To End 'New Gilded Age,' House Progressives Unveil Bill to Raise Federal Minimum Wage to $25 Per Hour | Common Dreams
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​"We need an economy that reflects the realities of 2026, not one stuck over a decade ago," said the newly sworn-in Rep. Analilia Mejía, who helped lead the campaign to raise wages in her home state of New Jersey.
  • TammyTobacco@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    6 days ago

    It’s putting a bandaid on a life threatening wound. The minimum wage needs raised, but that won’t help anything long term.

    • Squizzy@lemmy.world
      33·
      5 days ago

      Perfection is the enemy of good, or in this case progress.

      There will be no single piece of legislation to fix everything. There will be lots and this is one.

      • _‌_反いじめ戦隊@ani.socialEnglish
        32·
        5 days ago

        The enemy of cures is symptom relief.

        No single Representative FPtP Elector will fix the distance from civilian emancipation of capitalist slavery.
        Guillotine stifflers of progress