; Whereas low-wage workers, and Black, Latinx, Native American, and other communities of color, as well as women and people with disabilities are experiencing sustained economic distress and face mounting debts; Whereas the United States is facing growing demand for care work and social services as the baby boomer generation retires from the workforce, and the senior population is expected to nearly double between 2018 and 2060; Whereas the COVID–19 pandemic revealed vast inequities in community conditions by race, ethnicity, and income in the United States as well as the need to strengthen community infrastructure and services in the communities most vulnerable to disasters; Whereas the COVID–19 pandemic demonstrated both the critical importance of individual job security and resilient production and distribution systems in the face of external ecological and social crises; Whereas the COVID–19 pandemic, as well as the Silicon Valley Bank crisis, demonstrated that the United States Government is not financially constrained in its ability to respond to economic crises, and underscored the unique and broad capacity of Federal deficit spending and public investment to counteract and reduce the disruptive impact of economic shocks and recessions; Whereas the historically low rates of unemployment during the recent economic recovery have failed to adequately provide sufficient or quality employment for people who face discrimination, including but not exclusively based on race, gender identity and expression, past record of criminal legal system involvement, and areas where economic investment is inadequate; Whereas the historically low rates of unemployment during the recent economic recovery have failed to employ people in jobs that prioritize social needs, such as mitigating climate change and addressing the care crisis, beyond the level that private investors and business owners determine will be sufficiently profitable for them