U.S. Senate candidate Robin Kelly on Monday released an economic policy blueprint aimed at affordability that calls for taxing the ultra rich, raising the minimum wage and expanding Medicare.

Kelly’s plan, which she dubs the “People Over Profits Platform,” places a focus on “kitchen table issues.” It includes support for a minimum tax on individual taxpayers whose net worth for the taxable year exceeds $10 million and raising the minimum wage to at least $17 per hour by 2030.

Kelly’s platform — with more than five months to go before the March 17 primary — focuses on fighting for affordability in healthcare, housing and childcare.

“These are things, some of them that I’ve been working on for awhile, but I did tele-town hall meetings and town hall meetings, spoke to constituents when I was in the grocery store shopping myself and also meetings that we’ve had in D.C. with other Democrats,” Kelly told the Sun-Times. “These are the topics that came up most often. I am very concerned about ICE, definitely, and other things, but these are the topics that people think about, worry about every day.”

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, also running for the Senate seat, in May released a lengthy “Trump accountability” policy plan, which includes a push to restrict U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from wearing masks, blocking “radical” judges nominated by President Donald Trump, and introducing constitutional amendments to block self-pardons and a potential presidential third term.

Just as much of Krishnamoorthi’s plan, the success of many of these policy positions relies on Democrats being able to clear substantial measures through the Senate.

But it also serves as an ideological blueprint for Democratic voters in a heated three-way race to replace U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin. Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton was the first to jump into the race, just a day after Durbin announced he’s not seeking reelection for the Senate seat he has held since 1996.

Kelly said she would lead the fight to pass the Child Care for Working Families Act, which would help the average family pay less than $15 a day for childcare.

“When you think about the math doesn’t work here, and then how many people pay a lot for their housing and rent. Just those two things alone, you’re working to send your kids to childcare and to have a roof over your head,” Kelly said. “And I think that most people want more than that.”

The federal minimum wage, set at $7.25, hasn’t been raised since 2009, although state legislatures have raised their own wages. Illinois’ minimum wage became $15 in January. (And Chicago’s minimum wage is $16.60 per hour for employers with four or more employees.) Democrats have struggled to clear federal legislation in the Senate because it requires a 60-vote threshold to break a filibuster.

Kelly is also pledging support to expand the Affordable Care Act to middle-class families currently not eligible for it, and to increase subsidies and tax credits to lower healthcare costs.

Kelly admits times are tough for healthcare expansion, with the parties split ideologically but said, “We have to get to healthcare for everybody.”

“It’s a tough cookie to sell, for sure, but we have to have universal healthcare. We have to have preventive care, which is much cheaper than people getting sick and then going to the emergency room because they have no other options,” Kelly said. “How can so many other countries have done this? We have very smart people in the United States, and we should be able to work on this, bring everybody to the table and see how we can push this forward.”

To strengthen Social Security, Kelly said she would help fight for the Social Security 2100 Act, which would lift the cap on Social Security taxes and make the fund solvent until 2100.

And to addressing the housing crisis, Kelly said she would support a ban on rent gouging, capping annual rent hikes and making more federal investments in affordable housing.

As a member of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, Kelly said she would also continue to support legislation affecting clear air, climate change, safe drinking water, renewable energy and hazardous materials.

“If we can get a few more people at the table, voting in the same way, or at least listening and willing to compromise, then I do think we can move forward with some of these things,” Kelly said.

“I really do. Because again, if you know you need the public to speak up no matter who their rep is, Democrat or Republican, to let them know what’s going on in their lives and the suffering … And with the “ugly bill” [Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’] passed, you know things are not going to get better.”