When the min wage "comes back up" again there will be even less incentive to pass it.
The fact that the COVID bill AND the #FightFor15 are popular is why both should be pushed now.
The pressure should be on those *against* a $15 min wage to justify tanking COVID relief over it
The fact that the COVID bill AND the #FightFor15 are popular is why both should be pushed now.
The pressure should be on those *against* a $15 min wage to justify tanking COVID relief over it
https://twitter.com/jalexa1218/status/1367925881637863439
Instead, corporate Democrats are *thrilled* that, by decoupling the $15 min wage from the COVID bill, the parliamentarian has provided cover for their lack of commitment to a living wage. Now they have cover to avoid campaigning Manchin/Sinema and upsetting the donor base.
No one is "moving goal posts." People with experience on the hill understand that the conditions during the next reconciliation process will make a $15 min wage *less* likely to pass, not more. And some of us are unwilling to negotiate with -- say it with me -- A LIVING WAGE.
We *literally* just went through this with the last COVID bill. Lots of folks says "well get to the other stuff in the next bill." Meanwhile, they had no trouble setting the stage for the largest upward transfer of wealth in American history.
"Put the bill with $15 minimum wage on the floor and make Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema vote against this package with funding for COVID vaccines, $1400 checks, and the unemployment extension. Make them vote against it." #ForceTheVote @BadFaithPod
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