i just wish to point out that 1 reason we spend what we do on the social safety net

[mopinko]

is that wages have been suppressed for DECADES.
when the majority- 60%- of the population dont make enough to meet basic needs, of course things like snap and housing assistance sky rocket.
it’s bugs me no end to hear about a crisis in “affordable housing”. ppl cd afford housing if they were paid a living wage. that’s a lot easier to fix than finding ways to build housing cheaply enough for ppl making a poverty wage.
my greatest disappointment in the last 2 dem administrations is the failure to fix the minimum wage. $15/hr isnt even enough.
it needs to b indexed to inflation.