[1]Pramila Jayapal

There's no
reason why 140 million people should be poor in the richest country on
earth.

Poverty exists because we allow it to exist. It's time for us to choose
differently, which is why I worked with my colleague Rep. Barbara Lee and
the Poor People's Campaign to introduce a major congressional resolution
on poverty. We're calling it the "Third Reconstruction: Fully addressing
poverty and low wages from the bottom up" — because we have the power to
end poverty.

[ [link removed] ]Will you join our grassroots coalition to end poverty by adding your
name as a citizen co-sponsor of the Third Reconstruction today? Building
the momentum necessary to turn this vision into reality starts with you.

Add Your Name »

Even before the pandemic, more than 2 in 5 people in this country were
poor or low-income, just $400 or less away from financial ruin. During the
pandemic, it got even worse. By the fall of last year, 8 million
additional Americans had been pushed into poverty.

But being poor in this country means more than going without money, a job,
or a home, which is why our resolution aims to:

* Protect our democracy through expanding our voting rights,
comprehensive and just immigration reform, guaranteeing Native and
Indigenous rights; addressing the war economy; and guaranteeing
adequate incomes and living wages;

* Prioritize the needs and demands of the 140 million people who are
poor or one health care crisis, job loss, storm, or emergency away
from economic desperation, with policies that build up housing,
healthcare, welfare, water, and equitable high-quality and diverse
public education;

* Update the poverty measure to reflect what it takes to secure a decent
standard of living today as a new baseline for anti-poverty and social
welfare programs; 

* Develop  a federal jobs program that prioritizes poor and low-wealth
communities (both urban and rural) to address racial and wealth
inequality and build up public infrastructure through socially
beneficial and climate-resilient jobs and development; and,

* Raise resources to invest in these priorities by redirecting enormous
military spending and carceral spending, implementing fair taxation,
and using deficit spending.  

The American Rescue Plan that we passed brought crucial relief. But just
like multiracial coalitions brought about the First Reconstruction after
the Civil War and the Second Reconstruction of the civil rights era in the
1960s, our current moment demands action of similarly historic proportions
to heal and transform the nation. We need a Third Reconstruction.

[ [link removed] ]With this resolution as a roadmap to end poverty, we can do what needs
to be done and deliver for people across America. Add your name as a
citizen co-sponsor today and join us in the fight to lift our society and
our economy from the bottom up.

Add Your Name »

To poor people across America: we see you, and we will eradicate poverty
in our country with you.

In solidarity,

Pramila

 

 

 


 


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