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Actually Doing Something for the Middle Class
Amy grew up middle class. She and her husband are still card carrying members of their unions. She understands that the working-middle class is the backbone of our local economies. When workers are paid fairly, they spend that money in the local economies, benefiting everyone. Small businesses suffer when wages are stagnant and deflated. Amy is sick of Congress coddling billion-dollar corporations and their CEO’s that make millions, while refusing to pay a living wage to workers. Amy will stand with working people, labor unions, and local communities who need a strong middle class to succeed.

Unrig the Economy
It’s insane that Amazon can pay no taxes while we have a spiraling deficit and families choosing to pay the electric bill or buy groceries. Donald Trump and Mike Turner did the bidding of their corporate donors by cutting taxes on billionaires and big companies, while doing nothing for us. Amy believes we need to repeal the Trump tax giveaways to rewrite the tax code to actually make the big guys pay their fair share and give some relieve to the rest of us working hard everyday. Amy knows we need a common sense tax code that allows us to balance the budget and invest in people.

Putting Money Back in Our Pockets
Instead of spending money on tax breaks for billionaires, let’s spend money where it actually works. Amy supports bringing back direct funding to help families pay for childcare, so working parents don’t have to choose between working or child care. Amy will fight to do more to cut costs of prescription drugs so that families aren’t forced to stretch prescriptions out for extra weeks because they can’t afford a refill. Amy also believes that Congress needs to do more to relieve debt from predatory student loans and create a path to debt-free college for middle class students.