“It’s a little too quiet” - US Politics February 2021

I've tried to figure out the biggest difference between milo's position and those here he argues against most vehemently. afaics, we all agree on the following:

• a $15/hr. minimum wage should be among the highest policy goals for the Biden administration
• even this would barely begin to make up the amount of ground necessary to address the problem of workers living in abject poverty
• the prospects of passing a $15/hr. minimum wage in the next few months seem quite dim
• passing a much lower minimum wage than $15/hr, as a compromise would be even more drastically inadequate
• even that much may be stymied
• the root of this political impasse is that all 50 Democratic senators must commit to doing whatever it takes to get a $15/hr wage passed, even if it means ending the filibuster, but there is no unanimity among the 50 senators to do this

He will not stop until we all agree in full with this assessment of the party in full and consign them all to hell. This alone will satisfy him. Any deviation from this view, or hint or suggestion of a different assessment he will combat with all his might. Once he has achieved this, the next step will be, um, organizing the masses to withhold their votes from democratic candidiates. He's still working on what steps would follow that.

I have yet to demand anyone do anything but go off bro.

milo demands that you go off bro

Once again, I would encourage all of you to pick up the phone Monday morning to yell at your Senators to "pass the fucking bill already and oh by the way $15 minimum wage asshole", rather than making the same arguments on here forever.

my two senators and Sen. Sanders introduced a $15 minimum wage bill, indexed to median wage growth thereafter, in April 2017

wait

my two senators and Sen. Sanders introduced a $15 minimum wage bill, indexed to median wage growth thereafter, in April 2017, but go off bro

I'm not going to touch Aimless's final paragraph, but I agree with the rest.

let me introduce you to "my two senators" *rolls up sleeves and flexes*

my two senators and Sen. Sanders introduced a $15 minimum wage bill, _indexed to median wage growth_ thereafter, in April 2017, but go off bro

Calling Ted Cruz is even more pointless than posting.

im not sure if the politics of its passage will improve but one thing about 15$ that’s unlike the rest of covid relief is you can pass the exact same bill with same timeline of phase-ins later and it will have exactly the same effect

if you have two things, each without a point, can one lack a point more than the other?

sit beside the breakfast table
post about your troubles

"I have yet to demand anyone do anything but go off bro."

Lol I never demanded my roommate clean the house, I just poked my head into to his room every 10 minutes to go on a rant about how dirty the house is and how stupid it is that he hasn't cleaned it

My two Trumpsters would definitely get a giggle out of anyone demanding a minimum wage increase of any kind. (And they will pay no political price at all for opposing it.) But I agree that calling offices is good.

Lol I never demanded my roommate clean the house, I just poked my head into to his room every 10 minutes to go on a rant about how dirty the house is and how stupid it is that he hasn't cleaned it

If your roommate started talking about how dirt is simply the way of the world, unavoidable and the system makes it impossible for a real deep cleaning to happen you might disagree, no?

Stay focused, Milo. My post was referring to you saying you made no demands on ppl, not about other ppl's posts about Democrats. You do this often: grasp onto an aspect of someone's post to make an unrelated jab at Dems or how you think ILX views Dems for the bazillionth time.

Unlike Some People in this thread who think that puppy-kicking is perfectly acceptable (if not downright enjoyable), I would like to strongly reiterate my unwavering anti-puppy-kicking stance.

oh so OL is all for kicking kittens??! I'm procat myself but go off bro

. My post was referring to you saying you made no demands on ppl, not about other ppl's posts about Democrats.

Likewise I've never asked the roommate to clean the house

I've never asked you to change your hairstyle to suit me, darlin. I've just commented nonstop on how ugly I find it.

_Lol I never demanded my roommate clean the house, I just poked my head into to his room every 10 minutes to go on a rant about how dirty the house is and how stupid it is that he hasn't cleaned it_


If your roommate started talking about how dirt is simply the way of the world, unavoidable and the system makes it impossible for a real deep cleaning to happen you might disagree, no?

https://i.imgur.com/TLbOOdk.jpg

Faek noos

she's standing in front of the eye in balls

so have I at some point in my life

New entire website description

CPAC straw poll results just a ranking of how much you owned the libs by killing senior citizens.

where does the white couch fit into all this

Well, this is unexpected:

President Biden gave Amazon warehouse staff in Alabama fighting to join a union their biggest support yet, tweeting a video Sunday night saying workers should be able to make their decision in the election without pressure from the company.

More than 5,800 workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., are in the middle of a seven-week voting period to determine whether they want the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union to represent them. Although Biden didn’t name Amazon in the video, he made it clear that he supports the union drive.

“Today and over the next few days and weeks, workers in Alabama, and all across America, are voting on whether to organize a union in their workplace,” Biden said.

Nominal, of course, but not the course of action I'd have expected from this corporatist.

I'm reminded again of teh quote about how its better to pick the administration that you would rather fight rather than the one that would be ideal. Since its inevitably going to be somewhat different to your idea of how things should be done and opinions will differ between you as member of the public/radical and member of the administration/gatekeeper. Also that there will be protocols and red tape that one would have to negotiate to get things done and not added to where possible. ( actually now seeing how that gets confused into somebody from outside DC seeing all legislation as being discardable arbitrarily and contrasts with some red tape actually protecting elements of society that need protecting, but probably need better worded legislation.)

Close thread, mods?

I'll lock it after there's a March thread I can link to.

Beware the Ides of March -- U.S. Politics March 2021