Privatization

The private banking industry either can’t or won’t do what needs to be done to stop preying on vulnerable people.

Private equity, an ownership structure that puts distant financiers in charge of how a business is run, has been shown to result in worse health outcomes for patients, at greater cost.

And the affluent should pay their fair tax share to help make that access a reality for everyone.

When Congress set the cap on Social Security contributions in 1983, they didn’t anticipate forty years of rising inequality. And it’s cost us — a lot.