Can we at least acknowledge that a one-wage-fits-all U.S. minimum is a pretty strange concept given the cost of living in places like SF, NYC or DC and big cities in general is wildly out of whack with the COL in, say, Marlinton, W.Va.? Or is the idea that those municipalities can then use that at a baseline to go to $20, $25 on their own? I don't know how you fix it otherwise.
I was thinking the same thing. It doesn't raise taxes, so it isn't like Manchin could object by saying it would be unfair for West Virginians to have to pay taxes to benefit residents in other states. The only argument is that it hurts employers. So, great, WV employers are exempt.
Look, Honey! When I bend over to pick up this dollar bill it jumps further away as if it's tied to the end of some prankster's string! I wonder how long I'll be willing to keep hoping I catch it on the next try?Grow up, Darling. You knew that dollar bill was tied to a string, it always is. You ought to be grateful for the "benefits" they give you to make up for the less-than subsistence wages they pay you to go to work.
The minimum wages is the minimum, not a prescribed wage for everyone. Employers in expensive areas will likely have to go higher. And, in the past, when the minimum wage has gone up that has put pressure on higher wages to go up too.
Glad to see the photo credit. I'd just left a VOCAL-NY meetup in Brooklyn the day I reversed an overdose, diagonally across from the Cherry Tree in Brooklyn, where the party was held. I was so enthusiastic about harm reduction that I'm sure it influenced my job interview the next day, where I'm working now.
Past time to blow up the filibuster. Dems win the popular vote like 85% of the past 30 years. We represent the majority of Americans. So even if the GOP can cheat and suppress enough votes to win now and then, our policies will be implemented far more often. Stop coddling the Republicans. They never, EVER, return the favor. It’s time to be loyal to progressive Americans and forget compromising with the racist, sexist, dishonest, antiquated minority.
The politcal incentive will go poof in four or eight years anyway, you cannot assume permanence in political will, that is why you make laws that have long lasting effects like indexing.
The Democrats and Republicans each function like coalitions of smaller parties already. Splitting the Democrats into the Progressive Party, the Civil Rights Party, the Blue Dog Party, and the Centrist Party wouldn't make things all that much different than how things are now, except that it would be terrible in the absence of ranked choice voting.
You are far from the only one wondering that, if Twitter is anything to judge by.
https://ripmedicaldebt.org/... maybe they can help. Utah is one of the "hot spots" for medical debt.
So sorry.
I assume it did seem fair to you when the same person shot down an attempt to destroy the ACA through reconciliation under the Republicans in 2017.
Can we at least acknowledge that a one-wage-fits-all U.S. minimum is a pretty strange concept given the cost of living in places like SF, NYC or DC and big cities in general is wildly out of whack with the COL in, say, Marlinton, W.Va.? Or is the idea that those municipalities can then use that at a baseline to go to $20, $25 on their own? I don't know how you fix it otherwise.
Not hi-speed rail. Finishing BART. Also, probably not suitable for reconciliation.
I was thinking the same thing. It doesn't raise taxes, so it isn't like Manchin could object by saying it would be unfair for West Virginians to have to pay taxes to benefit residents in other states. The only argument is that it hurts employers. So, great, WV employers are exempt.
Look, Honey! When I bend over to pick up this dollar bill it jumps further away as if it's tied to the end of some prankster's string! I wonder how long I'll be willing to keep hoping I catch it on the next try?Grow up, Darling. You knew that dollar bill was tied to a string, it always is. You ought to be grateful for the "benefits" they give you to make up for the less-than subsistence wages they pay you to go to work.
Mark my word, if there is no $15 minimum then the Democrats will lose the House in 2022.
Not if they can powerfully message that it was the Repubs who wouldn't pass it.
The minimum wages is the minimum, not a prescribed wage for everyone. Employers in expensive areas will likely have to go higher. And, in the past, when the minimum wage has gone up that has put pressure on higher wages to go up too.
Keeping it simple makes it more likely to work.
Glad to see the photo credit. I'd just left a VOCAL-NY meetup in Brooklyn the day I reversed an overdose, diagonally across from the Cherry Tree in Brooklyn, where the party was held. I was so enthusiastic about harm reduction that I'm sure it influenced my job interview the next day, where I'm working now.
Past time to blow up the filibuster. Dems win the popular vote like 85% of the past 30 years. We represent the majority of Americans. So even if the GOP can cheat and suppress enough votes to win now and then, our policies will be implemented far more often. Stop coddling the Republicans. They never, EVER, return the favor. It’s time to be loyal to progressive Americans and forget compromising with the racist, sexist, dishonest, antiquated minority.
Automatic indexing is essential. Get that one at all cost.
The politcal incentive will go poof in four or eight years anyway, you cannot assume permanence in political will, that is why you make laws that have long lasting effects like indexing.
You can't have centrists in a two party system. Fix that problem first and then a centrist party (or three) will pop up.
The Democrats and Republicans each function like coalitions of smaller parties already. Splitting the Democrats into the Progressive Party, the Civil Rights Party, the Blue Dog Party, and the Centrist Party wouldn't make things all that much different than how things are now, except that it would be terrible in the absence of ranked choice voting.