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[65.54.190.140]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x80si14440898pfi.97.2016.03.05.08.32.19 for <john.podesta@gmail.com> (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 05 Mar 2016 08:32:20 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of stevesilberstein@hotmail.com designates 65.54.190.140 as permitted sender) client-ip=65.54.190.140; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of stevesilberstein@hotmail.com designates 65.54.190.140 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=stevesilberstein@hotmail.com; dmarc=pass (p=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=hotmail.com Received: from BAY174-W41 ([65.54.190.187]) by BAY004-OMC3S2.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.23008); Sat, 5 Mar 2016 08:32:01 -0800 X-TMN: [gEAuYcBuNTZONQ3yzQR5FHozdatx5Fr5] X-Originating-Email: [stevesilberstein@hotmail.com] Message-ID: <BAY174-W41331395BED795B1B3F795D8BF0@phx.gbl> Return-Path: stevesilberstein@hotmail.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_f4025fe3-c957-4bfe-91ad-8d93eb85c709_" From: Steve Silberstein <stevesilberstein@hotmail.com> To: Dan Schwerin <dschwerin@hrcoffice.com>, Ann O'Leary <aoleary@hillaryclinton.com>, John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> Subject: Make America Whole ? Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2016 16:31:59 +0000 Importance: Normal MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Mar 2016 16:32:01.0210 (UTC) FILETIME=[8B5821A0:01D176FC] --_f4025fe3-c957-4bfe-91ad-8d93eb85c709_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dan=2C Ann and John=2CMaking America WholeIs not the best slogan to describ= e what the campaign (and HRC) is about -- makes me think America is in a ho= le much better would be Make America Great FOR EVERYONEwhich sets up the contr= ast with Trump=2C and actually makes it easier for some of his voters to sw= itch over to HRC And=2C to top if off if HRC could lead with an example of FOR EVERYONE=2C i= t could be not only raising the minimum wage=2C but also requiring ALL empl= oyers to pay ALL their workers AT LEAST that min wage=2C i.e. getting rid o= f the loopHOLE that allows some employers (namely restaurant owners) to pay= less than the min wage to some of their workers=2C namely waitresses=2C wh= ich are often paid only $2.13 an hour due to this loophole=2C forcing the h= ardworking American waitress to rely on tips to pay the rent and put food o= n the table for their own kids. Indeed=2C tips are a vestiage of an earlier= era when another set of employers=2C namely plantation owners=2C did not p= ay 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 an= d six other states have done so=2C its time for the federal government to c= hange to do too too so that the states like Michigan and Ohio and Florida h= ave to do the same as Minnesota=2C Alaska=2C Montana and others=2C i.e. to = Make America Great for everyone=2C where all have to play by the same rules= =2C and all employers have to pay all their workers at least a decent min w= age. (And I am sure you saw that Oregon just passed a law to raise the state's m= in wage to $14.75)Just heard Biden give a speech before the Calif Dem Conve= ntion saying the min wage should be raised to $15.00 -- Steve = --_f4025fe3-c957-4bfe-91ad-8d93eb85c709_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 12pt=3B font-family:Calibri } --></style></head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'><div>Dan=2C Ann and John=2C</div= ><div>Making America Whole</div>Is not the best slogan to describe what the= campaign (and HRC) is about -- makes me think America is in a hole<div><br= ></div><div>much better would be Make America Great FOR EVERYONE</div><div>= which sets up the contrast with Trump=2C and actually makes it easier for s= ome of his voters to switch over to HRC</div><div><br></div><div>And=2C to = top if off if HRC could lead with an example of FOR EVERYONE=2C it could be= not only raising the minimum wage=2C but also requiring ALL employers to p= ay ALL their workers AT LEAST that min wage=2C i.e. getting rid of the loop= HOLE that allows some employers (namely restaurant owners) to pay less than= the min wage to some of their workers=2C namely waitresses=2C which are of= ten paid only $2.13 an hour due to this loophole=2C forcing the hardworking= American waitress to rely on tips to pay the rent and put food on the tabl= e for their own kids. Indeed=2C tips are a vestiage of an earlier era when = another set of employers=2C namely plantation owners=2C did not pay their w= orkers at all. If we are going to make America great for everyone =3BI= ts time to finally get rid of loopholes like this -- indeed Minnesota and s= ix other states have done so=2C its time for the federal government to chan= ge to do too too so that the states like Michigan and Ohio and Florida have= to do the same as Minnesota=2C Alaska=2C Montana and others=2C i.e. to Mak= e America Great for everyone=2C where all have to play by the same rules=2C= and all employers have to pay all their workers at least a decent min wage= .</div><div><br></div><div>(And I am sure you saw that Oregon just passed a= law to raise the state's min wage to $14.75)</div><div>Just heard Biden gi= ve a speech before the Calif Dem Convention saying the min wage should be r= aised to $15.00</div><div><br></div><div>-- Steve</div><div><br></div> = </div></body> </html>= --_f4025fe3-c957-4bfe-91ad-8d93eb85c709_--