Raising the U.S. Federal Minimum Wage Watch

[kingjones29]

Corporate Dems get paid to lose. Primary every one of the 8 when the time comes

Republicans will take back most of those seats if you do that.

 

[HiphopRelated]

Republicans will take back most of those seats if you do that.

What's the difference between being Republican and doing everything Republicans want?

You think Biden can go on the stump in 2022 talking bu bu bu but Republicans?

You have the numbers can't push policy that a significant % of the population wants? They'll get washed.

 

[Mook]

It is, like @nyknick said, most progressive policies are a comprimise.

The Defund the Police movement is actually a compromise from the original agenda.

Decriminalize drugs is also a compromise.

$15 minimum wage was started in 2008, and it was actually a "living wage," and not a minimum wage.

My only issue with AOC is to stop citing Scandanavia, but instead talk about the New Deal and returning to that period.

Those aren't progressive policies. Liberals and Dems are not progressives

 

[FAH1223]

 

[FAH1223]

 

[88m3]

I wonder if he believes half the shyt he says wtf lol

 

[88m3]

tell em' Bernard!

 

[Atlrocafella]

What's the difference between being Republican and doing everything Republicans want?

You think Biden can go on the stump in 2022 talking bu bu bu but Republicans?

You have the numbers can't push policy that a significant % of the population wants? They'll get washed.

It’s better to have corporate Dems than No Dems. There would be no Biden covid relief package if republicans had those seats.

 

[FAH1223]

 

[Payday23]

They'll raise it to $9-10 and both sides will claim victory

 

[TheDarceKnight]

The ratio

I'm so tired of the lip-service. Especially from her. She's got a love of nerve.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

It’s better to have corporate Dems than No Dems. There would be no Biden covid relief package if republicans had those seats.

It's very demoralizing though to be sold false hope, and to constantly have the bar for expectations lowered so drastically. I mean they fought about this damn relief bill for so long, and acted like 1400 was such a victory, when most developed nations have been taking care of their citizens monthly during this pandemic.

I get what you're saying. But it's getting unrelentingly depressing that even the progressive wing of the Democratic Party is basically just to the left of center in the rest of the developed world. We are so fare behind the curve. I mean Joe Biden just relieved less than 0.06% of the student debt in the U.S., and the media is acting like it's some giant standing applause worthy moment.

I'm so glad Trump is gone. Don't get me wrong. Anything is better than the last 4 years. But it's still a bummer that the Dems don't fight as hard as they should when they've got all the power.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

she said that in 2014?

 

[AquaCityBoy]

They still won't get the votes for $12. Corporate Dems are dumb as shyt.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

They still won't get the votes for $12. Corporate Dems are dumb as shyt.

At this point I'm surprised more aren't caving out of self-preservation. Something in this country has got to give. We're stretched to the limit. So many people are suffering out here. There's only so many table scraps people will eat.

I generally downplayed concerns last year of a true revolution or massive civil unrest on a large scale, because I thought if the Dems got elected that they'd at least have to push hard for some political layups. But they aren't really doing it. I also think modern Americans are too soft and too lazy to strap up and get busy. But last year got hotter than I expected it might, and human beings can only take so much. The United States is running an unsustainable system. Something is going to break. I'm not saying in 2022 or even 2024. But things are not trending in a direction that can be maintained for way too much longer.