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Issue Position: Economic Opportunity

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2020
Issues: Economy and Fiscal

I know what it is like to be caught between $1,800 a month for child care and student loans. Even with two incomes our family has often struggled to make ends meet.

According to the United Way nearly 40% of Iowans are not making a survival wage that can cover the true cost of living. A recent article in the Des Moines Register estimates we are 12,000 units short of affordable housing in our metro area. When thousands of households are paying 40, 50, even 60 percent of their wages for housing--that doesn't leave enough for everything else.

Too many in our Iowa State Senate fall back on the myth that people are just not working hard enough. The real problem is that our economy is not working for the people. Not only can I relate to the economic pressures that Iowans are facing, I'm ready to do something about it.


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