@CHartsfield4God@makeislamgoaway@UziCryptoo Again, there are large swaths of America where lots of jobs are minimum wage jobs that you would not expect to be.
Besides, once there is a minimum wage, it would make sense to adjust it with inflation, no? Just to keep it “the same”?
@quasi_mortal@TPP_MD The people who insisted in at the very least a public option were called “purists” who were making the perfect the enemy of the good.
@quasi_mortal@TPP_MD The ACA was going to expand coverage, but it had no built-in way to contain costs.
This was known and pointed out repeatedly at the time, but Obama struck a deal with pharmaceutical and insurance industries to mute their opposition in exchange.
@JSB48432751@RedDr0gon@UziCryptoo Or, make our own country better.
You don't get to decide. We all do.
Last election you got a taste of what Americans want.
@RedDr0gon@UziCryptoo And provides retirement, health insurance and child care to that McDonald's worker!
What does our income/sales tax mix provide our McDonald's worker with?
@TPP_MD Nobody serious thinks it's free. The assumption you're making is that there aren't serious professionals and academics behind the proposal who understand the details of the implementation.
@vicki4088389843@MajorityDems Ah, I see what you mean. It's definitely immoral, but I'm willing to admit some people will have immoral positions.
Cheers back!
@trouble_man90 DSA was 85% white in 2021. Now it's 60% white, and the non-white representation is growing as more and more POC join.
You know what _is_ mostly white? The group of billionaires paying for "centrist" think tanks and organizations that these talking points come from.