The H.E.A.L. Act establishes a living wage tied to regional costs of living ($15–18/hour in rural areas, $25–30/hour in cities) and provides tax credits to help small businesses adapt. That means families can afford the basics, and local businesses can keep thriving.
The H.E.A.L. Act will also create jobs, because we’ll need workers to support its new infrastructure:
Healthcare jobs to staff the expanded public option, hospitals, and mental health services.
Education jobs in childcare, pre-K, before-and after-school programs, and tuition-free colleges and trade schools.
Construction and support jobs to build and maintain the facilities needed for expanded care and education.
Public administration jobs to implement reforms like ranked-choice voting, transparency systems, and antitrust enforcement.
History shows this works, FDR’s New Deal created millions of jobs through public programs, and more recently, clean energy investments have produced hundreds of thousands of new jobs in solar, wind, and EV manufacturing. The H.E.A.L. Act follows that tradition: when we invest in people, we also invest in work for those people.
Once we pass the H.E.A.L. Act and cut corporate lobbyist control, we can go further: investing in workforce development, expanding union protections, strengthening retirement security, and ensuring every worker has not just a job, but a fair shot at a stable future.
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