"Most poor people earn more than minimum wage when they are working; their problem is not low wages. The problem comes when they are not working."

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I would say one thing people need to do - and his is how Roosevelt's New Deal began - let us go back to cities and states where we can, build emblematic progressive reforms, like the Fight for 15 minimum wage, paid sick leave, things that improve the conditions of people's lives and that drive them into a national message.

— Katrina vanden Heuvel