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    5 months ago

    Including. Mine, but that leaves out almost half the states. Sometimes politics is about compromise, and a compromise to at least restore purchasing power is better than a living wages ideal that never happens

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      5 months ago

      That’s defeatist thinking. The fact of the matter is that the Democratic party needs to get much better at their messaging. Right now far too many people think that higher minimum wage would completely disrupt business across the board. And that’s because the Republicans have been propagandizing that idea for the last three decades. We need to counter that argument and we have facts on our side but they need to be couched in something other than a finger wagging liberal politician on television or at a podium.

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        5 months ago

        At this point, peer pressure should be sufficient. I just read here 30 states have higher than the federal minimum wage, so how does that not translate into a 60% vote for at least whichever of those 30 is lowest?

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          Do not underestimate the power of media control. The corporations own not just the conservative media outlets but the so-called liberal ones as well.