Here's an idea moderates and progressives can agree on: $50/hour jobs for everyone!!

By Mike Reid | September 2025

Picture walking into any Democratic PAC's Recruiting HQ — one of hundreds across the country — and leaving with a job that not only pays $50/hour but also actually excites and energizes you.

A job you can start the very next day — if you'd like to.

A $50/hour job for anyone and everyone who wants one!

All thanks to....the DEMOCRATIC PARTY!!

"$50/hour? Impossible!!" you say?

Ok. Yeah — with that attitude, it will be.

"How are we POSSIBLY going to pay for this???" you’re wondering, already spiraling, already panicking?

Ok. That one's easy. The millionaires and billionaires will pay for it.

Obviously.

Because if Bernie is right — if the top 1% of Americans hold more wealth than the entire bottom 99%, and the top 0.1% are sitting on even more than that — then come on, my Democratic compatriots!

Obviously we can ask (nicely) the millionaires and billionaires to chip in because they’ve got so much extra goddamn moolah, right??

Because if what Bernie Sanders says is true — and the math pretty much does work out roughly as Bernie suggests — then there’s NO shortage of millionaires and billionaires who could donate literally insanely large sums of money to fund $50/hour jobs, right?

So the problem isn’t how many millionaires and billionaires exist.

Nor is the problem their lack of interest in making huge donations, because a lot of millionaires and billionaires actually do make huge political donations every cycle.

The actual problem is the lack of $50/hour jobs themselves, right?

So let's create jobs that pay $50/hour! Because, to be honest, nearly every job in America right now is a stupid, miserable, soul‑sucking, soon to be obsolete job — especially once AI changes everything.

Cast & Crew

Make politics fun (online and off)
Launch brand new projects (starting in Baltimore)
Earn $50/hour & travel, food, accommodations

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But if we’re serious about solving the problem of lack of good jobs in America — really solving it — in a way that the number of jobs that pay $50/hour always outpaces the demand and we always has enough money to pay everyone….then we have to toss every typical, inside‑the‑box solution straight out the window.

Because the usual strategies won't get us there — not even close.

For example, maybe you’re picturing a New Deal‑style jobs program run by the federal government. Ummmm…..okay. Except here’s the thing: the federal government isn’t adding $50/hour jobs — it’s firing people. Which means every day, there are even more people who are going to need these $50/hour jobs we’re talking about.

Or maybe you’re picturing some giant nonprofit — like Save the Children, Amnesty International, the Red Cross — except this time it’s about saving unemployed Americans from financial free‑fall as AI takes their jobs.

Okay….sure. Someone can try that.

But here’s the problem: nonprofits are slow‑moving bureaucracies, and worse, they’re not even allowed to be political.

Or maybe you’re thinking some super‑ethical corporation is going to swoop in and save the day.

And hey, I appreciate your optimism — but no.

Because even the most ethical companies still ultimately have to prioritize profit to stay competitive.

The truth is, creating an unlimited supply of $50/hour jobs (paid for by millionaires and billionaires) isn’t the job of the government.

It’s not the job of nonprofits.

It’s not even the job of "ethical" corporations.

It’s the perfect job for political action committees.

Because here’s the reality: political action committees already raise BILLIONS from millionaires and billionaires every single cycle.

And what’s all that money going toward?

Mostly TV commercials. Commercials that — sure — used to work.

But they didn’t work very well in 2024, and no one honestly believes TV ads alone will save the Democrats in 2026 or 2028.
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So what if — instead of spending quite so much of what we raise on TV commercials — the Democrats spent our money on creating an unlimited number of $50/hour jobs?