Workers

Jim Hightower - Even though half of America’s jobs are working class, barely one percent of our nation’s 7,300 state legislative seats are held by the working-class people who actually make America work. As the old saying goes: If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu. And our political system has been rigged by corporate lobbyists, lawmakers, and judges to hold public office hostage to Big Money – intentionally excluding the working-class majority from its rightful place at America’s policy table.

Axios - Working-class voters are unhappy about President Biden's economy. That may be partly due to the price of their Happy Meals...Fast food restaurants have had some of the sharpest price hikes during the Biden administration — higher than both grocery bills and gas prices. Biden relied on working-class voters to win in 2020. But high prices and high interest rates are hitting the poorest Americans the hardest.... The average price of "meals at limited services eating places" has outpaced wage gains for workers since before the pandemic, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Prices are up 31%, vs. average hourly earnings up 25%.  More