• Some democratic states have actually done that like California and New York. There’s been bills from some dems representatives to do that federally in the past

    If dems get a tricecta, I suspect some dems would push for that again

    • rigatti
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      161 day ago

      And then other Dems would block it! Sorry, I have no faith in good things happening. Still voting Dem though.

      • @Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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        111 day ago

        I was pleasantly surprised with some of the bills Biden tried to pass while he had the absolute slimmest of majorities 3 years ago. My disdain for conservative Democrats was also very much strengthened through that experience…

        • rigatti
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          101 day ago

          Agreed, and that’s why I vote as progressive as I can in primaries.

          • @doingthestuff@lemmy.world
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            114 hours ago

            Primaries? Democrats apparently don’t need primaries. I’m all for living wages though btw. I’d say $30/hr as of today.

    • @thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
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      Ideally, it would.

      But there is also a perverse incentive in politics against permanent solutions - as once Dems pass a law increasing/indexing the minimum wage, it’ll eventually become normalised after a couple cycles and people will fall back into their old ways and switch back to voting against their interests (GOP) due to social issues.