Even when working Americans face a serious disease like cancer, they have no guarantee of paid sick leave. When will we join the rest of the world in ensuring that ailing workers can get well without going broke?
Here’s something you won’t hear about in the mainstream media: we are not that divided as a country. Whether you are progressive, conservative, or independent, you’re sick and tired of getting ripped off and paying the highest prices on the planet for prescription drugs.
One person makes $100 million a year.
Another person makes $160,000 a year.
Both of those people put the exact same amount of money into Social Security.
We must scrap the cap on the wealthy and expand Social Security benefits — not cut them.
As Americans die because they can’t afford the medications they need, 5 of the largest drug companies in the U.S. made nearly $80 billion in profits last year alone.
As chairman of the HELP Committee, my promise to you is that we’re going to take on their greed.
Virtually all Democrats talk about the need for campaign finance reform. Talk is easy. Now it’s time to walk the walk. I wrote a letter to the DNC today on why we must stand up for democracy and end super PAC spending in primaries.
Here is the economic reality for millions of senior citizens in this country at this moment. Half of older Americans have no retirement savings to speak of. They have no idea how, or even if, they will ever be able to retire after a lifetime of work. Over half of our senior citizens are already struggling to survive on just $25,000 a year. Got that? 480 bucks a week!
And what is the Republican Party’s bright idea given that reality? They want to CUT Social Security benefits for our seniors. We must fight back and work to expand, not cut, Social Security benefits in this country.
There is nowhere in this country where a full-time worker paid the federal minimum wage of $7.25 can make ends meet — and yet many restaurant workers are paid a sub-minimum wage of just $2.13 an hour. Totally absurd.
It’s time to end starvation wages for tipped workers.
No. Billionaires across the globe cannot continue to take in more and more while the working class in country after country are expected to get by on less and less.
Student debt is an incredible burden on millions and millions of young people who did nothing wrong except try to get the education they need. Yes, we can cancel all student debt in this country.
While 60% of our people are living paycheck to paycheck and worker productivity is at an all-time high, it is not a radical notion to suggest that the CEOs of this country should not be paid 350x what the average worker at their companies are paid.
New York State Nurses Association nurses demanded change, and now, change is happening. CONGRATULATIONS to nurses at Mount Sinai Hospital & Montefiore Medical Center on your hard fought victory.
At a time when half of older Americans have no retirement savings & 55% of seniors are trying to survive on less than $25,000 a year, our job is not to cut Social Security or raise taxes on workers. Our job is to expand it so all seniors can live with the dignity they deserve.
How does it happen that, despite spending almost twice per capita on health care as the people of other industrialized nations, our life expectancy is LOWER and getting worse?
I don’t care if it’s Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Progressives, Conservatives — the American people are quite united. You know what they’re saying? Take on the greed of the pharmaceutical industry. Don’t cut Social Security.
