; Whereas an investment of $24.4 billion per year in K–12 schools and teachers could start to boost academic performance among poor and struggling children for about the same cost as a wall at the southern border of the United States; Whereas for every $1 invested in early childhood education, society would gain $7.30 due to reduced poverty, lower incarceration rates, and better health outcomes; Whereas addressing climate change with a $200 billion per year investment in a clean energy transition would reduce poverty by creating 2.7 million new jobs; Whereas raising income tax rates by 1 percent in the top 2 income brackets would raise about $125 billion over 10 years that can be used in assistance for people living in poverty; Whereas ending mass incarceration and instead adopting a Justice Reinvestment model could save up to $4 billion that can be used to invest in people living in poverty; and Whereas simple trade-offs in our budget could fund critical, equitable policy changes towards establishing a moral economy: Now, therefore, be it