Wall Street Bonuses Soar By 20%, Nearly 5 Times the Increase in US Average Weekly Earnings
If the minimum wage had increased as much as Wall Street bonuses since 1985, it would be worth $61.75 today.
If the minimum wage had increased as much as Wall Street bonuses since 1985, it would be worth $61.75 today.
The recommendations would reduce inequality by setting high-road standards for federal contractors, closing tax loopholes for the rich, canceling student debt, cracking down on price-gougers, and building worker power.
The legislation gets rid of a manufactured financial burden that has threatened the ability of USPS to provide good jobs and universal service.
The president’s State of the Union address tasked Congress with an ambitious agenda, but Biden needs to do much more on his own to reduce inequality.