"A living wage is an antidepressant. It is a sleep aid. A diet. A stress reliever. It is a contraceptive, preventing teenage pregnancy. It prevents premature death. It shields children from neglect." #RaiseTheWagePA https://t.co/I1WGp8cYnG

— Mark Price (@price_laborecon) February 22, 2019

Baby Boomers needed 306 hours of minimum wage work to pay for 4 years of public college. Millennials needed 4,459.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics pic.twitter.com/aAXIuAKBN3

— SSSP Teaching (@SsspTeaching) February 23, 2019

Some say that instead of raising the minimum wage, low-wage workers need to work harder to lead a middle class life. Here’s what they are missing:

From 1979 to 2017, productivity grew 70.3% and hourly compensation of production and nonsupervisory workers only grew 11%.

— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) February 23, 2019

Today I testified before the Finance Committee in Annapolis in support of the $15/hr minimum wage bill. I continue to support this bill and fight for a statewide minimum wage for hardworking residents who need a salary that keeps pace with the cost of living. pic.twitter.com/xyfpQSGqm7

— Mayor Catherine Pugh (@MayorPugh50) February 21, 2019

$7.25 isn’t a living wage. And when businesses pay poverty wages, taxpayers are left to pick up the tab.

Raising the minimum wage to $15 allows people to work their way off government benefits – saving taxpayers millions and growing the economy for everyone. #RaiseTheWage pic.twitter.com/47OksHhttx

— Governor Tom Wolf (@GovernorTomWolf) February 21, 2019

In Opinion

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio writes, "Amazon’s path in New York would have been far smoother had it recognized our residents’ fears of economic insecurity and displacement — and spoken to them directly." https://t.co/4dqDBkSUAe

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 16, 2019

So Amazon isn't coming to New York. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Let me tell you a secret: NOBODY KNOWS 1/

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) February 16, 2019

This chart makes a pretty compelling argument that the federal corporate tax code is broken. Amazon paid no federal taxes on profits of $11 billion last year. https://t.co/uBetm7QQGh pic.twitter.com/iJwoLrA9vs

— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) February 16, 2019

This is key to Amazon's decision as we understand it:

Executives were confident the deal would one day be approved.

But they were looking at decades in a political climate in which everything they did would be scrutinized.

So they said no thanks.https://t.co/UtvdOkZFUC

— J. David Goodman (@jdavidgoodman) February 15, 2019

Here's the deal. NYC is not in desperate need of jobs. Unemployment is low. If you are reasonably healthy, you can get a job.

NYC needs affordable housing and a functioning transit system. This is what Amazon's defenders do not get.

— Ross Barkan (@RossBarkan) February 15, 2019

I've read a lot of these Amazon post-mortems.

Not a one addresses displacement. After the news of Amazon's move to LIC people in adjacent neighborhoods – Astoria, etc- were handed two year lease renewals where the 2nd year (amazon year) leases jumped 800+ https://t.co/NO1teIbj2R

— Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis (@KendraWrites) February 16, 2019

"It has taken far-left protesters to inject a measure of sanity into the free market." Amazon got exactly what it deserved, argues @dkthomp, and so did New York City: https://t.co/eY78Mgh6VA

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) February 17, 2019

New York mayor says Amazon headquarters debacle was 'an abuse of corporate power' https://t.co/BdNixJnpa5 pic.twitter.com/6Kck48vKTp

— CNN (@CNN) February 17, 2019

Amazon faced blistering criticism for pitting cities against one another in a bidding war for incentives, and for accepting a $3 billion subsidy package from the winner, New York, writes @amy_liuw. But the role of public officials deserves more scrutiny. https://t.co/gS45dNC2aT

— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) February 16, 2019

Opinion | Amazon abandoning New York should be just the start of the scrutiny they face https://t.co/e1Iy6H82wi via @NBCNewsTHINK

— Zephyr Teachout (@ZephyrTeachout) February 15, 2019

Trump's economy:

-The 1% control largest amount of wealth since 1920s

-69% of Americans have less than $1,000 in savings

-Amazon paid $0 in taxes for 2nd year in a row

-National debt hits record $22 trillion

-In 2018 a record # of Americans were 90+ days late on car payments

— Nate Lerner (@NathanLerner) February 15, 2019

How bad are things in farm country, where bankruptcies are soaring? U.S. farm households had a median income in 2018 of negative $1,548. https://t.co/o5cYpU0MJ6 via @WSJ

— Nell Henderson (@NHendersonWSJ) February 6, 2019

Trump’s trade war is magnifying some of the toughest farm conditions since the crisis that bankrupted thousands of farmers in the 1980s — and threatening a constituency crucial to his reelection hopeshttps://t.co/mOoEH6rBuF

— POLITICO (@politico) February 6, 2019

The $10B Wisconsin Foxconn plant Trump touted – like the Harrisburg plant – was NEVER going to be built. It was a lie perpetrated by the company, Trump, Walker and Ryan https://t.co/The23jdtPy

— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) January 30, 2019

Trump touted a Foxconn plant that would create 13,000 jobs.

They all lied. The plant may not be built.

The deal cost Wisconsin taxpayers $4.5 billion in subsidies. The town used eminent domain to take people's homes against their will.

Lies cost money. Lies cost lives.

— Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) January 30, 2019

Remember that giant Foxconn deal President Trump celebrated with Scott Walker?

Foxconn says it no longer plans to build a factory in Wisconsin:https://t.co/jj5ITK272M

— Danielle Paquette (@DPAQreport) January 30, 2019