I can hear the hammering when I wake up each morning. A construction crew is installing a new roof across the street.

They still have work, but more and more people don’t. Nearly 39 million Americans, including more than 476,000 here in Colorado, have lost their jobs since the pandemic began.

This is not just a downturn. It’s a disaster—and it’s one that only bold leadership can solve.

We must take every step necessary to help families and small businesses weather this storm. But that’s not enough—we also need a massive economic recovery plan.

Among the keys: building a clean-energy infrastructure by forming a Climate Conservation Corps. It’s all part of the Green New Deal—a plan to combat the climate crisis and create millions of good jobs.

Both Cory Gardner and John Hickenlooper oppose the Green New Deal. They compare progressives who support it to Karl Marx and Joseph Stalin!

That kind of demagoguery is nothing new; President Roosevelt faced similar attacks. But his courage and defiance helped lift the nation from a Great Depression.

We could use the same kind of leadership—and what FDR called “bold, persistent experimentation”—today. Let’s start hammering Congress right now.

Andrew Romanoff

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