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Because that wouldn't a be a structural change. Nick Hanauer's net worth / American population below the poverty line = 22 bucks each Remember when Bush gave everybody $200 on their tax return back in '03 or '04 or whatever? Remember how that accomplished exactly fuckall? When you're saying "give 1.45 million Walmart workers an additional $10k a year" you're saying "Walmart alone is on the hook for 14.5 billion dollars." $10k a year at 45 million people is 450 billion dollars. Per year. That's the sort of thing that requires legislation.