Key Policies to Support the Middle Class and Working People of the 41st Congressional District
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- ✓ Medicare for All: Implement a single-payer healthcare system to guarantee coverage for every American.
- ✓ Transportation Security for Workers: Provide financial relief for minimum wage workers through gas, auto insurance, and transportation subsidies.
- ✓ Support for Unions and Workers’ Rights: Strengthen protections for workers and support union organizing.
- ✓ Path to Citizenship: Create a clear and humane path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
- ✓ Affordable Housing: Invest in large-scale, affordable housing initiatives to ensure safe, secure homes for all.
- ✓ Credit Card Interest Rate Cap: Limit interest rates to 4% above the 90-day U.S. Treasury bill rate — currently capping rates at 8%.
- ✓ Tuition-Free Public Colleges: Make public colleges and universities tuition-free to reduce student debt and expand opportunity.
- ✓ Raise the Minimum Wage: Ensure a living wage for all workers, starting with an increase to $15 per hour.
- ✓ Expand Social Security: Remove the payroll tax cap for incomes above $250,000 to increase benefits and ensure long-term solvency. Employer contributions will cover Social Security for minimum wage workers.
- ✓ Financial Reforms: Reinstate Glass-Steagall protections, regulate major financial institutions, and reform the Federal Reserve to promote stability and accountability.
- ✓ Climate Action: Support carbon-lite initiatives with a goal of reducing carbon emissions to near zero by 2035.
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✓ Artificial Intelligence Strategy: Dramatically increase funding of AI computer science programs in K-12 and universities, expand federal funding for AI apprenticeships and trade schools, fund open-access compute clusters in every state, create a national AI cloud for startups, researchers, and small businesses.
