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Second, it is good for the economy and the budget. It provides
government income that can be used to provided vital services to
the working class–like unemployment benefits, subsidized housing
and healthcare, increasing the minimum wage, etc.–as well as be
a source of funding for infrastructure spending–which we need
badly, especially in addressing the ecological crisis. Both of
these things stimulate the economy and provide jobs. Providing
the social services reducing inequality and decreases the
chances of economic meltdown. It also puts more dispensable
income in the hands of people who will spend it, increasing
demand and stimulating the economy. Infrastructure spending will
directly create jobs–that’s an easy one.      John Cronan Jr is
a restaurant worker, organizer, and a masters student at the
Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies.
 Currently, he is a volunteer organizer for the Restaurant
Opportunities Center of New York (ROC