We were told we should reject Bernie and support Hillary because she was practical and could get things done while Bernie was just a fuzzy-headed socialist ideologue with a lot of “free stuff” notions that appeal to self-centered, immature youngsters. We were told that Bernie’s call for a $15 minimum wage was just pie in the sky idealism and bad economics. Hillary told us $15 is too high, the right goal is $12.
Now, after jurisdiction after jurisdiction has followed Bernie’s lead and enacted $15 per hour minimum wage laws (Seattle, Los Angeles, now New York), Hillary will appear, on Monday, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, to take credit for the new law.
As Mark Provost points out, Bernie gets things done, while Hillary “shows up on trophy day.”
It isn’t even election day — we haven’t even chosen a nominee yet, it is still nine months to Inauguration Day — and Bernie is already producing results, actual, concrete, tangible results.