With leverage comes power, and in order to secure the $15 minimum wage in the covid relief bill, we should expect progressive lawmakers to use that power.

We’ve all gotten the sense that electoral politics in America is dying, haven’t we? That said, seeing it there on video on full display is something else entirely. It’s time for the American people to take matters into our own hands, and if it takes videos like these for people to truly understand how callous our legislators are, then I’m glad for it. There has never been a better time for the American people to be inspired to come together and organize not only among labor, but consumers as well. If our lawmakers will gleefully deny us a minimum wage and eat cake in the halls of congress as they do it, then we’ll hit the donors who pay them where it hurts the most: their bottom line. How much longer are we going to be expected to beg, or ask politely?

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