Work Reform

ohhhOoooohhhh 18.69 dollars an hour in Seattle? The place where half burned down homes cost more than most can pay? And you want to say it’ll be lip service after shes gone?

So it would have been better to you that there was no minimum wage increase? This was a bill that was passed back in 2014, she won it 6 months after being first elected because local liberals were spooked. The current fights with union efforts she is involved in are calling for $30.

Except when it comes to dealing with exorbitant and worsening rent payments, lack of support for shitty landlords who don’t fix any issues and little support for those who exercise what rights they do have to rectify it. A polished ball of shit is still a ball of shit.

So in your opinion tenants would be better off with or without proctections. Again she was working with the rest of the city council and didn't get everything she wanted. She recently put forth a bill for rent control and only one democrat voted with her, "progressives" voted no or didn't show up for the vote.

Explain to me how the tax on Amazon has actually done anything other than line the pockets of people like Marc Dones who grifted everyone. Last I checked they’re still playing whack a mole with tent cities.

Again the situation would be so much worse.

Seattle began collecting the tax in January 2021. In March, the city reported the final tally from JumpStart’s first year was $248.1 million, significantly more than the $200 million the tax was expected to raise.

The extra $48.1 million will go toward replenishing Seattle’s reserves. The majority of the $200 million Seattle planned to collect will fund affordable housing projects in the city. About 20% will go toward environmental and economic development projects, including workforce training and childcare.

I'm gonna group up your last two points as they are one in the same. Do you really think an out and open socialist has no skin in the game? A political group that has a history of violent state oppression against them? Do you think the union busting Seattle Times has an ax to pick with socialists, the media have gone to exorbitant lengths to paint her in a bad light.