Quote Originally Posted by JaneV2.0 View Post
They just announced on the news that there are 30,000 homeless children in Washington, and more homeless families every day. Last night's news announced that rents are being raised by enterprising landlords to two and three times what they were as buildings are being sold. Jobs are scarce, and employers want to hire people who already have them. Middle-aged people may age out of the job market. Often, families can't shelter together due to scarcity of appropriate housing. Just untidy collateral damage of the rich getting richer, it seems.
Yes, the concentration of wealth at the top is surpassing that of the Robber Baron era. The last 40 years of undoing fiscal constraints has not yielded the promised rising tide that would float all boats. It is time to reinstate Glass-Steagall, among other policies. It's shameful that working families cannot afford the basics, and that children suffer.

I am a part of the movement for a $15/hour minimum wage in Seattle. The Feds estimate that it takes $18/hr to pay for basic housing, food, transportation and health care in our county. $15 is an improvement over the current $9+ change. I believe that everyone deserves a living wage.