"There’s not one U.S. city or county where someone working a 40-hr wk on min wage of $7.25 can afford to rent a modest 2-bed apartment. Minimum wage workers need to work 3 full time jobs to make modest 2-bed rental home affordable." - National Low Income Housing Coalition Report

Jul 12, 2019 · 3:24 PM UTC

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People who are living this don’t need to be told this
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But people who are not living this DO need to be told.
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In the richest country in the world- 40% of American People are struggling to make ends meet. Booming Economy? Perhaps- But for whom? Under a Williamson Administration- “All People Feast At The Table.” Marianne2020.com/issues
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On top of that, most of these job openings are part-time with zero benefits. No vacation or sick time, no health care, no retirement.
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There are so many bright, talented children & adults with hopes & dreams & ideas & courage that live without the means to live in safe homes, receive equal education or execute their dream. I support @marwilliamson because she’s the candidate who gets that #bigtruth #Marianne2020
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Besides raising minimum wage, we may want see what we can do about lowering the housing market prices....
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Yes. What are you going to do about it? Call the president of New Zealand and say, "Girll?"
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and the reality is they're all servicing the next class up which makes 5-10x as much as them whilst providing their services to the next class up which makes more but serves no one.. it's a broken hierarchical system that will simply self destruct if it isn't aligned with progess
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