I dedicate this email to every U.S. Senator who makes $174,000 a year and refused to vote to raise our national minimum wage of $7.25 an hour so workers might live with some dignity.
John,
You don’t need an MBA to understand this: A minimum wage of $7.25 is great for giant corporations, but devastating for the millions of Americans trapped in poverty while working for less than $15 an hour.
I will truly never understand how Republicans in the Senate, let alone some Democrats, can be OK with single mothers working for starvation wages. Living in dignity isn’t political, and it’s long past time we raise the national minimum wage to *at least* $15 an hour.
And make no mistake. Every penny a multimillion dollar business pays below a minimum living wage is a penny YOU AS TAXPAYERS cough up for things like food, shelter, health care, child care.
In other words...
If you agree with me that our nation’s minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is shitty, John, then know this: Send me to the U.S. Senate, and I promise I would be that 51st vote to raise it.
In solidarity,
John
John Fetterman
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
P.S. When it comes to our nation's economy, I think it's pretty clear: We don't have a labor shortage, we have a shitty wage surplus. If you're with me and ready for more Democrats who actually vote like Democrats in the U.S. Senate, then please consider chipping in $5 or more right now to help reach our first quarter goal.
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