I really think you should run for President. You understand people here and abroad. Minimum Wage, Healthcare care, The Middle East, the Palestinian cause, you make sense. Bravo!
Our allies are hurt and shocked like we are. We cannot blame them for not wanting to engage in war thru out the globe. Our allies are waiting on us to clean house ,they will be waiting. This crisis has shown what we Don’t Need and Will Not Settle For ! Joni Mitchell said it best :You don’t know what you’ve lost till it’s gone.
Could you please share a link to Abigail Adams letter to John Adams?
The difference between 1770’s and 2020’s maybe that women are no longer asking just to be remembered by the male power brokers, we are asking all Americans to unite and turn around for the sake of our childrn, our country, and the future of our planet. We are standing TAULL (Turn Around Unite for Lasting Legacy).
Let’s Stop! Taking AIPAC$$$. Those donations are funneled right back to them in weapons ! That $$$ also keeps them in free healthcare! Benefits we should have here, but are not afforded. We Can do better! If you want it done right, give it to a woman!
It has always been so. Strong women influence the direction of the government, and there are more strong women alive today than ever! We just need to unite and get active. At the least, help your male friends and family members knock on doors, and all of us together help our conservative neighbors see the truth and the urgency of this moment! Our government has been overtaken by corruption.
I was “feeling this moment” of connecting with one of “The Lodge Women” here on substack so just for fun I looked up my common ancestor with Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. which led me to discover MANY generations of strong American women with many different last names! All of these strong American women ancestors have MANY MANY strong American women descendants alive now. We need to feel our common strength again right here and right now in USA! I am with you on climate. Without a livable climate for the future, and a livable society, all of our other rights don't matter. We need to unite, and we need to fight for our future together. Nothing stands in our way but criminals and corruption.
Senator Murphy, thank you! Our first challenge is to put big money in its place! There must be a limit to how much money either party receives from Big money special interest and lobbyists!
Of course not. Those naughty Sixties! Peace, love, loud music, silly ideas about equality — must extinguish all hope. Dumb white men in control, that’s the ticket!
Thank you Senator. But first we need to tax the billionaires and trillionaires. That money would go a long way to get our Nation on her feet. At 77, retired teacher, I pay my fair share, but out is past time for the fat cats. Thanks for what you do and for working toward a more than minimum wage. We are proud to represent our state.
We need a National Minimum Wage Law, is not possible to ask people to be good citizens when they just make 8 or 9 dollars per hour. Even 15 dollars means nothing, you are basically starving. This has to stop.
It should be automatically raised when the cost of living goes up. To neglect doing that in congress should be an impeachable offense, or a reason to launch a recall on any one in congress refusing to raise it.
I just finished reading your latest book "Crisis of the Common Good" and it impressed me so much that I have recommended my entire family and several friends read it! Thank you for your service!
OBTW increasing the Federal minimum wage to $25 per hour is an excellent first step too! This should alleviate those concerned about “socialism”, just pay Americans a living wage and let their American ingenuity do the rest!
Yup thanks for explaining what I've bern thing saying the last 50yrs when ever I can to anyone I can.
It is time to vote into office everywhere Democratic Socialists. Take a look at our European neighbors & see how well it has done for their Happy cared for citizens.who doesn't want a well functioning society, w good infrastructure healthy & educated peoples? AND a representative government that looks like the population?
51% women& a colorful group exactly representing the % of people as they are in our population?
Jesus , I'm so tires of waiting for sanity, I will probably doe before I see America be smart. ARRRGGHHHHH
Democrats in 2024: We want to tax billionaires more! And Enact price gouging laws!
Lose the White House and Both Chambers of Congress
Democrats in 2026: Let’s elect democratic socialists who want to dismantle capitalism and usher in public ownership of major industries!
Wow, democrats have seriously learned nothing. You will be annihilated if you do that lol
We already operate on the “Nordic model” of democratic socialism, and it’s far far superior - and accepted as long as it’s not spoken by name. In the American version, you’re pushing for the end of capitalism because it’s “evil” lol And it’s not. It pays for $3 trillion a year in programs to the poor. You really think your DoorDash driver is going to operate morally and competently?
Big no. Private ownership of business, strong welfare state = Nordic model. We’ve already got it. Just have to get back to regulating capitalism again.
