TIL Minimum wage has only increased by $7.00 in 85 years in the USA.
TIL Minimum wage has only increased by $7.00 in 85 years in the USA.
Upon inception it was set at $0.25. It is now $7.25.
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And we are in by far the longest stretch of no increase. Thanks biden and democrats.
don't blame them. you need the white house, the house, and 60 votes in the senate to get most legislation through and into law.
Facts? We don't need no stinkin' facts. /s
60 votes thanks to democrats being fine with the filibuster. They had the ability to get rid of it in favor of simple majority.
Lmao Biden and the Democrats? Are you high? Part of Bidens covid relief bill included a $15 minimum wage. It was struck out of the bill by a vote of 58-42. A grand total of 7(well, 6, since Sinema isn't a Dem anymore and never really was) democrats voted against it. EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN voted against it.
Now tell me, why is it "Biden and the Democrats" fault when they actually try to improve things but fail(even if the 6/7 nay dems had voted yeah, that's still at best 49 yeahs), but never Republicans fault when they actually DO vote in lockstep to prevent any democrat endorsed legislation from passing, and when a significant percentage of them are actively trying to strip rights away from people?
Oh, I forgot to mention; while Biden doesn't have the executive power to unilaterally raise the national minimum wage, he DOES have the power to raise the minimum wage for employees of the federal government, which... he did.
The Democrats aren't going to achieve their stated goals unless they either curbstomp the republican party or start acting like a unified team with unified goals and don't let individual representatives vote against the party on big bills. Republicans are in lockstep and only need the slightest majority to get sweeping changes through, and Democrats will keep failing until they either do the same or somehow destroy the republican party, and I don't see either happening anytime soon
Ya, I would say I lean that direction on many issues but the party is such a disaster. I have to think it's intentional how ineffective they are.
I forgot to mention; while Biden doesn't have the executive power to unilaterally raise the national minimum wage
Irrelevant after all the shit Trump pushed through with EOs. Biden could absolutely use Executive powers to raise the minimum wage
Oh right, that time we learned the senate parliamentarian exists. The convenient scapegoat for why dems failed again.
Republicans are shit, but republicans lost. This was a wholy dem controlled government, theres no one left to blame but dems.
This was a wholy dem controlled government
Composition of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2023, by party affiliation
The 118th Congress was sworn-in in January 2023, with the Republicans holding a majority with 222 seats. In this year, the Democratic Party was in control of the Senate and the Presidency.
Another view on the same facts...
118th Congress House Lineup: 221 Republicans, 212 Democrats, 2 Vacancies
117th congress
And we are in by far the longest stretch of no increase. Thanks biden and democrats.
The 118th Congress could do something about that today.
That statement was true for the 117th congress as well, when they controlled both legislatures and the presidency. Theyre not getting another chance like that.
Trolls gonna troll
If that were true, we'd expect to see red states with higher minimum wages than blue states, no?
I aint mentioned republicans. Them being shit doesnt give dems a pass to also be shit
This shouldn't be an unpopular opinion. We should be holding all appointed politicians liable.