Talk to me about a social contract first, because I think decrying consumption is a luxury that only those with secure financial support can afford."

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Talk to me about a social contract first, because I think decrying consumption is a luxury that only those with secure financial support can afford.


"So I will continue to argue for equitable access to food that people with low incomes can afford until the minimum wage in this country is raised to be a living wage, and until we have a solid social contract that guarantees enough resources to everyone to live at that standard.
When people in university circles rail against consumption, I don’t think about big cars or “cheap crap”: I think about these things. And about why cars are not luxuries, but necessities if you want to have a job– increasingly necessary as we eliminate the buses that are the last remnants of real public transit.