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To End ‘New Gilded Age,’ House Progressives Unveil Bill to Raise Federal Minimum Wage to $25 Per Hour (www.commondreams.org)

submitted 6 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/workreform@lemmy.world

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[–] voxthefox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Good start, but if they think this is going to end this absolutely insane wealth disparity they have another thing coming.

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[+] LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

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[–] DishaweslemOride@lemmy.org 5 points 6 months ago

$1bn per year working 40 hours a week is 19,231 times more than 25

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[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 23 points 6 months ago (3 children)

No one policy is going to do that on its own. Criticizing one that that would help because it's not all the things, is fucking stupid

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[–] Psionicsickness@reddthat.com 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Criticizing it because it will never pass and it’s just a sham they are selling so you vote for their genocidal asses is not fucking stupid.

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[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 8 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Repeatedly saying "this won't pass" Everytime a fix is proposed GIVES THEM PERMISSION TO NOT PASS IT.

You're telling politicians that you won't get mad at them for blocking it. You've already accepted defeat. Stop it.

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[–] Psionicsickness@reddthat.com 5 points 6 months ago

Who the fuck accepted defeat? I just got another weapon two days ago, and trained someone new on its use yesterday. What the fuck are you doing?

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[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

It's not a good start, we all know this is election year pandering they will go no where

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[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 47 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Always talking about minimums, but never maximums.

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[–] DishaweslemOride@lemmy.org 12 points 6 months ago

Same party of billionaires.

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[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 12 points 6 months ago*

Set the maximum to a factor of the lowest. Want to pay yourself more? Great! Go ahead! You just have to make sure you pay all your employees enough too.

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[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 11 points 6 months ago

would be a welcomed change, but won't happen.

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[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

It must be an election year

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