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In reply to the discussion: If HRC is nominated WITHOUT a primary challenge: [View all]Just for Fun
(149 posts)Today's Democratic Party is the 1980s Moderate Republican Party.
It's not what we want right now, any more Hillary Clinton, and we are forced to go more to the right, and I, for one, am SICK of dealing with the right spectrum, and would prefer to deal with the left spectrum where social justice, equal rights and higher wages are progressive issues, and we haven't seen those in a long time up for discussion.
Last Congressional action for wages was 2009, and it was still a piddly raise.
My wife gets $8.08 and is required to get another 23 cent raise to reach minimum wage for 2015 because Colorado raised the minimum wage to 8.23, and it's still not enough.
I am all for $15 minimum wage, though, and so does nearly 75% of the Americans, and CEO's can cut their ridiculous salaries to 10:1 of the highest earning ratio. In other words, if the highest minimum wage worker makes $17.000 A YEAR, then the CEO cannot earn any more than $170,000 a year. If they want more money in their pockets, RAISE the minimum wage - easy enough.