We are facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Bold and innovative ideas saved us then, and they are our only hope now. Economic recovery is not enough. We must demand that our solutions to this crisis fix the problems that predate it.

Let’s be clear – COVID-19 didn’t create $1.5 trillion in student loan debt. It didn’t create an unprecedented housing crisis. And it didn’t make health care out-of-reach for millions of people in this country. Trickle-down economic policies built this house of cards – it’s time we topple it all and replace it with a resilient, progressive structure that is equitable for everyone.

The policies of the New Deal had truly never been tried at a massive scale – policies like the 30-year fixed mortgage, the Civil Works Administration to get people back to work, and Social Security – and it got the United States out of the Great Depression. 

Getting out of the COVID-19 recession isn’t going to be easy. It's going to require both short and long-term solutions, but it's also the perfect time to invest in our communities and to pass a Green New Deal to modernize our economy with systemic change for the future. Nothing should be off the table – except budget cuts.

Right now, we’re facing economic, public health, infrastructure, housing, and environmental disasters. A project on the scale of the Green New Deal is the only thing that will create solutions to the existential problems everyday people are facing across the country.

We know budget cuts slow recovery and hurt everyday people. We need to do the exact opposite. We need to go bigger and bolder in our response to this crisis. With the most consequential election of our lifetimes creeping closer every day, tell us now

Should the United States invest in a Green New Deal to combat the devastating COVID-19 recession?