This is awesome when it comes to huge corporations like Wal Mart, which can absolutely afford to pay their workers more. But for many small businesses, a $25 / hour minimum wage requirement would be unsustainable. Does the bill make exceptions for businesses under a certain size?
I think there shouldn’t be any exceptions for anyone or any business type. Farm labor, waitressing, etc. you have to remember that those businesses customers will have more money to spend, so if they are running a good business they can generate more revenue per employee and continue operating.
California raised its minimum wages for food workers and a bunch of chain restaurants caught against it saying that they could continue operating in those states because of it. None have left, most have expanded.
You have to remember that there are numerous states that still use the federal minimum wage of $7.25 / hour. If a small business—I don't mean a chain restaurant company; I mean an actual mom and pop business—had to go from that to $25/hour in one fell swoop, it could easily put them out of business before the effects of higher wages across the board kicked in. A phased approach might make more sense.
I haven’t seen the proposed legislation, but I would imagine it includes a phased rollout. You are correct that an immediate tripling of wages could be hard to deal with from a cash flow standpoint.
Great question! We surely don’t want to bankrupt “mom & pop”, start-ups and other small businesses, thereby allowing the Walmart behemoth’s further opportunity to dominate. I’m not savvy about tax codes to offer possible solutions raising minimum wage across the board. Our Capitalist system and complex tax codes would seem to severely limit simple solutions. That said, Senator Murphy, you have my full support working to close the egregious wage/earnings gap.
Let’s get it done!!! Mamdani doctrine (raising taxes on rich to fund the less fortunate) working splendidly at the moment on the unique island of Manhattan. Time will tell if billionaire class pulls up stakes and moves on. Generally, the billionaire class writ large is either corrupt and/or savvy enough to game the system to grow their fortunes and grossly minimize their taxes. Call me skeptical. But please prove me wrong!
There’s been stories of millionaires and billionaires leaving manhattan due to taxes and other policies for at least the last 40 years. The number of each has only grown over time. There are some things that can only be had in a city like New York.
Tax the rich. Set an asset tax of 90% on all wealth above 1 billion. Set a tax penalty on corporations that pay their executives insanely high wages compared to the common worker. Make it so that they reinvest in growing the business and paying their employees a fair wage instead of just trying to extract the most profits possible.
A realistic minimum wage, like you suggest - and potentially Universal Basic Income plus child payments (and reform the confusing system we have now of various subsidies and welfare approaches), and a healthcare system free at the point of use - and it would look like much of Europe which has excellent quality of life and people happier with their lives than we see in surveys of the US.
You’ve got the symptoms right - the product of the economy has been shifted up relentlessly during the last 45 years (“the Reagan Dark Age of Trickle Up”). But while raising the minimum wage is a good first step, a lot more is needed: busting monopolies and controlling them much more strongly, price controls, taxing stock transactions, taxing non-wage income, constraints on investors buying stuff (like housing), make health insurance non-profit again, kill pharmacy benefit middlemen, control drug prices, and lots of stuff that I’m not smart enough to come up with.
But I’m heartened to hear a prominent Democrat talk about the disaster that trickle up has been. It is time for a political sea change back to a fundamental belief that strong government is a key part of the solution, not the problem, and that the free market is not the answer to everything.
I would really like to see a concrete plan, a working and living document, with actual bills that can and will be proposed, steps that can and will be taken, including ways for us, as voters, to track progress toward our shared goals. It seems too much of the Democratic response has been ‘strongly worded statements’, not substantive action.
Can we first rewrite the rules of government so there's no insider trading, no official corruption, no immunity for crimes committed by members of the government? If you don't take care of that first, nothing else you do will succeed.
I really think you should run for President. You understand people here and abroad. Minimum Wage, Healthcare care, The Middle East, the Palestinian cause, you make sense. Bravo!
100% Agree!
Mr Murphy would be an excellent president.
I agree. I have said the same thing for about 4 years now. Chris is always a measured voice and he deals in facts. I would definitely vote for him
I agree, Emily S Lodge. He is an upstanding Senator and human being.
He needs to stop his support of Israel!!!
We made great strides electing Obama and now we have regressed almost to the Dark Ages with the Orangetang!
You are oh so more articulate and retrospective than I. Thank you for sharing …
Our allies are hurt and shocked like we are. We cannot blame them for not wanting to engage in war thru out the globe. Our allies are waiting on us to clean house ,they will be waiting. This crisis has shown what we Don’t Need and Will Not Settle For ! Joni Mitchell said it best :You don’t know what you’ve lost till it’s gone.
