What if Democrats stopped burning energy whining about the way things are — and started channeling every ounce of effort into something bold enough to flip the script: Jobs that pay $50/hour for everyone who wants one! And who will pay for it? Millionaires and billionaires!!
What if the Democratic Party’s entire jobs plan was stunningly simple — just create an endless stream of $50/hour jobs? And what if, every once in a while, we even tossed an elephant on a rally sign — not as surrender, but as an olive branch to our Republican friends and compatriots, a little wink that says, "Hey, you're more than welcome to grab one of these $50/hour jobs too!"
By Mike Reid | August 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!
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.
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.
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.
So what if — instead of spending quite so much of what we raise on TV commercials — a new group of Democratic PACs prioritized spending their money on creating fun jobs that paid $50/hour?
And what if YOU launched one of those brand new PACs?