The best argument for raising the minimum wage to $15 comes from @JoeBiden: No American who works 40 hours a week should live in poverty.

Jan 17, 2021 · 6:01 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson @JoeBiden
Okay, tell the bastard it is $2k a month, NOT one-time $1,400!
Replying to @marwilliamson @ny_indivisible @JoeBiden
It also raises the floor for ALL hourly employees
Replying to @marwilliamson @JoeBiden
We'll still be paid less than the value of our labor. Thanks Reagan. epi.org/productivity-pay-gap…

The Productivity–Pay Gap

The huge gap between rising incomes at the top and stagnating pay for the rest of us shows that workers are no longer benefiting from their rising productivity. Before 1979, worker pay and producti...

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Replying to @marwilliamson @JoeBiden
You must never have owned a business. This will create more job loss and nullify any gains. You all are so short sided.
Replying to @marwilliamson @JoeBiden
This works have been great in 2008 but these days 15 doesn't cut it anymore
Replying to @marwilliamson @JoeBiden
$15 an hour minimum wage is a joke. Based on the gold standard minimum wage should be around $40 an hour today.
Replying to @marwilliamson @joshfoxfilm @JoeBiden
The only way to do that: 1) Be your own landlord (national public housing). 2) Control your own retirement (2x Soc Sec). 3) Get 100% healthcare-working or not- so employers can't control you (Med4All). That's a damn good world. Just ask Finland, Sweden, etc.😎
Replying to @marwilliamson @JoeBiden
What about teenagers who want jobs that don’t work 40 hours a week? It would be nice to have jobs for them...
Replying to @marwilliamson @JoeBiden
The value of the dollar went down. The currency is due to crash. I think you could go for a state issued value backed currency and bypasses the federal reserve.
Replying to @marwilliamson @JoeBiden
I believe that argument actually came from Bernie Sanders, Ms. Williamson ...
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