Louisiana’s the perfect place for a Poor People’s Campaign
“You probably don’t like the Rev. William Barber. He spends too much time in the pulpit advocating for the poor, too much time talking about the multiple ways this country, this country’s people and this country’s systems have trampled poor people and kept them down. You don’t have time for that. You’d rather give your attention to a real preacher, one who tells you boldly that faith without wealth is dead. Barber is in South Louisiana this week on some kind of Poor People’s Campaign. Sounds absolutely radical, doesn’t it? Well, wait till you hear the details. This Poor People’s Campaign is demanding ‘the immediate implementation of federal and state living wage laws that are commensurate for the 21st century economy, guaranteed annual incomes, full employment and the right for all workers to form and join unions.’ There’s also a demand for ‘fully-funded welfare programs for the poor and an end to the attacks’ on programs that help the poor. The campaign wants every state to expand Medicaid ‘and the protection of Medicare and single-payer universal health care for all.’”