A pair of progressive Democrats unveiled a bill on Tuesday that would raise the federal minimum wage to $25 per hour, considered the bare minimum a single adult needs to meet the cost of living in much of the US.
The Living Wage For All Act is the first bill to be introduced by the newly sworn-in Rep. Analilia Mejía (D-NJ), who won a special election earlier this month after helping to lead the fight for a $15 minimum wage in her home state of New Jersey.
We need a federal minimum wage that increases with inflation every year as a default.
If your wages aren’t keeping up with inflation, you’re taking a pay cut, every year — for the same (or let’s be real, slightly more) expected workload.
It’s time for the work force in this country to organize and stand united as a whole.
A thousand rich people cannot withstand the might of 300 million working voters.
Yeah that’s not gonna happen. It makes too much sense. The Democrats need one feel good piece of legislation every decade to show the poor that they give a shit about them and raising minimum wage is that legislation.
For a short time, everyone gets fooled and thinks that Democrats actually give a shit about them. Meanwhile, for the next decade they just continue to fuck them in the ass until the next minimum wage increase they can pat themselves on the back.
It will happen if cynical/optimistic people like us find a way to make it happen.