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cer7711

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37. Great suggestions! Back it up with policy.
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 12:32 PM
11 hrs ago

Adocate for policy that resonates with the working class, not the donor class.
(I said nothing here about immediately passing such legislation. FIGHT for it!--regardless of whether or not such legislation might pass in the short term. Play the long game, as our ideological opponents do.)

Index the minimum wage to inflation and immediately raise it by $10 an hour to make up for lost time and stolen wages.
Give us a viable and affordable public option.
Speak out for paid family leave.
Eliminate the ceiling on taxes NOT paid into social security by high earners.
Consider a universal basic income to eliminate a mish-mash of stop-gap food, utility and education benefits meant to amelioarte economic injustice and oppression.

These policies/legislation would constitue a good start toward reversing the acceleration of wealth toward the top 1% of the 1%.

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Great suggestions! Back it up with policy. cer7711 11 hrs ago #37
These ideas are a good start! calimary 9 hrs ago #42
If the Dem's don't do it, I'm sure Rick Wilson will think of something along those lines. The sad fact is that over the Fil1957 9 hrs ago #41
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