decade – Busy Bid

The $ 7.25/hour minimum wage hasn’t increased in more than a decade. That’s unjust.

Millions of Americans are struggling to provide support for their families—they need a living wage now. #RaiseTheWage

— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) April 12, 2021

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Flash News

@elan_liz: A Valley healthcare company is traveling to businesses to vaccinate employees. So convenient! I’ll have the deets at 5:30pm on 3TV

@FundForHumanity: America’s farmers became workers in the exploding manufacturing economy which was able to absorb millions. In 2021, there is no equivalent sector that is creating that many jobs. At the end of 2020, Alphabet (Google’s parent company) had 135,301 full-time employees.

@RoKhanna: Today marks D.C. Emancipation Day. As we honor the more than 3,000 slaves freed in D.C., it’s important to remember that our work continues over 159 years later.Representation is essential to freedom. Let’s keep fighting for #DCStatehood.

@Booker4KY: Poverty is an unbearably expensive and unsustainable economic model in our country. We literally cannot afford it.

@PramilaJayapal: President Biden promised to restore our humanity. With this, he’s broken that promise.We can’t turn our back on refugees around the world. The President needs to raise the cap now.

@RBReich: Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.–Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

@ewarren: We can’t wait for the next mass shooting to finally pass common-sense gun violence prevention measures. Washington must act now.

@ProjectLincoln: Jan 6, 5:40PM: National Guard and Capitol Police conduct sweep of Capitol grounds to evacuate any remaining staff and search for any rioters still on federal property. #RelivingJan6 #TheBigLie #Jan6NeverAgain

@VP: Our nation grieves with the families who lost loved ones in Indianapolis and we pray that those who were wounded recover quickly. As I said last week, we’ve had more tragedy than we can bear and solutions to prevent gun violence exist. @POTUS and I urge Congress to act.

@BinItalia: Press conference at the occupy #GlobeTheatre in Rome with the workers in culture, arts and entertainment, also for a #UniversalBasicIncome for all! universal and unconditional basic income against pandemic and social crisis #basicincome #ubi

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@RoKhanna: The $7.25/hour minimum wage hasn’t increased in more than a decade. That’s unjust.Millions of Americans are struggling to provide support for their families—they need a living wage now. #RaiseTheWage

@kylegriffin1: The White House is considering a pledge to cut U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions by 50% or more by the end of the decade, a target that would nearly double the country’s previous commitment.