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DEL IBERATIV E AND PREDEC ISIONAL***

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preamble ........................................................................................................................................ 1 Raise Incom es and Re store Econ o mic Se curity f o r the M id dle Class...................... ................ 3

Minimum Wage .......................................................................................................................... 3 Labor ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Equal Pa y, Paid Lea ve , a n d Care givi ng .............................................. ........................................ 4 Housing ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Social Security ............................................................................................................................ 5 Retirement Security..................................................................................................................... 5 Postal Service ........................................ ................................................ ...................................... 6

Create Good -Paying Jo bs .............................................. ................................................. .............. 6

Infr astruct ur e ......................................... ................................................ ...................................... 6 Manufacturing ................................................. .............................................. .............................. 6 Clean Energy Jobs....................................................................................................................... 7 Research, Science, and Technology............................................................................................ 7 Sm all Business ................................................ ............................................... ............................. 7 Youth Jobs................................................................................................................................... 7

Fi ght for Eco nom ic Fai rness and Against Inequality ............................................... ................. 8

Fixing our Financial System ....................................................................................................... 8 Stopping Corporate Concentration ............................................................................................. 9 Taxes ........................................................................................................................................... 9 Trade ........................................................................................................................................... 9

Brin g Americans Together and Re m ove Barri e r s to C r eate Ladd e r s of O pportunity ........ 10