A popular meme that compares Bernie Sanders’ $15 minimum wage proposal with a high tax rate is getting a lot of attention online, but is it true? Jeremy Jojola / February 24, 2020 DENVER — As 9Wants to Know continues with The Bubble experiment, popular memes that go viral in each bubble may need to […]
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Josh Milton / February 25, 2020 As the car door swung open, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg fled inside after being hounded by Black Voters Matter activists at a minimum wage rally in South Carolina, US on Sunday. The former South Bend, Indiana mayor had thrusted himself into a “Fight for $15” rally, where McDonald’s
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By Jack Mayne / Feb 25, 2020 The Burien City Council study session on Monday night (Feb. 24) saw discussion of a the city focusing its downtown redevelopment on a targeted approach on SW 152 Street and considered the possibility of a $15 an hour minimum wage. Currently only adjacent SeaTac and Seattle have such
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By Maria Maresca / Feb.25, 2020 The current Democratic front-runners in the 2020 presidential race, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, and Pete Buttigieg, each hold common ground on one particular policy: Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Though this glamorized utopian idea of increased hourly pay appears ideal, it is
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By Drew TrippMonday February 24, 2020 CHARLESTON, SC (WCIV) — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg was among a large group of demonstrators marching through the streets of Charleston Monday, as part of a “Fight for $15” rally being held in the city. Buttigieg is joining local civil rights activists and current and former fast-food workers,
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