The People's Budget

While it is necessary to oppose T-Swamp's budget (and everything else he does), it is also important to propose a positive position on the issues including the budget. A budget is a statement or moral values, and the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) budget is that positive statement of those values and how to implement them. According to polls these are the values of the majority of Americans. So let's get busy Americans and educate ourselves on this and demand it be voted for in Congress. The bullet points follow. See the link for details.

Invest In America

● Invests $2 trillion to transition to a 21^st Century Infrastructure to transform our energy, water and transportation systems

● Closes loopholes so our government agencies use materials made in America

● Expands our commitment to efficient renewable energy and green jobs

● Invest $100 billion to increase access to reliable, high-speed internet

Affordable Health Care

● Maintains critical coverage gains under Affordable Care Act

● Lowers costs of prescription drugs

● Allows states to transition to single-payer health care systems

● Expands access to mental health care and treatments for opioid and heroin addiction

● Repeals excise tax on high-priced health care plans for workers and replaces with public option

Fair Tax System for Working Families

● Ends corporate tax break for offshoring American jobs and profits

● Stops companies from renouncing their American citizenship to dodge U.S. taxes

● Closes wasteful corporate tax loopholes that cost billions of dollars

● Taxes Wall Street to fund Main Street

● Ensures profits from investments are finally taxed at the same rate as income taxes

● Raises revenue from the wealthiest few who can afford to pay more

● Expands the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Care Credit

Justice and Fair Elections

● Ensures the justice system is fair and effective for all Americans by increasing funding for voter protection and legal assistance programs

● Rebuilds trust in the justice system by developing community oriented policing reforms

● Protects American election systems from any interference and increases protections for voting rights by strengthening key election reforms

● Funds public financing of campaigns to curb special interest influence in politics

● Supports policies and initiatives to significantly reduce gun violence

Educational Opportunities for Every Student

● Delivers on the promise of lifting working families up by investing $1 trillion in effective early learning opportunities and for a child care for all program

● Makes debt free college a reality for all students

● Greater investments in K-12 education

● Increases computer science opportunities for all students

● Allows refinancing of student loans

● Fully funds IDEA and provides Pre-K for all

Pathways Out of Poverty and Empowering the Middle Class

● Supports a minimum wage increase and collective bargaining rights

● Provides a plan to reduce poverty by half in ten years

● Increases discretionary funding to invest in women, communities of color and their families

● Provides an increase in Trade Adjustment Assistance for workers

● Strengthens the Small Business Administration’s ability to provide support to America’s small business owners

● Addresses the pay equity gap

Comprehensive and Just Immigration Reform

● Implements comprehensive immigration reform, including a pathway to citizenship

● Prohibits funding for construction of any border wall and any immigration policies

which seek to ban people from entering the U.S. because of their religion

● Supports continued funding to sanctuary cities

Access to Housing

● Fully funds programs to make housing affordable and accessible for all Americans

● Invests $12.8 billion to end family homelessness

Protecting our Environment

● Closes tax loopholes and ends subsidies provided to oil, gas and coal companies

● Identifies a price on corporate carbon pollution

● Invests in clean, renewable, and efficient energy and green manufacturing

Protecting Our Veterans

● Eliminates veterans’ homelessness

● Increases access to mental health care for all veteran and service members

● Invests in job training opportunities for transitioning service members and veterans

Sustainable Defense: Promoting Peace And Security

● Modernizes our defense system to create sustainable baseline defense spending

● Ends emergency funding for Overseas Contingency Operations

● Increases funding for diplomacy and strategic humanitarian aid

● Adds robust funding for refugee resettlement programs