US Representative,NY-14 (BX & Queens). In a modern, moral, & wealthy society, no American should be too poor to live. 
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As a person who actually worked for tips & hourly wages in my life, instead of having to learn about it 2nd-hand, I can tell you that most people want to be paid enough to live. A living wage isn’t a gift, it’s a right. Workers are often paid far less than the value they create.https://twitter.com/axios/status/1100283779703173121 …
In fact, wages are so low today compared to actual worker productivity that they are no longer the reflections of worker value as they used to be. Productivity has grown 6.2x more than pay: https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/ …pic.twitter.com/J7ctQ8TXPO
Want more money? Work harder, gain more skills, test the job market, etc. Minimum wage jobs aren’t meant to support families. They’re meant for young people to get experience.
When FDR created the national minimum wage he meant for it to be a living wage. To say it 'wasn't meant to support families' is ahistorical: "No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country." -FDR
"People want to work for what they get" is not an argument against a jobs guarantee - it's an argument for an increased estate tax.
Does that include investment portfolios, Ivanka?
"People want to work for what they get." https://twitter.com/axios/status/1100283779703173121 …Tell a person they are only worth $8 an hour and then tell those same people that their $8 won't buy them food, warmth and shelter and you might as well tell them they're "worth" nothing.
It’s not the governments fault that this person is still at an entry level job.
The same way they're currently guaranteed a minimum wage.
bartending isn't a career. it's a part time job in college that can easily be replaced by someone else. good jobs are out there for people who hustle and make their own breaks. if you are waiting for life to hand you gold you'll end up broke.
So we are all supposed to have high powered jobs? Who’s supposed to do our dry cleaning? College kids? Only college kids supposed to serve our food at restaurants? Ooh what about our mail & transportation needs, because they don’t make enough money either! 
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