grid to meet modern demand. These goals will be accomplished through direct employment by the government, private contracts, and incentives for private companies to participate.
* Entrepreneurial and Small Business Expansion Assistance Program
This would provide start-up loans for new businesses in emerging industries, such as green energy. It would provide loans to small businesses, that are expanding, at interest rates based on the increase in employees. This would provide incentives for entrepreneurs to start new businesses and for small businesses to expand by reducing the risk of doing so.
Housing
* Bankruptcy Reform
Chapter 11 bankruptcy reform creating a Homeowners Chapter 11. This would reduce foreclosures by allowing homeowners to write down their mortgage to current market value. It would do away with the millionaire loophole which allows this to be done on a person’s second home. This would keep more families in their home by reducing their payments and ensuring that they do not owe more than their home is worth.
Corporate Tax Reform
* Create corporate tax credits for each new American worker that a corporation hires.
* Create a severance fee for every job shipped oversees.
* Adjust corporate tax rates and remove loopholes that lead to some large corporations paying little or no taxes.
Banking Reform
Banking Act of 2012
* Protecting Depositors
Sean Hubbard seeks to pass a bill based on the Banking Act of 1933 requiring a separation of commercial and investment banks. The separation is meant to create a regulatory firewall between commercial and investment bank activities. Only 10% of commercial banks income can come from securities. The bill will to prevent banks from making risky investments with the depositor's money. The bill will also add a transaction fee for derivatives.
Bank Failures
* Require that troubled banks must be reorganized under bankruptcy before receiving public assistance.
Predatory Lending
* Create penalties for both banks and mortgage brokers using predatory lending practices.
Immigration
* Pass the D.R.E.A.M. Act. The D.R.E.A.M. Act "is a step in the right direction, so long as those who earn citizenship are not allowed to sponsor new immigrants".
* Create a temporary visa that would allow undocumented immigrants, without criminal records, to work towards legal status.
* Create a temporary stay of deportation for parents of American born children that are enrolled in school. This would delay deportation of the child’s parents until that child is 18 years old or has graduated high school. Any child born after the stay of deportation is issued will not be covered.
Campaign Finance
* The nominee of each major party for U.S. House and Senate races shall have the option of accepting federal financing or raise private fund exceeding no more than twenty-five percent above of federal funding.
* In primary races candidates receiving a set number of signatures from that party’s primary voters would receive funds provided by a partnership of the federal government and the political parties.<ref name="hubbardforsenate" />
* Pass an amendment to the Constitution overturning Citizens United. It would both remove corporate personhood and ban PACs.<ref name="hubbardforsenate" />

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