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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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[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 58 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

How about we start throwing CEOs in prison when they break the law

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

1000003594

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I mean there's way more than one solution and we can do them all at the same time. Jail CEOs, tax the wealthy, increase minimum wage, increase union protections, tax inheritance ... The list goes on.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Both?

[–] Chivera@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Both is good

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Or just, yknow, anyway. I mean they definitely did something bad to be a CEO.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

Good luck.