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qwlauren35

(6,300 posts) Sun Mar 22, 2020, 09:29 PM Mar 2020

Whatever happened to $15/hr? [View all]

I hear so much about Medicare for All that I stopped hearing about raising the minimum wage.

I don't know why.

Four years ago, it was so high on the agenda. Every candidate was talking about it. Now, not so much.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Whatever happened to $15/hr? [View all] qwlauren35 Mar 2020 OP

Biden has made it clear it's a staple of his campaign relayerbob Mar 2020 #1

I looked on his website qwlauren35 Mar 2020 #3

https://joebiden.com/empowerworkers/ relayerbob Mar 2020 #4

Here it is from your link Alex4Martinez Mar 2020 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author qwlauren35 Mar 2020 #9

Thank you very much. qwlauren35 Mar 2020 #12

$15 minimum wage was in the 2016 platform. Not Bernie's idea, he got it from Fight for Fifteen. betsuni Mar 2020 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author qwlauren35 Mar 2020 #7

Also relayerbob Mar 2020 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author qwlauren35 Mar 2020 #8

Because this is an argument that ended 4 years ago? relayerbob Mar 2020 #10

Since several weeks ago, those $12 - $17 an hour jobs everyone has criticized are the good ole days. Hoyt Mar 2020 #2

Those are the people we're counting on to keep us supplied and fed right now. Funny, ain't it. Iggo Mar 2020 #13

It was NOT Sanders' idea NCProgressive Mar 2020 #17

He pushed it, and I'm no Sanders fan. Hoyt Mar 2020 #18

Elizabeth Warren's suggested bail-out restrictions included a $15/hr minimum wage for workers catrose Mar 2020 #11

Didn't it prove to not be effective? The higher costs just got rolled into the price of things Vivienne235729 Mar 2020 #14

Jobs are on furlough and that's on the back burer. brush Mar 2020 #15