Vice President Kamala Harris is pledging to end subminimum wages for tipped workers, widening a push to eliminate taxes on tips as she jockeys with Donald Trump ahead of their first debate Tuesday.

In policy proposals posted to her website, Harris called for an increase in the overall minimum wage and for the end of the subminimum wage for tipped workers.

  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
    11·
    2 months ago

    I keep going back to this whenever someone in a US politics discussion says “Harris’ campaign doesn’t go far enough in ___”…

    Harris can barely promise anything truly special if Republicans have even one potent avenue of obstruction, so it’s up to US voters to deliver their voice towards what they want to see.

    • Rhaedas@fedia.io
      4·
      2 months ago

      A full sweep. I don’t know if it’s possible this election (i.e. who is running) but the numbers need to change to enable progress.

      • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
        6·
        2 months ago

        The game is tough for Democrats, I don’t think this gets nearly enough attention, but pretty much they have to win all the close races, and flip a couple more. Current Projections show 48(D+I)/2(Tossup)/50®.

        The longshot potential flips are:

        • everyone’s favorite real human Ted Cruz of Texas by Collin Allred
        • Rick Scott of Florida by Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

        About 20%, 30% chance according to TheHill. A lot of work will be needed to unseat those GOP powerhouses.

        Democratic held seats that have various likelihood to flip to Republican are:

        • Jon Tester of Montana to Tim Sheehy,
        • Elissa Slotkin of Michigan to Mike Rogers,
        • Jacky Rosen of Nevada to Sam Brown,
        • Bob Casey of Pennsylvania to Dave McCormick,
        • Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin to Eric Hovde, and
        • Sherrod Brown of Ohio to Bernie Moreno.

        A lot more work will also be needed to keep all these seats. And young people are going to have to look to the bigger picture, show up in droves if they want to prove any poll wrong.

      • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOP
        5·
        2 months ago

        Definitely a real possibility, but tight in the senate

        The senate is likely to come down to: can Dems either maintain John Tester in Montana or flip Florida or Texas

        There’s also the funky possibility that Dan Osborn wins as an independent in Nebraska and overturns a deep red seat. Limited polls put him neck and neck. There’s no dem in that race and Osborn has distanced himself from all parties. He said he’d likely try not to caucus with anyone, but if it didn’t work out he’d caucus with whoever aligns better with his goals. He’s very pro-union (he lead Kellog’s strike in 2021), pro-right to repair, pro-legal weed, against corporate ballouts, against a national abortion ban, but appears a bit more conservative on immigration, so make of that what you will