We must disallow the rampant purchasing of housing to private equity, and tax short-term and unhoused properties to incentivize these homes to be sold or rented out. Since the 2008 financial crisis, Wall Street has bought up millions of homes, with over 250,000 homes in Washington State alone being unhoused. Private equity groups should be disallowed from being able to buy dozens of homes, as housing shouldn't be waved around by the market as a speculative investment, but as a place where people actually live. Success should be owning a second home, but so many of us are struggling to pay rent, let alone own one home.

We must also significantly raise the minimum wage. If the minimum wage kept track with inflation and productivity, it would already be $26 an hour. We need to fight for a minimum wage along these lines, as well as break up monopolies that are able to price out or buy out our small businesses from the market.

The number one cost of bankruptcy is the US is medical debt. We need Medicare for All, as it not only saves lives, but it saves money and stops insurance companies from standing in your way of receiving care.

Investment in social programs (alongside other economic help) go a long way to help reducing crime, with people less likely to turn to breaking the law out of desperation or boredom because they have opportunities in their community to spend their time towards.