● A new clean energy economy that is fossil fuel and nuclear free. The new energy economy's foundation will be distributed energy, i.e. produced at the local level where businesses, homes, cars and communities create energy and use it efficiently. It will provide an opportunity to share the wealth created by energy. The green economy will create hundreds of thousands of new jobs.
● A rebuilt infrastructure that is consistent with a new energy economy. This will need to include an end to subsidizing sprawl by encouraging development around new mass transit centers rather than new roads. The infrastructure will be built to move wind energy across the U.S. and put in place large solar installations, geothermal $2.5 trillion over the last seven trading sessions, and $8.4 trillion since hitting an all-time high one year ago Thursday. and ocean energy sources. These are just a few among many infrastructure upgrades that will be essential and create jobs that cannot be sent overseas.
● A re-ordered tax structure that reduces the tax burden on working Americans while putting in place taxes on the purchase of stocks, bonds and derivatives, as well as increased taxes for the wealthiest Americans.
The issue is not whether these changes are technically feasible or whether the funds are available (as we saw with the bailout, if funds are needed they are found) - the roadblock is political will. On this front, Americans are more engaged than ever in taking action on the economy. During the battle of the bailout, Congress was forced to shut down their email system because it was overwhelmed with letters of opposition. People are finding uncommon allies as concerns cross partisan lines and the political spectrum. People now know they can make a difference.
We need your help to chart the next steps in this effort. I hope you will respond to a brief survey so we have your thoughts. It includes room for you to send broad comments on where you think economic advocacy should be moving.
If you took action to stop and improve the bailout, thank you for doing so. Together, we did make a difference. I hope you support our efforts by making a contribution of $5 or more today. We need rev up our advocacy and organizing efforts so as the multi-pronged crisis America faces evolves the people can push elected officials to act in our interests rather than the interests of multi-nation mega business.
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