Cities Raise Minimum Wage, State Republicans Block

WE HAVE GOOD NEWS IN ST.
LOUIS, MISSOURI.
THEY RAISED THE
MINIMUM WAGE RECENTLY, UP TO $10.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE AT 15,
BUT IT'S A GOOD FIRST STEP, IN 2018 IT WAS GOING TO GO TO 11.
WAIT, WHY DID I JUST SAY IT WAS GOING TO GO TO 11?
BECAUSE
THERE IS NO GOOD NEWS THAT CAN LAST IN THE COUNTRY, DO YOU
THINK WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY?
WE GO TO THE HUFFINGTON POST NOW,
DAVE JAMIESON EXPLAINING --
>>SEE WHAT THEY DID THERE?
ST.
LOUIS, YOU WANT TO PAY YOUR
WORKERS MORE?
I DON'T THINK SO.
WE ARE PREEMPTING YOUR ACTIVE
DECENCY WITH AN ACT OF GROSS CRUELTY.
THE GOVERNOR IN THIS
CASE IS A REPUBLICAN AND DIDN'T HAVE THE GUTS TO JUST SIGN THE
LAW, HE LET IT GO INTO EFFECT WITHOUT SIGNING IT.
WHY DID HE
DO THAT?
BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT PEOPLE WILL BE FURIOUS.
NOW,
I'LL GIVE YOU THE FULL CONTEXT OF HOW DEVASTATING THIS IS TO
THE WORKING POOR AND MIDDLE-CLASS STOP AND REMEMBER,
THEY ARE WORKING.
YOU DON'T GET THE MINIMUM WAGE IF YOU ARE A
BUM AND YOU ARE NOT WORKING.
SO ALL THE PROPAGANDA THAT THEY DO
AGAINST POOR PEOPLE AND MIDDLE-CLASS PEOPLE, IT'S
NONSENSE.
THEY WORK REALLY HARD.
HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED --
>>LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW DEVASTATING THAT IS, AS A
PERCENTAGE OF THEIR INCOME --
>>THEY ARE GIVING TAX CUTS LIKE
IT'S NO ONE'S BUSINESS TO THE
HIGHEST INCOME EARNERS IN THE COUNTRY.
THE AVERAGE PERSON IN
THE TOP 1% -- NOT FROM THE TAX CUTS THAT'S COMING NEXT, BUT
JUST FROM THE TAX CUTS WITHIN HEALTHCARE REFORM, THOSE ARE THE
SMALLER TAX CUTS -- ARE GOING TO GET ABOUT, I THINK, $35,000 PER
HOUSEHOLD IN THE TOP 1%.
THEY WILL GET AN EXTRA $35,000 PER
HOUSEHOLD.
THE NUMBERS GET ASTRONOMICAL WHEN YOU GET TO THE
HIGHER BRACKETS, I THINK THE 400 RICHEST PEOPLE WILL GET AN EXTRA
$7 MILLION A YEAR FROM THE TAX CUTS JUST INSIDE HEALTHCARE
REFORM, THEN THE LARGER TAX CUTS AND TAX REFORM COMES.
BUT WHEN
IT COMES TO THE POOR AND MIDDLE CLASS WHO ARE WORKING, THEY WILL
CUT YOUR WAGES IN ST.
LOUIS BY A QUARTER.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU WERE
GETTING RICH OUT OF $10 AN HOUR, YOU CAN BARELY SURVIVE ON $10 AN
HOUR.
AND THEN THEY WILL CUT IT BY A QUARTER.
AND BE WELL WHEN
THEY DO THE TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY TELL
YOU?
OH, THAT'S NOT FOR THE RICH, THAT'S FOR YOU GUYS, SO IT
CAN TRICKLE DOWN ON YOU.
HOW ABOUT INSTEAD OF TRICKLING DOWN
ON ME, YOU LET ME KEEP A $10 MINIMUM WAGE, WHICH DOESN'T EVEN
PAY THE BILLS?
IT BARELY ALLOWS YOU TO SURVIVE.
NO, DON'T WORRY,
I WILL GIVE IT ALL TO THE RICH, AND EVENTUALLY, MAYBE, IT WILL
TRICKLE DOWN TO YOU.
BUT MEANWHILE I WILL TAKE YOUR
MONEY.
AND BY THE WAY, WHERE DOES THAT GO?
WELL, WHY DO YOU
THINK THEY ARE PASSING THE LAW?
BECAUSE THEIR DONORS TOLD THEM
TO PASS THE LAW.
WHAT DONORS?
THE EMPLOYERS, WHO SAY I'D
RATHER HAVE MY EXECUTIVES MAKE MORE MONEY.
IT'S NOT LIKE THESE
BUSINESSES AREN'T PROFITABLE, THEY ARE ALMOST ALL INCREDIBLY
PROFITABLE.
BUT NO, THEY HAVE TO MAXIMIZE PROFIT.
IN ORDER TO
MAXIMIZE PROFIT, WHO ARE THEY GOING TO TAKE IT FROM?
THERE
GOING TO TAKE IT FROM YOU.
IF WE HAD A DECENT DEMOCRACY IN THIS
COUNTRY WE WOULD HAVE A $15 MINIMUM WAGE, MAYBE EVEN HIGHER,
AND WHEN BUSINESSES DO WELL WE ALL WIN, SMALL BUSINESSES, BIG
