US Action has been putting together a new plan for American families:
Invest in America’s Future: Our Plan for Security, Opportunity and Prosperity
USAction and USAction Education Fund are promoting a sensible new plan to encourage investment in America’s most precious resource — our people. We must make responsible investments in health care, education, and clean energy to ensure real security for everyone and long-term, sustainable economic growth for our nation. We must also ensure that public initiatives benefit everyone, with an aim to reduce economic disparity in our country and the disabling consequences associated with it.
A faltering economy and sudden spike in basic cost of living expenses, skyrocketing health care costs, tens of millions of Americans uninsured, inequality in the education system with soaring fees for college education, a costly and misguided war, increased economic pressure due to global competition, an unhealthy environment, and energy dependence — these are the most urgent and pressing problems of our time. Invest in America’s Future effectively tackles these issues, turning critical dilemmas into positive rewards for America. Our current economic system relies on “bubble” markets that eventually “burst,” causing recession and fueling further insecurity. The IAF plan will provide durable, lasting economic gains for families, businesses and the nation as a whole by making health care and education more affordable, creating a new clean energy economy, and ultimately strengthening our work force.
Invest in America’s Future [IAF plan] focuses on the changes American families and businesses need:
- Guaranteeing quality, affordable health care for everyone,
- Granting all children access to high quality education from early childhood through college,
- Developing a clean energy economy and independence from oil.
Russ and other endorse it here–take a look–it’s a strong plan and messaging for progressives.