Whereas, before the pandemic, there were over 140,000,000 people who were poor, low wealth, or just one emergency away from economic ruin in the United States; Whereas pandemic relief programs that were long overdue temporarily relieved the load of poverty, reducing these numbers to 112,000,000, but were ended abruptly, precipitating a rise in these numbers once again; Whereas, during this same time period, billionaire wealth increased by $1,500,000,000,000, or over $2,000,000,000 per day; Whereas the injustice of poverty and low wealth is deeply entwined with the injustices of systemic racism, the denial of health care and ecological devastation, militarism, and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism that seeks to blame the poor instead of addressing systems that cause poverty; Whereas there are devastating consequences to these injustices, including that poverty is the fourth-leading cause of death in the Nation, higher than homicides, firearms, suicide, and diabetes, taking 290,000 lives every year, or 800 people a day, meaning we can no longer ignore policy violence nor deaths caused by policy; Whereas our entire society suffers when nearly 40 percent of the country who are poor and one emergency from economic ruin cannot fulfill their potential or fully participate in society; Whereas these widespread conditions cannot be explained by blaming individual behaviors, nor are they inherent to our economy or society, but rather they are created and sustained by unjust and immoral laws, policies, systems, and structures; Whereas we need the resolve to pass moral and just laws and policies that fully address these interlocking injustices, which were deepened during the COVID–19 pandemic