Social mobility, or the ability for an individual or group to improve their standing in society, has been faltering for decades as a result of declining public investment and rising inequality. Policy areas that are crucial for encouraging upward social mobility include childhood education and wellbeing, affordable housing, education and workforce development. However, in recent decades economic policy has not invested in these items that help those at the bottom and has instead focused on tax cuts for those at the top. Investing in key areas will have long-term positive impacts on social mobility and continue the American tradition of creating a better life through hard work.

Closing the Medicaid coverage gap would provide health coverage for over 2.2 million low-income Americans who are currently ineligible for any federal health insurance supports. These families live in the 11 states where Republican state officials have refused to accept generous federal funding to expand their state Medicaid programs to cover the larger low-income population offered coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Access to safe and legal abortion is an economic issue, not only an issue of bodily autonomy and individual agency. Access to abortion enables people to make the decisions that are right for them and their financial security. Furthermore, the ability to control if and when to have a child has lifelong economic consequences not only for the people directly impacted, but also their families and communities.