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9. In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of MLK jr's March on Washington

Reply to reformist2 (Original post)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 09:30 AM

Aug 2013

In his final book Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (1967) Martin Luther King Jr. wrote[5]

"I am now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective — the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure: the guaranteed income."

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A one-two punch for labor: 1) Raise the minimum wage and 2) Establish a minimum guaranteed income [View all] reformist2 Jul 2013 OP

you have better odds of winning the Powerball than Congress doing that. hobbit709 Jul 2013 #1

Is it thinking like that which allows Texas to keep such low minimum wages? Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #4

You've never been to TX have you? hobbit709 Jul 2013 #5

Just raise the minimum wage to $10.25 and ALL BUSINESSES will be able to afford it. Dawgs Jul 2013 #2

That's not much of a raise for earners in WA where it is already $9.19 an hour Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #3

Uh, those are state minimum wages. Dawgs Jul 2013 #8

We do need a guaranteed minimum income. I believe Krugman brought this up recently. area51 Jul 2013 #6

wages is definitely one of the issues the democrats are not fully addressing. liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #7

In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of MLK jr's March on Washington gopbegone Aug 2013 #9

Welcome to DU, gopbegone! /nt demwing Aug 2013 #10