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While Donald Trump was eating crow, we were eating crab by Jeff vonKaenel
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While President Donald Trump was choking According to polling data, these ideas on his Nancy Pelosi-prepared crow diet, I are extremely popular. Three out of four was eating crab at the sold out annual Sac registered voters support higher taxes on the Central Labor Council Crab Feed, held wealthy. And a Fox News poll last month February 8 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars found that a majority of Republicans support Post 67 on Stockton Boulevard. higher taxes on those making more than $10 Crab is a better meal than crow, especially million a year. crab when served with salad, bread, pasta When an idea has the support of 75 and ice cream. This wonderful meal was percent of Americans, it could prevail, served in large aluminum containers at each despite the millions—if not billions—of table by local Girl Scouts and Placer County dollars that will be spent by the wealthy to Democrats to several hundred union workers, preserve their wealth and power. But it will labor officials and politicians. be a battle, a battle worth fighting. The event, a fundraiser for the Sacramento This reminds me of the campaign to Central Labor Council, started at 5 p.m., increase California’s minimum wage. At the which meant people dropped by after work crab feed, William Reed, local district vice without having to dress up. Delightfully, president of the United Domestic Workers young and old people were talking to of America local that represents homeeach other, instead of looking at care providers, spoke about how their phones. On the concrete many of his members have walls there were AFL-CIO had a 50 percent wage posters with such slogans increase from $8 an hour The 99 percent as “Cut Pharma Not at the beginning of 2014 need to come Grandma,” “Don’t Cut to $12 today because of Our Medicare Budget” the minimum wage hike. together. And we have and “Close Loopholes These people couldn’t a lot to learn from our for Wall Street and the make ends meet if the union brothers and Rich.” minimum wage was still Many of the discus$8 an hour. sisters. sions around the tables The 99 percent need to focused on the new progrescome together. And we have sive Democrats in Congress. a lot to learn from our union For progressives like myself, who brothers and sisters. Organizing is believe that America’s future depends upon done in person. Breaking bread, listening providing jobs with living wages and solvand talking—rather than tweeting and posting ing the ever-increasing problem of income online—are the paths to understanding and inequality, the progressive House Democrats consensus. have been a breath of fresh air. The new progressive Democratic agenda Instead of just opposing more tax cuts for is really just a new version of the progressive the rich, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of union agenda. This message has the potential New York proposes almost doubling the top to excite and unite a wide coalition of income tax rate on the rich; Senator Bernie progressive Democrats, minorities, environSanders has an estate tax proposal; and mentalists, young people and union members. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax might I am looking forward to the February 2021 be the most impressive. Warren proposes a crab dinner. Ω 2 percent tax on assets such as stocks, real estate and art for households worth more than $50 million. Her plan would raise $2.75 trilJeff vonKaenel is the president, CEO and majority owner of lion over a decade from 75,000 households. the News & Review.
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