{"id":1452683,"date":"2022-04-25T10:59:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T14:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1452683"},"modified":"2022-04-25T10:59:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T14:59:41","slug":"30-an-hour-minimum-wage-this-democratic-candidate-says-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/30-an-hour-minimum-wage-this-democratic-candidate-says-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"$30 An Hour Minimum Wage? This Democratic Candidate Says Yes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F30-an-hour-minimum-wage-this-democratic-candidate-says-yes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1452683&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Untitled-design-28-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A Democratic congressional candidate in Washington State is arguing for a $30 per hour minimum wage, claiming that the $15 minimum wage movement is an outdated number.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Parson, a candidate for Washington\u2019s 6th District that includes Tacoma, shared the comment recently in a post on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c$15 minimum wage is an antiquated demand. It should be $30 per hour,\u201d she tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">$15 minimum wage is an antiquated demand. It should be $30 per hour.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rebecca Parson for Congress, WA-06 (@RebeccaforWA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RebeccaforWA\/status\/1517244166425563136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201c1 adult supporting 1 kid needs $30 an hour across the country. Rural, urban, suburban: $30 is the floor. As you say your nightly prayers to Saint Elon while you fall asleep tonight, reflect on why you punch down on poor people instead of up at your heavenly billionaire,\u201d she added in another post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nobody should be poor in the richest country on Earth. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yrt97TJsuP\">pic.twitter.com\/yrt97TJsuP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rebecca Parson for Congress, WA-06 (@RebeccaforWA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RebeccaforWA\/status\/1517543124012134401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In her campaign video, Parson said, \u201cI and other organizers have occupied empty buildings, demanding housing for our homeless neighbors. I risked arrest because we can\u2019t just wait for the corporate establishment to help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parson also claimed in her video that she will emulate \u201cCongresswoman Cori Bush,\u201d a \u201cSquad\u201d member and progressive Democrat who slept outside in Washington, D.C., to advocate for housing. Parson claims she can identify with the need, as she\u2019s \u201cbeen homeless, too,\u201d despite holding a master\u2019s degree from Johns Hopkins.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington socialist Democrat also ran for the House in 2020, receiving approximately 35,000 votes, according to her video. She claims she is the \u201cfirst woman and first gay person\u201d to run for her seat.<\/p>\n<p>Among the issues she addresses in her video are \u201chousing for all, Medicare for all, food for all, and no more poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, a past Twitter post also noted that Parson joined the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) won her congressional district in New York. The DSA also endorsed Parson\u2019s 2020 bid.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I joined DSA after <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AOC<\/a>&#8216;s win, and now to be endorsed by DSA\u2026I couldn&#8217;t be more honored \ud83c\udf39 Thank you! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/90EpGBETSK\">https:\/\/t.co\/90EpGBETSK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rebecca Parson for Congress, WA-06 (@RebeccaforWA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RebeccaforWA\/status\/1240078927613181952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/washington-state-democratic-socialist-candidate-30-minimum-wage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that Parson received just 13.5% of the vote in 2020, a total of 35,631 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Rep. Derek Klimer won the primary election with 47.3%, a total of 125,019 votes, and won the general election. He serves as Parson\u2019s top opponent in the 2022 election as he is running for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, she told the outlet, \u201cI\u2019m calling for a federal minimum wage of $30, because that\u2019s the floor across the country for one working adult to be able to support one child. From rural to urban to suburban areas in the Northeast, South, Midwest, Southwest, West Coast, Alaska, and Hawaii, the federal minimum wage isn\u2019t enough to support a family, and neither is $15 an hour. The Fight for $15 campaign started 10 years ago and the demand is no longer commensurate with real-world conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parson is not the first leftist to argue for a massive jump in the nation\u2019s minimum wage. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-progressives-say-15-minimum-wage-is-too-low-call-for-26-minimum-wage-instead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September<\/a>, Robert Reich, who served as Secretary of Labor under the Clinton administration, tweeted, \u201cToday seems like a good time to remind you that if wages had kept pace with productivity gains over the last 50 years, the minimum wage would be $24 an hour.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today seems like a good time to remind you that if wages had kept pace with productivity gains over the last 50 years, the minimum wage would be $24 an hour.<\/p>\n<p>$15 is the floor, not the ceiling, of what working people deserve.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert Reich (@RBReich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RBReich\/status\/1434934923610116096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. 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