Mayor de Blasio Asks Support for His National Progressive Agenda Combating Inequality

Bill de BlasioOn Tuesday afternoon, Mayor Bill de Blasio sent an email enlisting his supporters in the progressive community to back his national Progressive Agenda To Combat Inequality. In his email, de Blasio asks supporters to sign onto The Progressive Agenda so as to ensure that “that the voice of every American is heard—not just those at the top.” The agenda’s three planks lift the floor for working people, support working families, and call for tax fairness.

The much-ballyhooed Progressive Agenda is a rehash of liberal talking points supporting $15/hr minimum wage, immigration reform, unfettered unionization, and opposition to trade agreements; supporting national paid family and sick leave, universal pre-K, daycare and after-school programs, expanded EITC and student loan forgiveness; and closing the carried interest loophole, taxing the rich and ending tax breaks for companies that outsource jobs overseas.

The email, funded by the Mayor’s Campaign for One New York, is reprinted below in it’s entirety.

We are about to announce something big: over the past several months, economists, labor leaders, activists and elected officials have come together to create an agenda to combat income inequality across the country.

As someone who’s supported bold, progressive solutions since day one, I wanted you to be the first to know.

We’re asking leaders and voters from all 50 states, at the Federal, State, and City-wide levels, to sign The Progressive Agenda so we can make sure that the voice of every American is heard—not just those at the top.

From universal pre-K to paid sick leave, we’ve made tremendous strides here in NYC. But there’s a real hunger across the country to tackle the inequality crisis we’re facing—and the fact is, our city does not exist in a vacuum.

The agenda outlines key ways we can lift the floor for working people, support working families, and make sure big corporations and the very wealthy pay their fair share in taxes.

I’ve long said that income inequality is the crisis of our time. Taking it on won’t be easy. But it starts by coming together and embracing a shared set of proven progressive policies.

Thanks,

Bill de Blasio
Mayor

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