Federalist Main Street Partnership (v2.0)

[Vern]

X- vern1988

[Vern]

I think our main priority should be social tolerance (libertarianism) and economic advancement of the people.
We could proceed with:
-A national floor minimum wage increase to $9 or $10 dollars in the very near future (sometime in 2018?), and up to $12 by 2020. The wage would obviously be higher in some regions, states, counties, and especially in urban areas/cities.
-Ending fossil fuel company subsidies.
-Clean Energy subsidies.
-A carbon tax.
-The public option or increased ACA subsidies.
-Taxing companies who outsource at such a level so as to wipe out the savings they make by leaving the US.
-Rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure and in doing so, putting Americans back to work.
-Rolling back RTW nationwide and giving workers the option of joining a union.

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Already in the party platform, but perhaps a more specific articulation would be helpful.

We already have a national minimum wage floor going up to 10$, I don't think going any higher on a national basis is a good idea because many rural areas cannot sustain wages much higher than that.