Economic Justice

The game is rigged. Wall street profits and stock prices soar while the our workers are underpaid, overworked and downright abused. It is not moral or sustainable to have a system where some have billions while the majority of us struggle to get our basic needs met. The top 1% takes home 23% of all income in Massachusetts. We need to fundamentally change the structure of our economy and affirm that its function is for workers to thrive.

Together we will:

Increase the minimum wage to $24, where it would be if it kept up with productivity
Reclassify most independent contractors as employees and protect collective bargaining and the right to strike via a state level PRO Act
Protect the right to strike and collective bargaining
End predatory lending
Establish state-wide public banking
Pass Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
Pass mandatory overtime pay
End government contracts with corporations that outsource jobs
Get rid of regressive sales taxes (alcohol, cigarettes, etc)
Pass the Fair Share Amendment to ensure that the wealthy pay their fair share and to increase the budget for schools, public transportation and roads
Raise the capital gains tax to 10% for property held for over a year and re-examine all passive income tax laws to ensure equity
Improve DTA efficiencies with additional staffing and correct erroneous SNAP and other food program denials and expand publicity about these programs to increase access to them. Expand the Healthy Incentives Program to incentivize more healthy, local produce consumption for SNAP recipients.