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Democrats Should Constantly Talk About a Minimum Wage Hike (jacobin.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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An obvious way to win the support of the working class is to support some actual pro-worker policies. An obvious starting point: raising the minimum wage, and well above $15 an hour.

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[–] Zier@fedia.io 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

$20-22.00/hr is the minimum a human needs to be able to live in the US, full time employment.

[–] EndRedStateSubsidies@leminal.space 4 points 2 weeks ago

Too bad the only people that matter are corporations.

[–] EndRedStateSubsidies@leminal.space 5 points 2 weeks ago

People should constantly talk about Democrats being controlled opposition unwilling to speak against the wealthy.

[–] HorreC@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

You mean cost those that they work for more, no no no. The worker class needs to hush while those who pay for their congressional puppets play the game.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

That didn't work before, and it's unlikely to work again so long as conflicting messages persist.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

Is this the Democrats as in the guys who used to compete for votes in America when it was a republic?