Explore Key Issues
Lowering the cost of living
Housing, groceries, childcare, and energy costs are squeezing families. Relief has to be real and lasting.
What I support at the federal level
- Groceries. I would support enforcing antitrust laws against dominant processors and retailers, transparency in supply chains, and targeted farm supports that stabilize prices while protecting small and mid-size farmers.
- First homes. I would support a federally backed mortgage program for first-time homebuyers, offering a target interest rate around 3% for income-eligible families.
- Update outdated thresholds. I would support indexing key benefits and tax credits to regional cost differences—San Francisco is not Kansas—so help is available when and where it is needed.
- Lower monthly bills. I would support bigger rebates for weatherization, heat pumps, and community solar to cut electric and heating costs.
Universal healthcare
Healthcare should be a basic human right. The United States is the only member of the 38-nation Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) without universal coverage, despite being the wealthiest of the group.
What I support at the federal level
- Universal coverage for all. I would support automatic enrollment with a guaranteed benefits floor so everyone is covered.
- Reproductive freedom. I would support protecting access to reproductive healthcare. Medical decisions belong to patients and their doctors.
- Prescription drugs. I would support direct price negotiation, an end to patent gaming, and firm caps on out-of-pocket costs for essential medicines.
- Mental health parity. I would support real parity in networks, access, and reimbursement so mental and behavioral health care is actually available.
- Primary care first. I would support investments in clinics and providers in underserved areas so people get care early and locally.
Fair taxation
Close loopholes so working families are not subsidizing the largest corporations.
What I support at the federal level
- I would support a strong corporate minimum tax on book profits.
- I would support anti-offshoring rules that end profit shifting and shell games.
- I want to see targeted tax relief for families and small businesses.
No special interests or lobbyists
Politics should serve people, not donors.
What I support at the federal level
- I would not take corporate PAC money.
- I would support a ban on corporate PACs and registered lobbyists donating to federal candidates or coordinating with campaigns.
- I would support a ban on lobbyist fundraising and bundling.
- I would support a public financing system using democracy vouchers—one voucher per voter. Campaigns could use vouchers and small donations only. Seattle’s program is a local example.
- I would support near real-time reporting for every campaign dollar with strong penalties for violations.
Corporate accountability
Good jobs and safe workplaces should be the norm.
Corporate Social Responsibility Tax
- Triggers: extreme CEO-to-worker pay gaps, chronic low wages, repeat safety violations, layoffs during record profits, environmental harm.
- How it works: the tax rises with harm and can be reduced by improving practices.
- Why it helps: it makes exploitation more costly than fairness.
What I support at the federal level
- I would support stronger penalties for wage theft and repeat OSHA violators.
- I would support incentives for firms that create living-wage jobs in the United States.
- I want to see transparent reporting on pay ratios, safety, and community impacts.