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Bernie Sanders Demands a $17 Minimum Wage as Trump’s Tariffs Embarrass GOP (truthout.org)

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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 34 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Just to be clear, this means that enough House Republicans defected to pass the bill but Senate Democrats killed it. These guys are literally worse than Republicans.

[–] TTH4P@lemm.ee 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Everytime I say this shit I get wrecked but it's true. Dems ALSO do not care about us at all.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Conveniently there's always enough traitor dems to make fascism win. But never enough collaboration to push the bar the other way.

Ratchet effect

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago

"No I voted for him, so he really cares about me as he votes to strip me of my rights and ignore my phone calls!"

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In 2021 the Democrats had a majority in the House.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 3 points 2 days ago

Okay that makes a lot more sense.