“Anyone who has struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.” — James Baldwin I’m not poor, but I’m not rich; according to my W2, I’m middle-class. I’ve never had sleep for dinner, but I’m very familiar with poverty because I’ve witnessed it firsthand. In my neighborhood, nobody was “fly on […]
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Ralph Nader – Big Crony CEO Pay Grab–Effects Beyond Greed!
As the New Year gets underway, the highest-paid CEOs of many large corporations have already paid themselves more than the average worker will earn in the entire year! By the end of the first week of January, the highest-paid CEOs had already made as much as their average workers will earn over 8 years. An […]
From the Des Moines Register: Stories of People on the Minimum Wage.
News from Iowa: Minimum wage debate: Meet people living on it
The Hill – Time for every presidential candidate to support raising the wage
What do Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina all have in common? Besides being home to the first three presidential nominating contests, these states are also filled with minimum wage workers and voters who desperately need a raise. In a crowded field, raising the minimum wage is a smart issue for candidates who want to […]
Ralph Nader – Why Is the So-Called Congressional Freedom Caucus Frozen Against a Living Minimum Wage?
Check out Ralph’s column in The Huffington Post on the Freedom Caucus and the Minimum Wage
Washington Post: The big 2016 minimum wage push just got a powerful new ally
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/10/21/the-big-2016-minimum-wage-push-just-got-a-potentially-powerful-new-ally/