A woman with short gray hair, glasses, and a blue shirt, smiling, standing next to a man with a beard, wearing a New York Knicks cap and a white and red Tie-dye shirt, both smiling, on a porch.
A smiling man and woman standing outside a house with yellow brick walls. The woman is wearing a blue campaign T-shirt, a black hat, necklace, and carrying a red purse. The man is wearing a gray striped T-shirt. They are standing near a porch with greenery and a house number sign that reads 12240.
An elderly woman and a middle-aged man are smiling and hugging outside a house with a brick and white siding wall, greenery, and trees in the background.

Cost of Living

My daughter and her husband, both educators, would have never been able to afford childcare: so I retired and stepped up to help. The cost of life’s necessities — like housing, healthcare, childcare, and groceries — are rising unreasonably high, and income isn’t increasing enough to compensate! Those hurting the most are already dealing with housing insecurity, unaffordable healthcare, and high taxes.

We can do something about it!

Taxes should be increased for the wealthy (those whose lives would not be impacted) so that taxes can be lowered for the struggling families who desperately need it. Income should be raised to compensate for cost of living and inflation. Relief programs for childcare and healthcare should be supported instead of restricted and undercut. Money in our state capital needs to be redirected and reallocated to the economy and the people who need it – not wasted in the processes of governing.

The people and the economy are directly tied to each other. If the people are prosperous, our economy is prosperous!