Could you please share a link to Abigail Adams letter to John Adams?
The difference between 1770’s and 2020’s maybe that women are no longer asking just to be remembered by the male power brokers, we are asking all Americans to unite and turn around for the sake of our childrn, our country, and the future of our planet. We are standing TAULL (Turn Around Unite for Lasting Legacy).
Let’s Stop! Taking AIPAC$$$. Those donations are funneled right back to them in weapons ! That $$$ also keeps them in free healthcare! Benefits we should have here, but are not afforded. We Can do better! If you want it done right, give it to a woman!
I agree Ella and if you read my book, The Lodge Women, you will see that it is entirely due to their influence that the men in my family were elected.
It has always been so. Strong women influence the direction of the government, and there are more strong women alive today than ever! We just need to unite and get active. At the least, help your male friends and family members knock on doors, and all of us together help our conservative neighbors see the truth and the urgency of this moment! Our government has been overtaken by corruption.
I was “feeling this moment” of connecting with one of “The Lodge Women” here on substack so just for fun I looked up my common ancestor with Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. which led me to discover MANY generations of strong American women with many different last names! All of these strong American women ancestors have MANY MANY strong American women descendants alive now. We need to feel our common strength again right here and right now in USA! I am with you on climate. Without a livable climate for the future, and a livable society, all of our other rights don't matter. We need to unite, and we need to fight for our future together. Nothing stands in our way but criminals and corruption.
Senator Murphy, thank you! Our first challenge is to put big money in its place! There must be a limit to how much money either party receives from Big money special interest and lobbyists!
As we used to say in the Sixties: Not “Tax the rich” … but “Eat the rich!”
Of course not. Those naughty Sixties! Peace, love, loud music, silly ideas about equality — must extinguish all hope. Dumb white men in control, that’s the ticket!
Yes, take it to repair some of the damage trump has done
https://sharonlawrence.substack.com/p/elections-project-for-americas-future
read the above... see if that works
Thank you Senator. But first we need to tax the billionaires and trillionaires. That money would go a long way to get our Nation on her feet. At 77, retired teacher, I pay my fair share, but out is past time for the fat cats. Thanks for what you do and for working toward a more than minimum wage. We are proud to represent our state.
Both can be done at the same time.
Vote for Murphy for President
We’ll see about that in the primary.
We need a National Minimum Wage Law, is not possible to ask people to be good citizens when they just make 8 or 9 dollars per hour. Even 15 dollars means nothing, you are basically starving. This has to stop.
It should be automatically raised when the cost of living goes up. To neglect doing that in congress should be an impeachable offense, or a reason to launch a recall on any one in congress refusing to raise it.
Elect more Mamdani’s
across the USA!
Yeah no
I just finished reading your latest book "Crisis of the Common Good" and it impressed me so much that I have recommended my entire family and several friends read it! Thank you for your service!
Same
Thank you I have just borrowed it from the library!
I bought an extra copy to donate to our library
This man must be the Senate leader. He is the real deal. And, a fighter and a good communicator.
President
OBTW increasing the Federal minimum wage to $25 per hour is an excellent first step too! This should alleviate those concerned about “socialism”, just pay Americans a living wage and let their American ingenuity do the rest!
Yup thanks for explaining what I've bern thing saying the last 50yrs when ever I can to anyone I can.
It is time to vote into office everywhere Democratic Socialists. Take a look at our European neighbors & see how well it has done for their Happy cared for citizens.who doesn't want a well functioning society, w good infrastructure healthy & educated peoples? AND a representative government that looks like the population?
51% women& a colorful group exactly representing the % of people as they are in our population?
Jesus , I'm so tires of waiting for sanity, I will probably doe before I see America be smart. ARRRGGHHHHH
Europeans also did one other thing.
They limited the number of private/chartered schools to only 2% max of all schools. This means there is no segregation between economic classes.
A poor student receives the same high quality education as a millionaires child.
A fact (if it is) widely known through our US MSM.
Perfect, hard to keep up w all the smart things in other countries. How about China,& its trains & cities that are taking care of climate response?
Can we dream?
Democrats in 2024: We want to tax billionaires more! And Enact price gouging laws!
Lose the White House and Both Chambers of Congress
Democrats in 2026: Let’s elect democratic socialists who want to dismantle capitalism and usher in public ownership of major industries!
