“Although there are many things that Trump and Harris disagree on, like many Americans, their view of the role of McDonald’s in economic mobility is something they share,” writes Marcia Chatelain for The New York Times.
McDonald’s tells a story about what both candidates think is possible for working people.In presidential politics, you have to meet potential voters where they are. So every four years,, college campuses and even barbershops become the mainstays of the presidential campaign circuit. But, this year, the contenders have added the McDonald’s fry station.
has not lessened the accusation that Democrats do not know or understand the Golden Arches like Mr. Trump does. Mr. Trump resurfaced his unfounded claims that Ms. Harris never worked at McDonald’s in Bucks County.the minimum wage never ticked higher than $3.35 per hour In the early days of McDonald’s franchising in the 1950s, an array of public policies fueled a booming economy and made possible the franchising system that ushered middle-class people into business. These opportunities were often made available to white men, who had more access to capital to enter the franchise business than their Black counterparts.
Mr. Nixon pointed to these businesses as signs of his commitment to economic justice and enlisted a new generation of Black business owners to articulate what he had made possible for them. In communities that had been calling for federal action on Black unemployment, police brutality and discrimination across all sectors, Mr. Nixon suggested those problems could be resolved with shiny new businesses, many of them fast-food restaurants.
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