BUSINESSES, THE WORKERS, ETC., BUT THAT'S NOT THE SYSTEM WE
HAVE.
WE HAVE A SYSTEM OF LEGALIZED BRIBERY WHERE YOU
COULD GIVE CAMPAIGN DONATIONS AND THE POLITICIANS DO WHATEVER
YOU WANT.
AND THAT HAS LED TO GROSS INCOME INEQUALITY.
IT IS
NOT AN ACCIDENT, THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENS.
THEY CUT YOUR WAGES AND
GIVE TAX CUTS TO THE RICH AND THEN THEY GO GOLLY GEE, I THINK
THAT'S THE MARKET.
THAT'S NOT THE MARKET, THAT YOU BUYING OFF
POLITICIANS AND DESTROYING PEOPLE WHO WERE WORKING FOR A
LIVING.
AND YOU THINK IT'S JUST IN ST.
LOUIS?
NO, NO --
>>THEY DID IT IN BIRMINGHAM TOO. AND BIRMINGHAM, THE NAACP
IS NOW FILING A CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT BECAUSE BIRMINGHAM IS
73% AFRICAN-AMERICAN, THEY RAISED THE MINIMUM WAGE TO
$10.10, AGAIN NOT A HUGE NUMBER AND HASN'T KEPT UP WITH
INFLATION AT ALL, OR THE PRODUCTIVITY OF THE AMERICAN
WORKER AT ALL, YOU ARE STILL NOT GETTING ANYWHERE NEAR WHAT YOU
SHOULD AT $10.10 -- BUT ALABAMA DIDN'T LIKE THAT BIRMINGHAM WAS
GETTING A HIGHER WAGE, SO THE STATE OF ALABAMA COMES IN AND
GOES, NO, I WILL TAKE THAT HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE AWAY, JUST
LIKE IN MISSOURI.
WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT?
YOU HAVE TO GET
MONEY OUT OF POLITICS.
WOLF-PAC.COM.
IF YOU DON'T DO
THAT, THEY WILL DO THIS TO YOU FOREVER.
YOU HAVE TO STAND UP
AND FIGHT SO WHEN YOU WORK YOUR ASS OFF YOU CAN GET A DECENT
WAGE FOR IT AND FEED YOUR FAMILY.
WOLF-PAC.COM, GET MONEY
OUT OF POLITICS, VOLUNTEER, HELP HOWEVER YOU CAN.
THE SECOND WAY
IS IF YOU DON'T HAVE REAL PROGRESSIVES REPRESENTING YOU,
THE DEMOCRATS WILL GET STEAMROLLED EVERY TIME.
IN ST.
LOUIS, THERE IS A PERSON RUNNING FOR CONGRESS WHO SAYS THE
MINIMUM WAGE SHOULD BE MUCH HIGHER.
SHE IS A JUSTICE
DEMOCRAT, HER NAME IS CORI BUSH, AND IF YOU WANT STRONG
FIGHTERS WHO ACTUALLY FIGHT FOR YOU, SHE DOESN'T TAKE ANY PAC
MONEY, JUSTICE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE CORPORATE MONEY,
YOU ONLY CAN TAKE SMALL DONORS.
THAT WHEN YOU KNOW SHE'S
REPRESENTING YOU AND NOT THE DONORS.
SO WHY IS SHE FOR A
HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE?
BECAUSE NOBODY BOUGHT HER OFF SO SHE
WOULD BE FOR A LOWER MINIMUM WAGE AND PRETEND THAT SHE'S
DOING IT FOR YOU.
SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO PRETEND TO DO ANYTHING.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP HER OUT, YOU CAN DONATE TO HER.
IF YOU ARE IN
BIRMINGHAM, DO LIKEWISE.
DON'T LET THEM SIT THERE AND TAKE
MONEY FROM YOUR FAMILY AND LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT.
FIGHT
BACK THE WAY YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO IN THIS SYSTEM, FIGHT BACK
THROUGH DEMOCRACY, THROUGH POLITICS, REGAIN THAT POWER.
THAT'S WHY THEY ARE SO SCARED OF ORGANIZATIONS LIKE JUSTICE
DEMOCRATS AND OUR REVOLUTION AND ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE
FIGHTING BACK TO GET REAL CHANGE.
AND THEY ARE NOT GOING
TO GIVE IT TO YOU IF YOU ASK PRETTY PLEASE.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE
IT BACK.
THE WAY YOU DO THAT IS BY SUPPORTING CANDIDATES AND
GROUPS LIKE THIS SO WE GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS SO THEY
REPRESENT VOTERS AND NOT DONORS.

Cities Raise Minimum Wage, State Republicans Block

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