Katie Wilson of Seattle Shows Zohran Mamdani Is Not Alone – Nation
“…Katie had already launched the Transit Riders Union, gaining free transit for school kids and low-income people. She organized successful minimum-wage campaigns in Seattle suburbs. She developed the Jump Start tax, a tax on employers when individual compensation exceeds $189,371. Without this tax, Seattle would have been savaged with cuts in public services.
“So Katie decided it was a good time to become mayor, to gain the power progressives need to transform our city. She embodies the policies and hopes and dreams of most of us in Seattle who can’t figure out how to pay for childcare and rent increases and healthcare, or those of us who recognize and want to provide the solutions for these issues.
“Katie is a leader and a member of the precariat. She rents a one-bedroom apartment with her husband and 2-year-old daughter. She does not own a car. She bicycles and takes mass transit all around the city. She has lived on a shoestring budget for years. She understands childcare—she pays $2,000 a month for three days a week. Her campaign focuses on expanding workers’ rights, funding family housing, making childcare affordable and childcare compensation a ladder up, not a step down, and opening our parks and streets for walking, recreating, bicycling, and just plain being.”
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