to set out a long-term vision, our benchmarks and to say this is where we want to go as a nation. and we have to establish an advanced society here in the united states of america. what that means is that we have to push the bounds, we have to start treating housing as a right, we need to start protecting renters and updating the federal poverty line. our calculation for the federal poverty line is based on 1955 spending habits that assumes one income earner, a stay-at-home mom. we need to update our poverty line, address the housing crisis in this country. we need to stop treating people who duly paid their debt to society, the formerly incarcerated as outcasts for the rest of their lives. we need to become a modern society. we need to honor workers rights, the right to unionize, the right to establish worker cooperatives and we also need to join the
the rest of their lives. we need to become a modern society. we need to honor workers rights, the right to unionize, the right to establish worker cooperatives, and we also need to join the international community by signing and ratifying the u.n. convent on economic, social, and cultural rights. i mean we need to catch up to the rest of the world, and then we need to lead the rest of the world not just on climate change, but on social issues and on economic issues so that we can actually act like a humanity that is existing in the 21st century. give me a quick take on the obvious pushback, which won t be process. you guys can t get anything done right now. i accept it. you re saying it s theoretical. it s a plan for the future. the other one is you can t reach in my pockets fast enough. you want to give something to everybo everybody. to get out of prison, you want to make it easy. they re here as an undocumented immigrant. give them everything. everybody wins accept the hard worki