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Even if Congress gets its act together soon on a new stimulus bill as is now expected following months of failed negotiations it has already run out the clock, so much so that millions of unemployed workers will likely still be harmed. It turns out governance via extreme procrastination is not an ideal approach.
After months of a will-they-or-won’t-they dance that’s left workers, businesses, and much of the economy in limbo, lawmakers yet again have a potential deal: a $748 billion proposal to help boost the economy as the Covid-19 pandemic rages on. While it may have some shortcomings Democrats dropped state and local government aid from the main bill in exchange for Republicans dropping corporate liability protections it’s not the worst deal in the world, and it does have new payments for the unemployed.
Dems Must Pair Student-Debt Forgiveness With $15 Minimum Wage, Vox Writer Says
Plan would not pay out proportionately to least-well-off workers
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Democrats see student-debt forgiveness as a major priority for Joe Biden s first day in office, even though the policy would move vast wealth from the poor to the rich. One
Vox writer has a solution: Give minimum-wage workers a little boost too.
Noting that the proposal to forgive up to $50,000 in student debt is far more popular with those with debt than those without,
Vox business writer Emily Stewart suggested in a recent article that Democrats could pair it with an action that would benefit non-college-educated people, such as requiring federal contractors to pay a $15 minimum wage.
Following an accident in 2007 in which she was hit by a tractor then out of work for five months, Emily Stewart turned to writing and singing songs.
The singer/songwriter and musician is working on an album entitled âBlessing Hearts & Taking Names.â Her previous recordings are â1â and âSay What You Mean,â both EPs; and the single âRoot to Heart.â
âI always tell people itâs folk, country, blues and roots,â Stewart said of her music.
She primarily plays the guitar and banjo but likes to mix things up by playing other instruments such as the ukelele, zhongruan, mandolin and dulcimer.