leaves out a huge segment of the population- part time employees, freelancers, independent contractors, etc. On economics I trust Warren the most. She favors a living wage as well.

Also, half of all jobs are with small businesses, and not corporations, so making corporations raise wages won't solve that problem for half of workers - or small business owners, or the self employed, or the gig worker....

The gig economy is a much more widespread and insidious wage theft than the rate of minimum wage for McDonalds workers.

Beware being convinced of the "simple solution" for a large and complicated problem.

Corporations get such a break and can entice workers because of great benefit packages, free transit passes and other perks that the small business just cannot compete against.

I don't understand how people cannot see how everything is rigged for big business and we end bowing to what they deem to give. This is why our environment is such a mess, pensions have been looted and politicians answering to them.

I owned my own business since 2004. I finally got a job 2 years ago because of health benefits that didn't ask for a huge monthly payday and a deductible that would have me hoping for a grave disease or injury so I could get some of my money back.

Before this new healthcare provider, I had an allergic reaction to shellfish and went to the hospital because I can die from it. I got to see a doctor, but the referral to see a specialist for allergies would not take my self employed healthcare provider. No one would after a morning of trying other specialists. What good is healthcare if you won't be seen or you go broke for just having to have it?

I don't love my job, I would quit but the benefits keep me looking for something comparable in my job hunt. Not going so well.

This is very typical of our female candidates - they are a whole lot more pragmatic, and they are willing to actually fight for the real working class. (The majority of which is not white or male - it's mostly women, and people of color.)

And maybe I’m just another pragmatic female but damn, I want to know the whys, what, hows and when of legislation

It’s a ways toward universal basic income.