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Affordability - We need to increase real wages and properly tax corporations and the wealthy to support the infrastructure that allows them to exist.
Education - We need to reverse the decline in education outcomes, and doing so requires improving teacher pay, reducing class sizes, and stop requiring teachers to use personal time for their class prep and grading. We also need to address and reverse the harms of NCLB and the change in language education that was pushed for corporate profit a few decades back.
Equality - We need to address the systemic inequalities we see for minority and disadvantaged groups and fight back against the false narrative that intends to protect the wealthy, who are the actual causes of most of our problems.
We need to have a state-level minimum wage, increase corporate tax, increase tax on the wealthy, and reduce tax on low wage earners. Real wages have been stagnant or declining for decades while productivity and corporate profits have soared. The affordability crisis is directly caused by this disparity.
We know that due to systemic inequalities, minority groups are more likely to be impoverished. The best way to address this is two-fold: First, remove the systemic factors as best we can and protect against new ones being added. Second, address poverty *as a whole*, without regard to ethnicity or community. We don't need to specifically address "poverty amongst group X" if we successfully address "poverty amongst all Minnesotans".
An expanded version, yes. Something more comprehensive, like the 14th amendment (only more tightly worded so that regressive judges can't wiggle in loopholes by intentionally misinterpreting it.)
For this subject, I would need to consult with independent scientific experts (and industry lobbyists don't count). I agree that protecting our environment is a priority, but this is outside my area of expertise to suggest specific measures or limits.
We need accountability in our justice system, not only for LEO's but also for prosecutors and judges. We need to protect our citizens from federal overreach and violence. We need to protect the right of our citizens to peacefully protest. We need to increase social work, mental health support, and community support instead of law enforcement militarization so that we solve problems instead of just addressing them with force.
We need to follow Hawaii's lead and redefine what a corporation is in this state, and deny corporate money a "voice" in our political process. We need to also draft legislation to penalize big media when it blatantly slanders reality. We need accountability to the truth, accountability to the people from our media.
