Labor Day reminder: If the min wage increased at the rate of inflation & productivity since 1960 it'd be $26 today—not $7.25. Meaning—billionaires & corps have stolen at least $19/hour from working Americans for 60 years.
That’s generational theft from the working class to keep people in poverty.
We don't suffer a lack of resources—but an excess of greed.
@StevenBarnhart @QasimRashid 1/3 earn less than $15 an hour, however, and setting the floor for legal wages so low depresses everyone’s pay.
Maybe post less knee-jerk cynicism? Rashid’s point is utterly valid… even before we consider outright wage THEFT (a larger number than all other forms of theft combined, and far less likely to result in jail time):
American workers are being robbed
@StevenBarnhart @QasimRashid Unlike your comments?
There’s a real dearth of understanding about the causes of widening inequality. Hint: it’s not some natural force, but policy decisions which have favored the upper 10% of wealthy Americans at the expense of everyone else… but most especially the poorest among us. And there’s a lot of disinformation out there (I see you, Chicago School of Economics!) making education an important precondition for activism.
And what do you think you are engaging in right now
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