WhiskyEchoTango

WhiskyEchoTango t1_j6pfc11 wrote

It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By "business" I mean the whole of commerce as well as the whole of industry; by workers I mean all workers, the white collar class as well as the men in overalls; and by living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level-I mean the wages of decent living. Franklin D. Roosevelt

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WhiskyEchoTango t1_j6pb7bw wrote

The myth that there are millions of people who prefer to be on welfare when they're capable of working has been around since the Reagan administration. Real welfare reform would taper benefits as people's earnings increased. Instead, to they cut off before people can be self sustaining, and conferences don't want to raise the minimum wage to make working for a living exceed the value of benefits. A permanent underclass is required, and oh yeah, let's marginalize people who don't fit the white heteronormative narrative.

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