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Economy

Strengthening local jobs, building affordable housing, and ensuring fair taxation to create a thriving and equitable economy.

Building an Economy That Works for Everyone

The economy isn’t broken—it’s rigged by a system that favors corporate donors and entrenched elites at the expense of working families. While billionaires get tax breaks and exploit loopholes, everyday people face rising housing costs, stagnant wages, and looming threats from automation. We’re here to flip the script: this is our fight—an “us vs. the system” battle for the soul of our economy.

A Fair Economy Starts with the Working Class

In Georgia’s 5th Congressional District, we’re pushing back against the forces of corporate greed. Our plan doesn’t cater to lobbyists or powerful donors—it empowers the everyday people who drive our communities forward.

  • We’re closing tax loopholes so billionaires and corporations finally pay their fair share.
  • We’re investing in affordable housing to keep families stable and neighborhoods strong.
  • We’re regulating automation so jobs aren’t replaced without a plan for workers.
  • We’re supporting small businesses and local entrepreneurs, keeping more wealth in our neighborhoods.

It’s time to stop turning our backs on the folks who built this country. Let’s build an economy that puts people over profits.

The Challenges We Must Address

❌ Working Families Shoulder the Tax Burden While the Wealthy Pay Less

  • Billionaires and corporations exploit tax loopholes, offshore profits, and dodge accountability.
  • “Stock leveraging” allows the ultra-wealthy to treat borrowed money like income—without paying income taxes.

❌ Housing Costs Are Out of Control

  • Skyrocketing rents force many to choose between shelter, food, or healthcare.
  • Gentrification displaces longtime residents, destroying the fabric of our communities.

❌ Jobs Are Being Replaced by Automation Without Worker Protections

  • Corporations push for cost-cutting automation while leaving workers in the dust.
  • Retraining and safety nets aren’t keeping up with sudden industry changes.

❌ Small Businesses Struggle While Corporate Giants Get Handouts

  • Local entrepreneurs can’t access capital or resources as easily as big-box stores and tech giants.
  • Declining labor protections leave workers with less bargaining power and stagnant wages.

A Bold Plan for Economic Justice

🏛️ 1. Close Tax Loopholes and Make Corporations Pay Their Fair Share

  • Tax Stock Leveraging Like Wages
    • If billionaires borrow against their stocks to fund lavish lifestyles, those loans should be taxed like income.
  • End Corporate Tax Havens
    • Update and expand the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act to penalize companies that shift profits offshore.
  • Penalize Job Outsourcing
    • Corporations moving over 1% of their workforce overseas annually should face higher tax rates, deterring the offshoring of good-paying jobs.

Outcome for Working Families: Billions in reclaimed tax revenue can fund public services—like better roads, schools, and healthcare—and shift the burden off working people.

🏗️ 2. Expand Affordable Housing and Combat Displacement

  • Massively Invest in Affordable Housing
    • Use the Homes for All Act or Green New Deal for Public Housing as models for large-scale, energy-efficient housing development.
  • Protect Longtime Residents
    • Strengthen tenant rights through measures like the Eviction Crisis Act, rent stabilization, and emergency rental assistance.
  • Create Jobs Through Housing Construction
    • Tie new builds to local hiring requirements, boosting employment in underinvested communities.

Outcome for Working Families: Secure, stable homes anchor strong communities. No more families forced out by predatory landlords or skyrocketing rents.

🤖 3. Regulate Automation to Protect Workers

  • Mandate Transparency on Workplace AI
    • Enact the Algorithmic Accountability Act to require disclosure and oversight of how AI systems replace or monitor workers.
  • Automation Transition Assistance Program
    • Model new legislation on Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) so workers get retraining, wage insurance, and other supports when automation disrupts jobs.
  • Reward Ethical Automation Practices
    • Offer tax credits to businesses that upskill their workforce before automating, ensuring no one is left behind.

Outcome for Working Families: We can harness technology for the common good, rather than letting it serve only executive profits. Workers gain new skills and keep the dignity of stable employment.

💼 4. Invest in Local Jobs and Small Business Growth

  • Empower Cooperative Ownership
    • Expand the Main Street Employee Ownership Act to give low-interest loans and grants to worker-owned co-ops, especially in underserved areas.
  • Boost Community Infrastructure
    • Increase Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) to rebuild roads, schools, and broadband in lower-income neighborhoods—on the condition of local hiring.
  • Strengthen Labor Laws
    • Pass the PRO Act to protect the right to organize and ensure fair wages and benefits.

Outcome for Working Families: Thriving local businesses, equitable infrastructure spending, and fair labor practices mean more money stays in the community, uplifting everyone.

How This Plan Benefits Georgia’s 5th District

  1. Reclaims Tax Dollars for Public Good
    • Ending corporate loopholes channels billions back into essential services like healthcare, education, and infrastructure.
  2. Provides Safe, Affordable Homes
    • Large-scale housing investments create jobs and ensure working families aren’t priced out of their neighborhoods.
  3. Future-Proofs Jobs in an Automated World
    • By regulating AI, mandating retraining, and ensuring fair wages, we safeguard livelihoods as technology evolves.
  4. Strengthens Local Economies
    • When small businesses and co-ops thrive, wealth stays in the community—not siphoned off by corporate headquarters.

Action Plan: The People Over Profits Agenda

  1. Close Corporate Tax Loopholes
    • Implement the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, tax stock leveraging, and penalize outsourcing.
  2. Build Sustainable, Affordable Housing
    • Expand public housing initiatives, protect tenants from eviction, and invest in local jobs through housing projects.
  3. Regulate Automation & Protect Workers
    • Enforce AI transparency, provide training and income support, and reward businesses that upskill workers.
  4. Empower Small Businesses & Worker Co-ops
    • Offer grants and loans to co-ops, invest in community-driven infrastructure, and pass the PRO Act for stronger labor rights.

Standing Up for the Working Class

I refuse to be just another politician who makes empty promises and then turns a blind eye to the system’s failings. We’re taking on the powerful interests that rig the rules against everyday people. This campaign is about us—working families—versus a system built to enrich the wealthy few.

Together, we can create a fair economy that rewards hard work, ensures stable homes, and protects jobs in the face of rapid change. Join the fight, and let’s make an economy that truly serves everyone—not just the donor class or the privileged elite.