National and state budgets that consider all citizens’ needs by

• preparing local-, state-, and national-level budgets that will keep our nation strong with emphasis on health care, education, research and development, a healthy environment and alternative energy solutions (2008)
• establishing and enforcing a fair wage for all New Mexico workers (2006 )
• creating affordable housing, appropriate infrastructure, and economic development opportunities for New Mexico Community Land Grants and their heirs (2006)
• regulating profits from contracts for work and services associated with the occupation of sovereign nations (2006-09)
• supporting legislation that will revitalize the United States manufacturing base (2009)
• supporting a public oversight process for the disbursement of stimulus funds, specifically through committees that include non-profit and community-based organizations (2009)
*removing the income cap for FICA taxes (2009)

Repeal tax cuts for the wealthy (2006; 2008)

Fair labor practices that
• enable small business to compete on an international, national, and state level (2006)
• protect the right to organize, collective bargaining, oppose right-to-work laws and support the Employee Free Choice Act (2009)
• strengthening regulation of payday loans (2006)
• pursuing legislation to continue and strengthen a fair wage (2006)
• use local union printers (2008)

* Fair trade practices, repeal of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and withdrawal from the World Trade Organization (WTO) (2008)