What happened to raising the minimum wage to $15? There’s currently no place in America where someone can rent a two bedroom apartment working 40 hours a week at minimum wage job. $780B/yr to the military … yet we can’t provide our own people with a way to make a decent living.

Nov 15, 2021 · 11:26 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
Not just working class. Kids coming out of college finding $35-40,000/yr barely cuts it in urban areas.
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$780B per year and HAS been for EVER!!!! Old white dudes! @DeptofDefense 🤮
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Replying to @marwilliamson @88Lucien88
The Democratic Party makes a list of shit they are never going to do and they call it their Platform
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Replying to @marwilliamson
$15/hr isn't even the living wage anymore in much of the US. That's how long 'the fight for 15' has been going on...
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Replying to @marwilliamson
They are calling pandemic-induced price increases "Inflation!!! 😱💀" as a justification for why it would be irresponsible to put more money in the hands of those who would spend it.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
It's $1.7 trillion to war-related spending every year. Pentagon is only a small part. Also, real inflation is something like 27%, so $15 with no automatic yearly increases tied to inflation is totally insufficient already. $22-25 would be more realistic to survive on.
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I don’t get it either. It would solve so many problems right now.
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What happened to LEGALIZING MARIJUANA
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Replying to @marwilliamson @stephensemler
That's what happened
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You can’t even rent a studio apartment on min wage in all major cities where most people live.
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