Democrats can not be trusted
Comment on Bill to raise minimum wage to $25 an hour will be introduced in Senate
unitedwithme@lemmy.today 1 week ago
In all honesty, while $25/hr would help so many people, it’s a HUGE trap!!! I’m all for a fed wage bump, but bear with me.
- Trying to lure Democratic votes back… They’re just as corrupt of a party, so letting them keep power, they still come out ahead.
- All the wealthy politicians and anyone tech-industry who owns a lot of stock as a compensation package, would hugely benefit and the stock prices would go up making then even more wealthy.
- Many goods, services, products, etc, would disproportionately go up, affecting what little middle class Americans have.
- They (the ultra wealthy) would find a way to evade increased taxes while a lot of that new $25/hr income would be taxed, aka offset what the wealthy SHOULD BE CONTRIBUTING already via the current proposed wealth tax bills. This basically is a way around them having to give up a little money.
I’m not falling for this, this is obviously some sort of game that now all the sudden is a good idea??! Its been 17 fucking years, 12 of which were Democratic! Fucking scammers!
K1nsey6@lemmy.world 1 week ago
homes@piefed.world 1 week ago
When the minimum wage has increased in the past, prices have not disproportionately increased. There have been small, short-term increases on some luxury goods, but that’s about it.
The idea that increasing the minimum wage will cause sudden price increases is a myth.
unitedwithme@lemmy.today 1 week ago
No you’re not listening. Small increases are fine and less disruptive. You’re talking about 19 States and 1 territory going from $7.25/hr to $25/hr.
If you look at 2007 – 2009, we had jumps of $.70 each year. Let’s be real, we had 12 years of Democrats in office during that time and 7 years of Republican, so neither are really “fighting” for us. Why do we still have a federal minimum wage of $7.25? Let’s look at inflation since 2009 (hint: 53.9%). Check the calculator, too. Sure, several states do in fact utilize a higher stat level minimum wage, but according to the NCSL, 20 states still rely on the federal minimum. If you keep the $.70 rate going, we could be at $19.15/hour, and let’s just say at a minimum we raised it $.50/year on average which puts us at $15.75. So, averaging out to $17.45. Really, I’d aim for $17.50/hr. It’s easier, more consistent, and honestly, probably still a little low. But also, why now and why so much of an increase?! Isn’t that the slightest but suspicious???
Remember after Covid, inflation was getting out of hand and the whole “nobody wants to work” bullshit?? Well, wages increased in a lot of places to lure employees, but it hurt small businesses really bad because their margins are smaller so prices raised more to compensate. The 3% convenience fee also became popular in card transactions to avoid eating those costs too. So, in a society where using plastic has become king for the middle and lower classes, we’re punished with higher prices unless we switch back to cash? Prices will ABSOLUTELY soar. Businesses, especially smaller ones will ABSOLUTELY close due to being unable to stay profitable. This IS NOT good.
homes@piefed.world 1 week ago
When I said that it’s a myth unsupported by fact, throwing out a bunch of superfluous other facts that don’t support the myth isn’t going to confuse me because I’m not stupid. And unless you can directly link inflation over the years, you’ve discussed to wage increases, which you can’t then all you’re doing is perpetuating a myth that has no factual support.
And for the fools who refused to listen to facts, and are still afraid of some sort of systemic shock, the wage increase can be spread across two or three years, it doesn’t have to happen overnight.
But I repeat: it’s a myth, unsupported by fact.… Unless, after that diatribe of yours, you were hiding the fact for some sort of epic, forthcoming reply…
unitedwithme@lemmy.today 1 week ago
OK, so you’re hell bent on just accepting a new minimum wage, regardless of how it gets there, because you just see the dollar signs going higher, not thinking about the reasoning behind why now all the sudden some rich politician wants to raise the wage 3.5x the current rate for so us normal folk… Got it.
Instead of asking the real questions or using critical thinking, just because there’s “no direct proof” means it’s OK. Well, I’m sure that’s what everyone’s (who’s very wealthy) counting on. Nobody doing the math or working out the numbers.
How come you didn’t talk to any of my points? Seems ironic timing at the very least a new wealth tax is discussed for the ultra wealthy getting taxed on net worth, AND NOW all the sudden they want to raise wages?!?! Seems like a distraction and you’re falling for it.