Likely 2020 Democratic candidates want to guarantee a lob to every American

Booker is the only one of these three with a fully fleshed-out-proposal out there. His plan, unveiled late in April, would create pilot job guarantee programs in 15 communities where unemployment is particularly high.

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All of the jobs would give people paid family and sick leave, pay that eventually phases up to $15 an hour, and — according to Booker’s website — “health coverage like that enjoyed by Members of Congress.”

Democratic senators Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, Jeff Merkley and Elizabeth Warren all co-sponsored that bill. (And like Gillibrand, Harris, Merkley and Warren likewise have hinted at possible 2020 campaigns.)

Bernie Sanders also has a proposal in the works.

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