Raising the min wage from $7.25/hr to $15/hr would increase wages of 32 million workers, a majority of whom currently live below poverty line. If the Dems refuse to do this, they’ll surrender all moral authority among millions of people whose votes they will need in the midterms.
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I would have no problem with govt sponsored compensatory measures during a transitional period. But the change will ultimately benefit the economy and should not be delayed.
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You wanna artificially hike wages, knowing it’ll kill millions of jobs, but have the gov subsidize the loss of those jobs with “compensatory measures” during a transition period? How well did that go when people wanted $2,000 for COVID and the gov never delivered? This is fantasy
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Replying to @D_Georgino @cameron_arcand
The point is that the people should’ve received the $2000. They should’ve been receiving it monthly from the beginning. Nothing would be a great a stimulus for the economy than for people to have money to spend.

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Replying to @marwilliamson @cameron_arcand
But that’s the point. The gov does not deliver on the simplest of needs. So in my opinion, the solution is not placing more trust in them to hike wages & “relieve” the jobless in the meantime. Injecting that kind of capital will also just make those same dollars less valuable.
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