Today Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Rep. George Miller (D-California) plan to introduce legislation that would raise the minimum wage from the current $7.25 to $10.10. Minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 since 2009, when it was signed into law by George. W. Bush. In his 2013 State of the Union address. Obama called [...]
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Obama SOTU Turns Emotional on Gun Safety “Deserve a Vote” Chant [Full Remarks]
“President Obama made clear tonight that he will continue fighting to create jobs, rebuild our economy, and strengthen America’s middle class. All of us should work together to reduce gun violence in our communities and invest in our future – in education, infrastructure, and research. We will need a balanced approach to our budget, one [...]
News Desk: Claire McCaskill Ad Hits Todd Akin on Social Security, Minimum Wage, and “Legitimate Rape”
THIS AD is strong, to the point and uses Todd Akin’s own words to make the case he’s bad for Missourians. It begins with Akin on Social Security, then on Medicare, then on the minimum wage, and yes, it goes to Akin’s insulting legitimate rape comments. This is one race where I’m actually rooting for [...]
What Romney and Obama Aren’t Talking About: $7.25 vs. $4326 Per Hour Wage Gap
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Talking about the minimum wage is just boring. Like talking about poverty. And talking about the consistently widening gap between the consistently increasing number of millions of people living in poverty, and the consistently increasing wealth of a tiny number of people living in unimaginable [...]
Mitt Romney Minute: Serve Him Some of Those Grits Ya’ll
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. Mitt is channeling his inner Paula Deen in the South. “Morning, ya’ll,” Romney told a campaign rally on Friday in Jackson, Mississippi. “I got started this morning right with a biscuit and some cheesy grits.” Too bad Santorum can’t find his populist groove against Mittens. Mitt [...]
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