Blog de Dunlap: A vision for an economy that works for working people

Danielle,

For the next few weeks, while we have our heads down doing everything possible to elect Democrats up and down the ticket, I also want us to picture the finish line.

I want us to remember what we're fighting for — because when the fight gets hard, that's what'll keep us going.

Just think about the vision that Vice President Kamala Harris has laid out for an economy that works for working people, including…

Taking on giant corporations that engage in price-gouging
Bringing down housing costs by building 3 million new units
Cutting costs for child care and prescription drugs, including extending the $35/month cap on insulin prices to all Americans
Providing tax cuts to over 100 million working-class and middle-class Americans
Strengthening Social Security and Medicare, including a new plan to cover in-home health care under Medicare, which will be truly life-changing for generations and generations of families to come
Rolling back Donald Trump's tax cuts for the rich and putting a minimum tax on billionaires so they pay a fair share

With Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the White House, and Democrats controlling the U.S. House and Senate, we can make real change for working people.

We can protect our freedoms, including the right to an abortion and the right to vote.

We can build a future not just for some of our kids, but all of our kids.

I'm running for re-election to the U.S. Senate so I can keep fighting to build that future — including with my plans to lower housing costs, ensure universal child care, and root out corruption in Washington. I've fought my entire career to make our economy fairer for the middle class, from taking on big banks to make the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau a reality to breaking up the hearing aid monopoly to lower costs for families. And I'm not stopping.

But we've also got to remember what we're up against.

Donald Trump's big legislative accomplishment was a set of massive tax breaks for billionaires and giant corporations. And as Trump is courting wealthy donors for his 2024 campaign, he's promising them even more tax handouts in return.

Giant corporations are going in on the deal, too, loading up Republican campaign accounts with cash with the expectation that they'll get even more tax cuts. And it just so happens that Trump's planned tax cuts would give the largest corporations an estimated $48 billion break.

While Trump and the Republicans fight to make rich and powerful people and companies even more rich and powerful, I'll keep fighting alongside Kamala Harris to get the wealthy and well-connected to pay a fair share — so we can expand opportunity for all.

We've already started to tackle this by passing my minimum tax on massive corporations that were paying $0 in taxes, and to provide more funding to the IRS to strengthen enforcement against corporations and wealthy tax cheats.

But look: billionaire donors and corporate interests are spending big this year to try to elect Trump and his GOP allies in November — and reap big rewards for themselves in the years to come with Republicans controlling the White House, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House.

They've got money and power. But the number of people that make up our grassroots movement is powerful, too. We can beat them if we fight side by side, one grassroots donation at a time, to pass this legislation that will make our economy fairer for the middle class.

I'm able to stay in these fights because supporters like you chip in whatever and whenever they can to strengthen our fight for these policies. And I'm fighting hard to make sure Republicans don't flip this seat and the Senate. Can you help grow our grassroots campaign and support my re-election with a donation of $100 or any amount?