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To End 'New Gilded Age,' House Progressives Unveil Bill to Raise Federal Minimum Wage to $25 Per Hour (www.commondreams.org)

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[–] BenevolentOne@infosec.pub 5 points 2 days ago

Weirdly, giving people money to spend props up the businesses that depend on people spending money. Who knew? (Besides Keynes, FDR's entire cabinet, and anyone who's read a macro textbook since 1945.