I agree with increasing minimum wages and creating robust social services (universal healthcare, mental health support, the elimination of homelessness and enough food support no one goes hungry) in order to set a really solid floor for all. With regards to infrastructure, we have to be exceptionally mindful to not build for a future that doesn't use or need infrastructure that has a lifetime measured in decades (or, wishfully thinking, 100+ years). To see the peril, witness the rapid decline in need for commercial real estate with the very speedy transition to remote work, real estate which is very expensive to convert to other purposes. We don't want to be building "bridges to nowhere." for the sake of economic activity.

> Downside : it'll get a lot of very wealthy people seeing red and will scare upper middle classes who are more used to their security being provided by assets rather than social services.

Change is hard, but inevitable.