Excellent:💙⚡️”Weekend reading: my essay on why it's time for #Democrats to break with incrementalism and propose solutions that are as big as the problems people are facing - like a $25 minimum wage.”
-Sen Murphy
#LivingWage #Oligarchs #Walmart #Inequality #Elections #USPol
https://www.chrismurphyct.com/p/democrats-must-propose-solutions
Democrats Must Propose Solutions as Big as the Problems Americans are Facing

It’s past time we rewrite the rules of our economy.

Chris Murphy's Substack
"Independent financial analysis found that for every €1 Ireland invested in the artists during the three-year pilot, €1.39 was returned to the economy through their taxes, spending, and decreased welfare payments and administrative costs." #livingWage
Oklahoma Republicans fought to keep workers at $7.25, a poverty wage frozen since 2009. MAGA Gov. Stitt buried the vote in a low turnout primary on purpose. Cruelty is the policy. Had voters turned out, the wage would have climbed to $15 by 2029. #RaiseTheWage #LivingWage

Yo, Mutherfucker! Your servers aren't indentured servants or slaves. If you can't afford to pay them a living wage, you shouldn't be running a restaurant.

#tipping #greed #LivingWage

Polls are open in Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, and Washington, D.C. Get out and vote. Oklahoma’s wage has been frozen at $7.25 since 2009, and MAGA Republican leaders want to keep it there. Vote yes on SQ 832 for a $15 wage, and vote Democratic. #GOTV #RaiseTheWage #LivingWage #MinimumWageEarners
Massachusetts became the first state with a #MinimumWage on #ThisDayInHistory in 1912. As markets offer the lowest wage they can, and since our #unions are too weak to fight capital and the desperate will take what they must, such laws are useful but must be set to a #LivingWage.

The minimum wage was designed to be a universal living wage.
But over time, the system shifted — not by accident, but by policy choices. #wages #livingwage #minimumwage

https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/05/30/%f0%9f%a7%a9-the-system-allowed-employers-to-choose-profits-over-living-wages/

đź§© The System Allowed Employers to Choose Profits Over Living Wages

…and it reshaped the entire economy around labor extraction The minimum wage was designed to be a universal living wage.But over time, the system shifted — not by accident, but by policy choices. T…

Survivor Literacy
Gen Z can’t afford $15 drinks on a $7.25/hr wage — frozen since 2009, the longest stretch in US history. Republicans blocked every raise. Trump already cut wages for federal workers. Some Republicans want the minimum wage gone. #RaiseTheWage #LivingWage #VoteBlue #Vote🍺
News Summary: UK Comics Market Grows 14%; Survey Shows Creators Struggle Despite Industry Boom https://selfpublishingadvice.org/uk-comics-market-grows/ #self-publishingcomics #creativeeconomy #commissionwork #UKcomicsmarket #creatorincome #graphicnovels #livingwage #AIthreat #News
UK Comics Market Grows 14%

UK comics market grows 14% in 2025. Survey shows 89% of traditional creators earn below living wage despite industry boom.

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