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On this week’s Radically Pragmatic Podcast, PPI President Will Marshall and Center for New Liberalism Policy Director Jeremiah Johnson sit down with Rep. Stacey Plaskett, Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the United States Virgin Islands‘ at-large congressional district. Congresswoman Plaskett serves on the House Ways and Means, Agriculture and Budget Committees, and is a leadership member of the New Democrat Coalition.
They discuss the New Democrat Coalition’s 100 Days Agenda, and the need for continued coronavirus relief and recovery measures – especially for regions like the Virgin Islands. Additionally, Congresswoman Plaskett outlines the critical nature of the American Jobs Plan, and the need to invest in long-term resiliency measures like job training, infrastructure development and clean energy.
“I believe that because of the crises that we are in as a nation, and the need to jumpstart our economy in a way that the American Rescue Plan and the relief bill is great for stabilizing – but it’s not going to project us into the future, and I think that [the American Jobs Plan] is the bill that can do that. I think there’s a recognition on both sides that this is necessary. The extent and how much, I think, is the sticking point.
“How much are we going to pay for? I’m very much in favor of doing some kind of changes to the corporate tax rate. Where we end up in that is still up for debate. And I do believe that there’s some wiggle room in that. The New Dems have also talked about an Infrastructure Bank, which would allow localities and municipalities like a Virgin Islands – other places that don’t have the internal resources to get a loan – to then keep up with what other areas are doing as well,” said Rep. Stacey Plaskett on the podcast.
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