Economy

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Vision 

Vibrant economy where every American can pursue their goals and have a good quality of life.

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Ideas​

1. Support the development and growth of small, local businesses.

2. Maintain positive relationships with major trading partners and mitigate market uncertainty.

3. Federal jobs program to ensure a basic minimum wage, worker protections, and benefits

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Plan

1. Re-allocate economic development incentives currently provided to large corporations to small businesses with less than 20 employees for start-up capital and product improvement.

2. Develop rules for Congressional oversight on trade barrier implementation.

3. Support the ABC Boost Act introduced by Rep. Rashida Talib to ensure access to banking and cash relief in the wake of the COVID19 pandemic.

4. Introduce a federal jobs program as part of a fiscal stimulus package to recover from the economic crisis caused by the pandemic.