Constructing Equity - by Johnny Townsend (Paperback)

About the Book

Freedom and equity aren't free. Neither is a stable society. We pay for our choices, one way or another. Let's use our resources wisely.

Book Synopsis

We don't need "affordable" healthcare. We need universal healthcare. We don't need "access" to education. We need tuition-free college and vocational training. Let's erase the weasel words and get right to the point. The only way any of us can live in a safe, healthy society is if we all do.

Freedom and equity aren't free. Neither is a stable society. We must reduce the extraordinary amount we spend on the military and demand that the ultra-wealthy and corporations pay their fair share toward the public good.

The alternative is to live in a country filled with poverty, homelessness, division, and unrest.

Every worker needs a living wage. But more than that, we need a thriving wage, and Universal Basic Income is a practical starting point.

We also need universal taxpayer-funded childcare and pre-k education, fare-free public transportation, automatic voter registration, elimination of the Electoral College, ranked choice voting, plus nationwide vote-by-mail as well as in-person voting.

We must provide training and new job opportunities for workers who will be displaced from fossil fuel industries as we confront an ever-worsening climate crisis. Because leaving them to fend for themselves only guarantees failure.

We pay for our choices, one way or another. Let's use our resources wisely.