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Feb 17, 2021 • 19 tweets • 6 min read
To those who support #FightFor15, increasing the #MinimumWage and reducing #IncomeInequality: By 2025, the wage would have to be ~$20 to equal the $15 asked for when this began.
That's why we need to stop talking about a "minimum" wage and start talking about an #AmericanWage.
An #AmericanWage is the wage needed to provide for the basic needs of American life.
It clarifies to people of any political alignment or value system, that wages are meant to provide a standard of living adequate to all Americans.
Apr 16, 2020 • 34 tweets • 20 min read
@James80173070@RashidaTlaib 1/ Okay I can help with that. This will take several tweets to cover the basics, so bare with me.
How UBI works (in short):
So to start, an explanation ot the flow of currency: many people don't fully understand the flow of currency and how it actually moves in an economy...
@James80173070@RashidaTlaib 2/ Because of this, "fiscal conservatives" often talk about the importance of avoiding spending money on "wasteful programs". What they usually mean by wasteful is "spent on the poor" because they generally don't value the working poor. This is a group who understands currency's
