McDonald's Can't Figure Out How Its Workers Survive on Minimum Wage - Jordan Weissmann - The Atlantic:
"Of course, minimum wage workers aren't really entirely on their own, especially if they have children. There are programs like food stamps, Medicaid, and the earned income tax credit to help them along. But that's sort of the point. When large companies make profits by paying their workers unlivable wages, we end up subsidizing their bottom lines. "
Some guardrails on ICE and CBP that Senators should consider
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If CBP and ICE want funding, they need to have restraints on them. Write it
into the bill, pass it and starve the beast until there are signs of
compliance...
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