An economy that works for everyone

The American middle class has been shrinking for generations. Jobs are disappearing and purchasing power is in decline. This is no accident, but a direct result of failed policies that intentionally redistributed wealth from working families to the rich. The system is rigged. We must reverse this trend by:

 

• Ending tax cuts and loopholes for the wealthy and use that money to invest in education, training, and infrastructure to strengthen middle-class families.

 

• Making paid family and parental leave the law of the land.

 

• Raising the Federal minimum wage to $15 dollars an hour.

 

• Protecting the right of workers to organize.

 

• Expanding and safeguarding Social Security and Medicaid. Primarily - scrap the cap on Social Security earnings.

 

• Investing in infrastructure to repair and modernize California's roads, bridges, and transit hubs.  This will also create more good paying, family sustaining jobs.