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Donkees

(31,392 posts) Wed Feb 24, 2021, 04:54 AM Feb 2021

Bernie Sanders on Raising the Minimum Wage, Big Lies from Republicans & Biden's Health Care Plan

Bernie talks about Ted Cruz’s Cancun trip, being the chairman of the Budget Committee, trying to raise the minimum wage to $15 and the incredible amount of people in America living on starvation wages, budget reconciliation, getting vaccinated, working with President Biden on health care, the need to transform our climate change policies, and how he deals with Republican colleagues spreading big lies.

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Bernie Sanders on Raising the Minimum Wage, Big Lies from Republicans & Biden's Health Care Plan (Original Post) Donkees Feb 2021 OP

To the question of how long he's been trying to get the minimum wage raised federally, he betsuni Feb 2021 #1

So the $15 minimum wage wasn't his idea. Interesting. George II Feb 2021 #2

Still under $11 in Vermont MichMan Feb 2021 #3

$11.75 on Jan. 1, $12.55 by 2022 ... Donkees Feb 2021 #4

betsuni

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1. To the question of how long he's been trying to get the minimum wage raised federally, he

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Wed Feb 24, 2021, 05:22 AM

Feb 2021

answered 2016.

The Fight for Fifteen movement began in 2012 and spread around the country. Seattle passed a $15 minimum wage in 2014. This was not a radical new idea in 2016.