When someone is sick, they shouldn’t be forced to choose between losing wages or getting other people sick. That’s common sense.
But because this Administration has refused to fight for working-people, millions of our neighbors are forced to make exactly that choice in the middle of a coronavirus outbreak.
This crisis was containable. But we did not take the policy steps or precautions necessary to do that. That’s a mistake that our current leadership must learn from.
If we can afford a massive tax break for corporations and billionaires, then we can afford to make sure working-families can take time off of work to get better. The working people of this country deserve better than the response this administration has given them.
In solidarity,
Ro Khanna