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Episode 584: Political Scandal Hits Republicans and Democrats; Ending Tipped Minimum Wage

Episode 584: Political Scandal Hits Republicans and Democrats; Ending Tipped Minimum Wage

This week on Ring of Fire, Justin Schweitzer, Policy Analyst at the Poverty to Prosperity Program for The Center for American Progress joins us to discuss the reasons why we should eliminate the tipped minimum wage in favor of the regular raised minimum wage. and Heather Digby Parton will help run down the biggest stories of the week. Hey more than ever, a reason for you to become a member starting this week and you can do so over it rofpodcast.com, today the member show has a bonus interview, Sam will be talking to Harvard constitutional law professor Lawrence Lessig about HR 1, it is what he calls an incredibly important piece of legislation to save not just voting rights and anti-corruption policies but literally to save our democracy.

Ring of Fire Radio with Farron Cousins · Audio Matters LLC

April 1, 20211h 2m

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<p>This week on Ring of Fire, <a href="https://twitter.com/Just_Schweitzer">Justin Schweitzer</a>, Policy Analyst at the Poverty to Prosperity Program for The Center for American Progress joins us to discuss the reasons <a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/poverty/reports/2021/03/30/497673/ending-tipped-minimum-wage-will-reduce-poverty-inequality/">why we should eliminate the tipped minimum wage in favor of the regular raised minimum wage</a>.</p> <p>and <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will help run down the biggest stories of the week.</p> <p>Hey more than ever, a reason for you to become a member starting this week and you can do so over it <a href="https://fans.fm/ringoffire/join">rofpodcast.com,</a> today the member show has a bonus interview, Sam will be talking to Harvard constitutional law professor <a href="https://twitter.com/lessig">Lawrence Lessig</a> about <a href="https://lessig.org/">HR 1</a>, it is what he calls an incredibly important piece of legislation to save not just voting rights and anti-corruption policies but literally to save our democracy.</p>