Subject: Re: Make America Whole ?
From: Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>
To: Steve Silberstein <[email-masked]>
Cc: Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>, "Ann O'Leary" <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2016 13:37:18 -0500

Thanks Steve. In case you missed it, you might be interested in HRC's
comments on tipped wages at her rally in New York on Wednesday:

Hillary Clinton on tipping: It’s time to end the tipped minimum wage
<http://www.amny.com/news/elections/hillary-clinton-on-tipping-it-s-time-to-end-the-tipped-minimum-wage-1.11534023>
The Wage Policy Hillary Clinton Calls ‘Shameful,’ Explained
<http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2016/03/04/3756662/hillary-clinton-tipped-minimum-wage/>
Hillary Clinton Wants to Raise the Minimum Wage for All Workers, Including
Those Who Earn Tips
<http://www.eater.com/2016/3/3/11152642/hillary-clinton-tipping-15-minimum-wage>
Clinton Calls for Increased Minimum Wage, End of Tipped Wages in NYC Speech
<https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160303/hells-kitchen-clinton/clinton-calls-for-15-minimum-wage-end-tipped-wages-nyc-speech>

On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Steve Silberstein <
[email-masked]> wrote:

> Dan, Ann and John,
> Making America Whole
> Is not the best slogan to describe what the campaign (and HRC) is about --
> makes me think America is in a hole
>
> much better would be Make America Great FOR EVERYONE
> which sets up the contrast with Trump, and actually makes it easier for
> some of his voters to switch over to HRC
>
> And, to top if off if HRC could lead with an example of FOR EVERYONE, it
> could be not only raising the minimum wage, but also requiring ALL
> employers to pay ALL their workers AT LEAST that min wage, i.e. getting rid
> of the loopHOLE that allows some employers (namely restaurant owners) to
> pay less than the min wage to some of their workers, namely waitresses,
> which are often paid only $2.13 an hour due to this loophole, forcing the
> hardworking American waitress to rely on tips to pay the rent and put food
> on the table for their own kids. Indeed, tips are a vestiage of an earlier
> era when another set of employers, namely plantation owners, did not pay
> their workers at all. If we are going to make America great for everyone
>  Its time to finally get rid of loopholes like this -- indeed Minnesota and
> six other states have done so, its time for the federal government to
> change to do too too so that the states like Michigan and Ohio and Florida
> have to do the same as Minnesota, Alaska, Montana and others, i.e. to Make
> America Great for everyone, where all have to play by the same rules, and
> all employers have to pay all their workers at least a decent min wage.
>
> (And I am sure you saw that Oregon just passed a law to raise the state's
> min wage to $14.75)
> Just heard Biden give a speech before the Calif Dem Convention saying the
> min wage should be raised to $15.00
>
> -- Steve
>
>