Biden min wage

ScottW

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Jan 16, 2021, 2:38:08 PM1/16/21

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1mil out of poverty yeah!

1.3 mil out job....shhhh, don't mention that.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-minimum-wage-proposal-15-dollars/

ScottW

Trevor Wilson

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Jan 16, 2021, 5:12:11 PM1/16/21

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**Here's the thing:

The US$15.00/hour matches Australia's minimum wage. Tick.
The US is still the wealthiest nation on Earth. Tick.
The US can afford to help it's lowest paid workers.

A HUGE part of the reason why so many Americans are unemployed is down
to Trump's incompetent handling of the COVID-19 crisis. Biden now has to
clean up Trump's mess.

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George M. Middius

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Jan 16, 2021, 7:40:21 PM1/16/21

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Trevor Wilson wrote:

> A HUGE part of the reason why so many Americans are unemployed is down
> to Trump's incompetent handling of the COVID-19 crisis. Biden now has to
> clean up Trump's mess.

Fortunately, he won't have to fight McTortoise and his band of seditionists
every step of the way like Obama did.

Trevor Wilson

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Jan 17, 2021, 12:31:55 AM1/17/21

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**Let's hope. I've read that there a couple of right-leaning Dems that
may not allow everything through.

Hey, good news about the HRA huh?

Let's hope this is the beginning of the end of those evil cunts.

ScottW

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Jan 17, 2021, 12:44:10 PM1/17/21

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On Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 2:12:11 PM UTC-8, Trevor Wilson wrote:
> On 17/01/2021 6:38 am, ScottW wrote:
> > 1mil out of poverty yeah!
> >
> > 1.3 mil out job....shhhh, don't mention that.
> >
> > https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-minimum-wage-proposal-15-dollars/
> >
> > ScottW
> >
> **Here's the thing:
>
> The US$15.00/hour matches Australia's minimum wage. Tick.
> The US is still the wealthiest nation on Earth. Tick.

How do you define wealthiest?
The only measure the US leads with is total GDP.
In GDP per capita...we're a mere 5th according IMF and 8th according to UN and World Bank.

> The US can afford to help it's lowest paid workers.

This is about as simplistic and moronic as Stephen's support of "harm reduction" for meth.

ScottW

Trevor Wilson

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Jan 18, 2021, 3:44:45 AM1/18/21

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On 18/01/2021 4:44 am, ScottW wrote:
> On Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 2:12:11 PM UTC-8, Trevor Wilson wrote:
>> On 17/01/2021 6:38 am, ScottW wrote:
>>> 1mil out of poverty yeah!
>>>
>>> 1.3 mil out job....shhhh, don't mention that.
>>>
>>> https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-minimum-wage-proposal-15-dollars/
>>>
>>> ScottW
>>>
>> **Here's the thing:
>>
>> The US$15.00/hour matches Australia's minimum wage. Tick.
>> The US is still the wealthiest nation on Earth. Tick.
>
> How do you define wealthiest?

**The wealthiest.

> The only measure the US leads with is total GDP.
> In GDP per capita...we're a mere 5th according IMF and 8th according to UN and World Bank.

**WOW! *Only* 5th place. Out of what? 200 and something?

>
>> The US can afford to help it's lowest paid workers.
>
> This is about as simplistic and moronic as Stephen's support of "harm reduction" for meth.

**Sure it's simple. Paying people a living wage is just good, common sense.

MiNe109

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Jan 18, 2021, 2:06:14 PM1/18/21

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Fewer economists follow the minimum wage orthodoxy these days. In 2015,
only 26% agreed a $15/hr would "substantially lower employment among
lower wage workers."

https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/why-15-minimum-wage-is-pretty-safe

The 1994 study is here:

https://davidcard.berkeley.edu/papers/njmin-aer.pdf

Don't get excited: the author is *Alan* Kruger.

ScottW

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Jan 18, 2021, 2:30:27 PM1/18/21

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On Monday, January 18, 2021 at 12:44:45 AM UTC-8, Trevor Wilson wrote:
> On 18/01/2021 4:44 am, ScottW wrote:
> > On Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 2:12:11 PM UTC-8, Trevor Wilson wrote:
> >> On 17/01/2021 6:38 am, ScottW wrote:
> >>> 1mil out of poverty yeah!
> >>>
> >>> 1.3 mil out job....shhhh, don't mention that.
> >>>
> >>> https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-minimum-wage-proposal-15-dollars/
> >>>
> >>> ScottW
> >>>
> >> **Here's the thing:
> >>
> >> The US$15.00/hour matches Australia's minimum wage. Tick.
> >> The US is still the wealthiest nation on Earth. Tick.
> >
> > How do you define wealthiest?
> **The wealthiest.
> > The only measure the US leads with is total GDP.
> > In GDP per capita...we're a mere 5th according IMF and 8th according to UN and World Bank.
> **WOW! *Only* 5th place. Out of what? 200 and something?

So much for 'est. Trevor falls fast from his perch.

> >> The US can afford to help it's lowest paid workers.
> >
> > This is about as simplistic and moronic as Stephen's support of "harm reduction" for meth.
> **Sure it's simple. Paying people a living wage is just good, common sense.
> --

Not always. Making menial jobs that once were teenage part time jobs discourages people from seeking real job skills.
My first job was McDonalds, now they want you bilingual with a HS diploma if you are US educated.
Funny how that works. Anyway, part time jobs for teens are disappearing along with the work ethic they teach.

Anyway...whats 300,000 lost jobs to you? You just sit on your perch and claim it was for the best.

ScottW