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A Boring Dystopia

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Really shows where their priorities are, doesn't it? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/government-contracts/minimum-wage

Obama issued an executive order to raise the wages of federal contractors to a minimum of $12.15/hr after the Pelosi/Schumer Congress fumbled the ball. Biden was reluctantly unopposed to signing a $15/min national bill, until the Manchin/Sinema Senate quashed it back in '21.

And it should be noted that the Min Wage hike Bush signed was only on his desk when Pelosi stapled it to the Bank Bailout of '08.

So this isn't a Dem/Rep thing, so much as it is a particular moment of convenience when certain progressive politicians can choose to exert leverage over their more conservative colleagues.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

Pelosi/Schumer Congress fumbled the ball. Biden was reluctantly unopposed to signing a $15/min national bill, until the Manchin/Sinema Senate quashed it back in '21.

Of course Pelosi and Schumer "fumbled" it...that's because that's what they really wanted. And Biden, even though he said he would do that, he won't.

When Biden was running in the primary, he said outright that he'd veto medicare for all if it ever got to his desk. Does that sound like someone who would raise wages?