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Hortensis

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16. Modest proposal: Stop listening to Sanders saying what is possible.

Reply to Tom Rinaldo (Original post)

Sat Mar 6, 2021, 04:38 PM

Mar 2021

I'm very angry with Sanders right now for not falling back to an @$11 raise that might have been possible through this bill. Whatever goal he's pursuing by refusing to do so, it's NOT getting more money to people in trouble who are currently earning $7.25.

As for the OP's proposal, that's apparently in line with most approaches.

But the Republicans have always blocked MW increases. I really hope BEFORE the 2022 midterms we can somehow achieve a sizable increase, mostly likely the only way Democrats have gotten all previous MW increases through. After, who knows who will control either house? That successful method would require a situation where they MUST pass a bill that we've slipped a MW provision into.

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A modest proposal regarding raising the minimum wage. [View all] Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 OP

Just make it equal to the buying power of the original minimum wage: about $15.00/hr. marble falls Mar 2021 #1

Sure, great idea. Can you, as Captain Picard would say, "make it so"? Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #2

That's exactly how it's going to happen in the end. Just like Medicare happened, like SSI happened . marble falls Mar 2021 #5

Agreed. Meanwhile I was envisioning how millions of workers could get their first raise NOW Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #8

The buying power of the original minimum wage is about $4.64 GregariousGroundhog Mar 2021 #17

Of course in 1968 "they" said the minimum wage was to help teenagers get trained on their 1st job Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #24

Typo. The min wage would have reached $15 in 2022/23 IIRC...nt Wounded Bear Mar 2021 #3

Where do you get that. I keep seeing 2025 Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #6

You may be right, but your post reads 2015... Wounded Bear Mar 2021 #7

Aha! So it did, in one place yes... Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #9

The prior House bill isn't really relevant. TwilightZone Mar 2021 #4

AMERICAN CongressPersons and Senators should be mandated N E 1 Mar 2021 #10

I understand what you're saying DesertRat Mar 2021 #15

An Excellent Idea, And A Sound Policy, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2021 #11

Raise the Wage Act 2021 Schedule: Donkees Mar 2021 #12

Thanks for that info. I didn't know where to look for it... Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #13

Bernie introduced this same bill in the last Congress, but McConnell just stalled it ... Donkees Mar 2021 #14

Modest proposal: Stop listening to Sanders saying what is possible. Hortensis Mar 2021 #16

Yes, slipping a minimum wage increase into a defense spending bill is probably the easiest route GregariousGroundhog Mar 2021 #18

:) Ah, 1968 (actually 69). I was paid $0.13/hour as a 17-year-old waitress Hortensis Mar 2021 #19

Who knows what he might have accepted IF the Senate parliamentarian gave a green light to inclusion Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #20

If we'd disregarded the parliamentarian, it would have gone to a vote Hortensis Mar 2021 #23

Self Delete. Mistakenly posted n/t Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #21

Self Delete. Mistakenly posted n/t Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #22