I. Invest in Economic Recovery, Sustainable Growth and Green Jobs
A. Jobs for All—Created by Rebuilding America
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Americans agree: it’s time to raise the minimum wage
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Most Americans favor a higher federal minimum wage
B. Invest in a Green Economy for a Sustainable Economy
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Americans favor taking steps to become carbon-neutral by 2050
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Americans support federal action to reach a 100% clean energy grid
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Climate change proposals favored by solid majority in US
II. Fight Inequality
A. Dismantle Racism, Tax the Rich, and Empower Workers and Women
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Small business owners experience unlevel playing field with large companies and big tech
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Voters want to curb the influence of big tech companies
B. Empower Workers
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Approval of labor unions at highest point since 1965
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Majority of adults see decline of union membership as bad for the US
C. Opportunity and Justice for All—with Focus on Communities Harmed by Racism
D. Guarantee Women’s Economic Equality
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In Build Back Better, paid family and medical leave is one of the most popular policies
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By 6-to-1 margin, voters say federal government should spend more on children
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Childcare and early learning remain domestic priorities
III. A New Social Contract
A. Medicare for All, Free Education, Justice and Democracy
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Americans support free tuition for public colleges
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Majority of Americans support student loan forgiveness
B. Medicare for All—And Shared Economic Security
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83% of Americans want to expand Social Security
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Americans overwhelmingly reject Republican efforts to end Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and the Affordable Care Act
C. Democracy is Essential to a Strong Social Contract
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Broad support for Democrats’ voting rights bills
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Majority of voters support electoral reform
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A supermajority of voters support the Freedom to Vote Act
IV. Transform Corporate Power
A. Stop Corporations, Banks and the Wealthy from Controlling Our Economy—and Tax Justice to Pay for Public Investment
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An overwhelming and growing majority of Americans blame inflation on corporations being greedy and raising prices to make record profits.
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Majority of Americans favor raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations
B. Close Wall Street’s Casino
C. Rescue Democracy from the Special Interests
V. A Global Economic Strategy for Working Americans
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Voters want to scale back America’s military posture and activities
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Sharply Fewer in U.S. View Foreign Trade as Opportunity
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Most Americans want more diplomacy, fewer troops abroad
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Most Americans say the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were not worth fighting
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Most U.S. adults support Pentagon spending cuts
I. Invest in Economic Recovery, Sustainable Growth and Green Jobs
II. Fight Inequality
Dismantle Racism, Tax the Rich, and Empower Workers and Women.
Opportunity and Justice for All – With Focus on Communities Harmed by Racism