Making Government Work for Workers
by TChris
As fall political campaigns begin to capture the attention of voters, the days after Labor Day will give Democrats the opportunity to discuss the many ways in which life for workers can improve if Republicans are reduced to a minority status in the federal legislature. (Some changes would likely encounter a presidential veto, but that problem can be remedied in another two years.)
- Democrats can protect retirement income by saving social security from privatization. And by eliminating the $90,000 income cap on social security payroll taxes, Democrats can make the Social Security Trust Fund solvent while assuring that high income wage earners pay the same percentage of their earnings to FICA as does the average worker.
- Democrats can roll back the most punitive provisions in the Republican-enacted bankruptcy "reform" legislation, while reforming chapter 11 bankruptcy law to make it more difficult for corporations to weasel out of the commitments they made to employees in collective bargaining agreements.
- Democrats can increase the minimum wage.
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