You feel it in your pocketbooks. You see it when you pay at the grocery store. You know it when you lie in bed at night, stressing about your bills
As a former union janitor, butcher and union tradesman with six kids – who grew up in poverty on the South Side – he understands the economic terror that Second District residents live right now. ESPECIALLY our seniors. Property taxes out of control. Inflation made worse by insane Trump tariffs. Union rights under attack. A jobs market that’s cratering.
All this at the same time corporations like BlackRock are picking at the bones of our housing market – and massive cuts are on the way to SNAP, Medicaid and other parts of the safety net.
All this thanks to the the Big Ugly GOP spending bill that amounts to one of the biggest transfers of wealth from working people to the super rich in history.
During his brief time in the Illinois State Senate, Senator Preston has fought to keep utility bills low, pass bold reforms to keep property taxes low and deliver massive new supports in healthcare and safety benefits for working families.
REPEAL of the Trump tax cuts for billionaires, Medicaid and ACA destruction and insane tariffs that help only Trump’s millionaire and billionaire family & friends.
TOTAL DEFENSE of union rights at every level, including support for the PRO ACT. As THE ONLY union member in this race, WIllie understands the power of the House of Labor when it acts together.
RAISING the federal minimum wage to at least $20, driving up the wage floor to keep pace with inflation.
BREAKING UP BLACKROCK and regulating other vulture capital firms that have manipulated the housing market throughout the 2nd District – snatching up housing and farmland, driving up prices and putting our farmers and seniors at risk.
ACCOUNTABILITY and oversight hearings for cowardly corporations – AND THEIR EXECUTIVES – who are gouging Illinois consumers even beyond these idiotic tariffs.
FORMATION of a SNAP Defense Caucus, to unite both Democrats and Republicans who have relied on SNAP and who will defend Americans against food insecurity.
RESTORATION of tax fairness for the Middle Class and working families and a repeal of the massive breaks passed by Republicans under Trump, with the revenue going to restore funding to Medicaid and supports for the Affordable Care Act.