Wow, democrats have seriously learned nothing. You will be annihilated if you do that lol
We already operate on the “Nordic model” of democratic socialism, and it’s far far superior - and accepted as long as it’s not spoken by name. In the American version, you’re pushing for the end of capitalism because it’s “evil” lol And it’s not. It pays for $3 trillion a year in programs to the poor. You really think your DoorDash driver is going to operate morally and competently?
Big no. Private ownership of business, strong welfare state = Nordic model. We’ve already got it. Just have to get back to regulating capitalism again.
This is awesome when it comes to huge corporations like Wal Mart, which can absolutely afford to pay their workers more. But for many small businesses, a $25 / hour minimum wage requirement would be unsustainable. Does the bill make exceptions for businesses under a certain size?
I think there shouldn’t be any exceptions for anyone or any business type. Farm labor, waitressing, etc. you have to remember that those businesses customers will have more money to spend, so if they are running a good business they can generate more revenue per employee and continue operating.
California raised its minimum wages for food workers and a bunch of chain restaurants caught against it saying that they could continue operating in those states because of it. None have left, most have expanded.
You have to remember that there are numerous states that still use the federal minimum wage of $7.25 / hour. If a small business—I don't mean a chain restaurant company; I mean an actual mom and pop business—had to go from that to $25/hour in one fell swoop, it could easily put them out of business before the effects of higher wages across the board kicked in. A phased approach might make more sense.
I haven’t seen the proposed legislation, but I would imagine it includes a phased rollout. You are correct that an immediate tripling of wages could be hard to deal with from a cash flow standpoint.
Great question! We surely don’t want to bankrupt “mom & pop”, start-ups and other small businesses, thereby allowing the Walmart behemoth’s further opportunity to dominate. I’m not savvy about tax codes to offer possible solutions raising minimum wage across the board. Our Capitalist system and complex tax codes would seem to severely limit simple solutions. That said, Senator Murphy, you have my full support working to close the egregious wage/earnings gap.
This can be done in conjunction with taxing the billionaires. The democrats are working on that. Refer to Mamdani. That balances the playing field.
Let’s get it done!!! Mamdani doctrine (raising taxes on rich to fund the less fortunate) working splendidly at the moment on the unique island of Manhattan. Time will tell if billionaire class pulls up stakes and moves on. Generally, the billionaire class writ large is either corrupt and/or savvy enough to game the system to grow their fortunes and grossly minimize their taxes. Call me skeptical. But please prove me wrong!
There’s been stories of millionaires and billionaires leaving manhattan due to taxes and other policies for at least the last 40 years. The number of each has only grown over time. There are some things that can only be had in a city like New York.
Tax the rich. Set an asset tax of 90% on all wealth above 1 billion. Set a tax penalty on corporations that pay their executives insanely high wages compared to the common worker. Make it so that they reinvest in growing the business and paying their employees a fair wage instead of just trying to extract the most profits possible.
A realistic minimum wage, like you suggest - and potentially Universal Basic Income plus child payments (and reform the confusing system we have now of various subsidies and welfare approaches), and a healthcare system free at the point of use - and it would look like much of Europe which has excellent quality of life and people happier with their lives than we see in surveys of the US.
You’ve got the symptoms right - the product of the economy has been shifted up relentlessly during the last 45 years (“the Reagan Dark Age of Trickle Up”). But while raising the minimum wage is a good first step, a lot more is needed: busting monopolies and controlling them much more strongly, price controls, taxing stock transactions, taxing non-wage income, constraints on investors buying stuff (like housing), make health insurance non-profit again, kill pharmacy benefit middlemen, control drug prices, and lots of stuff that I’m not smart enough to come up with.
But I’m heartened to hear a prominent Democrat talk about the disaster that trickle up has been. It is time for a political sea change back to a fundamental belief that strong government is a key part of the solution, not the problem, and that the free market is not the answer to everything.
I would really like to see a concrete plan, a working and living document, with actual bills that can and will be proposed, steps that can and will be taken, including ways for us, as voters, to track progress toward our shared goals. It seems too much of the Democratic response has been ‘strongly worded statements’, not substantive action.
Thank you for your dedication and support for the American people!! Keep up the fight!!
Stop funding Israel
Can we first rewrite the rules of government so there's no insider trading, no official corruption, no immunity for crimes committed by members of the government? If you don't take care of that first, nothing else you do will succeed.