Remember when FDR said?:

[Playinghardball]

[HappyPlace]

1. Where is Hillary Clinton on a $15/hour wage (which is still too low)?

.

“I support the local efforts that are going on that are making it possible for people working in certain localities to actually earn 15”

--response to a question from BuzzFeed News during a press availability in New Hampshire

Local efforts? Certain localities?

[hifiguy]

5. Some interns are shackled in the basement at Goldman

working on something calculated to fool the people while actually serving Goldman's interest and the interests of the rest of the plutocracy. Then it will be poll-tested, focus grouped and reviewed by Blankfein for acceptability.

These things take time.

[George II]

8. She has said several times that she supports the fight for a $15 minimum wage, especially in the....

...fast food industry.

[Autumn]

14. She supports their right to fight for a living wage, and she "may" support a higher wage for workers

in NY. But she does not support a $15 minimum wage.

While Clinton may support a higher wage for workers in New York, she's resisted liberals' calls to raise the national minimum wage to $15 per hour. "I think part of the reason that the Congress and very strong Democratic supporters of increasing the minimum wage are trying to debate and determine what’s the national floor is because there are different economic environments," Clinton said in New Hampshire last week. "And what you can do in L.A. or in New York may not work in other places."

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/07/hillary-clinton-wants-fast-food-workers-make-more-money

[rhett o rick]

17. Actually that's a very important stand for her to take. So important that I am sure you have links.

[zeemike]

11. Full of qualifiers.

Sometimes somewhere maybe if it works out.

[passiveporcupine]

12. Yep, minimum wage should be $21 right now

And higher in "certain localities", where it's impossible to afford housing.

[virtualobserver]

2. when "business needs" entered the vocabulary as the justification for literally anything.....

that corporations did, and they were able to get the public to agree to that line of thinking,
they could then do as they pleased.

Democratic politicians have been going along with and sometimes perpetuating this horseshit for too long.

[Capt. Obvious]

3. I remember when Old Economy Steve said

[Dont call me Shirley]

4. We need FDR reincarnate!

[hifiguy]

6. You are right as rain there.

And Bernie is the closest thing I've seen.

[Dont call me Shirley]

9. Thumbs up, hifiguy!

[jtuck004]

7. Perhaps our government would care to show the way with Social Security? n/t

[passiveporcupine]

13. Agreed

Many seniors and disabled live on SS alone. The average monthly benefit is $1,294 (or $15,528 annually). Poverty level for a single person in the US is $11,770. We really do not take care of our elderly here.

[WillyT]

10. HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!!

[bvar22]

15. Ancient History.

That quote is from back when Democrats were DEMOCRATS.

That all ended in 1992 with the "Centrists" like the Clintons.
Now, we just do old Republican policy.

[ManiacJoe]

16. I readily admit that I should know this context, but

what is it that FDR supposedly said?