Time to put Democrats in charge.
See also: the US economy from 1946 - 1976.
The RCS (Republican criminal syndicate) has said all the right things, then demonstrated, time and again, that they don't mean it; won’t ever deliver.
Small (RV, tiny home, other types of floor plans) manufactured houses could be located in abandoned shopping malls and empty office spaces; private equity prohibited. Empty, associated, parking lots become green spaces with solar panels and windmills overhead.
Don't forget at least a $25/hour minimum wage, and the return of company funded, defined benefit, pensions...
Social Security was designed to be the third leg of a stool (pension, personal savings and Social Security) upon which retired Americans could, comfortably, depend.
Did I mention Single Payer health care? As mentioned, repeatedly, the economy grows when as close to everyone can spend, save and invest! The United States is the only OECD (an organization of the 38 most advanced national economies of the world) country where medical costs can cause personal bankruptcy.
Socialism (a form of cooperative, regulated capitalism) is at the core of economic success in the USA; check for paved streets, lights that work at the flick of a switch, water that flows every time you turn the tap, etc... Education (for all) and infrastructure (everywhere) ain't cheap; it’s not profitable. Compare prices of utilities that private companies provide against the cost when government provides same; compare quality and dependability as well.
Again, the economy grows most when as close to everybody can live indoors, eat (afford general living expenses), vacation, save and invest (for retirement and etc...).
The wealthy will only spend so much into the economy, because they already live well, and oft don't have a need to spend more. Keynesian government and working class folks (when they can) spend more into the economy; grow the economy for everybody.
The business of business is profit, and when more folks can spend into the economy the likelihood of a profitable business increases. When living indoors and child care is affordable, working people can focus better on their jobs, and again, will have more money to spend into the economy; profit potential, for the business community, increases; again.
If the more, "well-to-do," move out, as oft threatened, while the aforementioned details increase the size of the local economy, then the local community will need a smarter group of wealthy residents... They'll move in to fill the void.
When the schools are better, for every youngster, the quality of the life for the entire community improves. Education and infrastructure are best done by government, socialism, because doing these things well, for as close to everybody, helps build the economy; isn't profitable.
Keynesian economics state that the government provides about 30% of the funds spent into the economy; more when the economy slows down. The circumstances surrounding economic slow downs (job hours reduced or jobs lost) disallow average folks the ability to spend their standard, allotted amount into the economy. Again, the wealthy folks don't spend more and rarely need to spend less; save money.
Inflation (tariff enhanced) and slow wage growth, amongst the 90%, oft disrupts the economy. The average wage for lowest earning, some 90% of the population of the USA, should be at least $52,000/yr., $25/hour, (income tax free) for a single, childless adult... Average wages, across the USA, are nowhere close to said amount. The federal minimum wage is completing it's second decade at $7.25/hour; not anywhere close to a living wage.
Again, the economy grows when as close to everyone can afford to participate, not just scrape by. See also: United for Alice.
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