Bezos, Walmart, Mcd's, all sickening. Fuck them. These corporations are bleeding their employees and our country to death.

21 states have starting pay above $7.25p.h
(De is $8.25 Me is $11, Az is $12). That leaves 29 states that Don't pay above the Federal Minimum. I live in Mass, our minimum went up to $13 on January 1st. Our 2 Senators still Voted in favor of Raising the minimum wage. Cause you know, people Deserve a living wage even in Red States. But yeah, keep apologizing for Moderate Dems lack of spine and foresight.

Btw New Hampshire minimum wage is $7.25..

@Charlene well then I got bad information because this is what was reported on progressive radio. Arizona is $12.15, Delaware is $10.25 and Maine is $12.15. I can’t speak to NH except their state motto is Live Free or Die so you get the gist.

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You know the bill raised the wage over 5 years, right? It doesn’t start at $15! Personally I think it should much be higher now and tied to cost of living.

@Killtheskyfairy agree that it should absolutely start, immediately at $15, and advance to $24ph over 5 years. Hell a can of Diced Tomatoes costs nearly $2 bucks, a Gallon of milk is over $4 and rents here in the Boston area Start at $1200 monthly for a 1 bedroom..

@Killtheskyfairy hey, no dissing the great state oh NH!

The minimum wage should be indexed so it gets adjusted yearly. That way we don’t get into this non-stop bs every few years.

@Charlene yes and we rely on all the temp visa workers we can get because they will work, the majority of young people will not do hospitality work to any degree of success

When it comes to issues of money and class, there really is no difference, which is why 80 million eligible voters drop out.

Bullshit! The parties are polar opposites and people who say otherwise are ignorant idiots.

Everything has shifted drastically towards the Right, the biggest jump was Raygunomics (Reagan). Income disparity has accelerated with the pandemic.

@Killtheskyfairy Indeed, we now have Center and Right!

@MizJ I disagree. The Democrats may have come to the center but the republicans are so far right they are still the opposite.

@Killtheskyfairy Sorry but I think @MizJ has it right. The Dems are still afraid of being labeled "socialist" and, naturally, are just as susceptible to the influence of big money as anyone would be in a system that is based on electing whoever has the best PR. You have to remember that the system was designed by the wealthy, many of whom were slaveholders, to protect their interests. FDR s the closest we ever came to recognizing the value of average citizens, and they've been trying to rescind every progressive program ever since.

@Killtheskyfairy Yes, the entire spectrum has shifted to the Right. What was Right previously is now the FAR Right. That is what neoliberalism has done for us.

@MizJ Blah, blah, blah! I have said the same for years but still no reason to say both parties are the same when they are not.

@Killtheskyfairy I didn't say they were the same. One is Far Right, the other Center.

@MizJ you responded to my answer that both parties were not the same. All the arguments you made were just preaching to the choir if you look at my profile.

@Killtheskyfairy I don't recall having to read one's profile in order to properly respond?

@MizJ nobody said you did but you didn’t respond to my what I wrote so there’s that...

@Killtheskyfairy Note that I did NOT say both parties ARE the same - I said: "people think..." And many people do; this is an example of why they might think so. But I DO think neither party truly deserves the description "leftist" or "progressive" anymore. So claiming they are polar opposites would be incorrect, it would be like claiming a Porsche and a Yugo were polar opposites when the polar opposite of owning a Porsche is having no car at all!

@1BrentMichael great double speak and wiggle words. We can all see what you wrote so don’t lecture me about anything.

Unfortunately, the neoliberals (of both parties ) still rule.
They way I see it, the dems screw over the citizens then lie about trying to help.
The repuglicans screw over the citizens, and don’t even care enough to lie about it....

@Killtheskyfairy Apparently you ignored my original comment - or you just are having trouble with understanding that "opposite" does not mean "opposite in the current spectrum, which only includes the middle-to-far right parts of the complete spectrum."

No double-speak, no wiggle words. Just your erroneous use of "polar opposites."

@1BrentMichael more mansplaining about definition of polar opposites? . I guess the current actions in Congress are going right over your head. [nj.com]

@Killtheskyfairy What does my gender have to do with your inability to understand English? Is MizJ also "mansplaining?" It's not "mansplaining" when you are obviously ignorant, which would be the case regardless of your gender.

@Killtheskyfairy Oh, and before you call somebody an "ignorant idiot," look in the mirror!

@1BrentMichael more whataboutism from the floriduh mansplainer who can’t see a difference in the political parties despite the example given. You are an ignorant idiot based on your past remarks and I’d avoid a mirror if I looked like you.

@Killtheskyfairy Are you a tRumpanzee? You sound just like him!