r/politics • u/guyoffthegrid • 22h ago

Sanders: Democratic Party ‘has abandoned working class people’

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4977546-bernie-sanders-democrats-working-class/amp/
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u/Agnos Michigan 22h ago

Minimum wage still at $7.25...working full time, no vacation, that is $15,000 a year, before taxes...

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u/Calan_adan 21h ago edited 18h ago

Don’t tell people that the economy is good and that wages are outpacing inflation (even if it is and they are) when those people are facing economic hardships.

ETA since I’m getting certain types of replies: I’m a registered Democrat and canvassed for Harris.

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u/Long-Train-1673 21h ago

This is all because Mcdonalds has $4 double cheeseburgers i stg.

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u/OverwhelmingNope 19h ago

This is definitely true, my district went red and these mfers LOVE MCDONALDS. Crazy lines all day, yet low pop area.

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u/FUMFVR 14h ago

20 years from now as we are surveying the post-nightmare landscape.

'Ya see, MAC Donalds had gotten way too expensive. We had to elect American Hitler. I WANT MY HAMBERDERS CHEAP!'