The Big Giant Tax Cut?

[Jarlaxle]

I don't recall who, but I do recall some moths back being rebutted by someone on USMB who declared, in substance, that $15/hr is, in some U.S. locales, enough to support a middle class lifestyle.

My thoughts on the veracity or even plausibility of that proposition is that can be found folks of all sorts who harbor myriad specious notions.

If that claim were true, the middle class is not helped by bringing others up to the middle class.

Oh, my....

Achieving existential middle-class status is not a zero-sum undertaking.

If middle class is not achieved until you hit $15/hr, raising those making $12/hr up to $15/hr
does not benefit the middle class.

It does, and it benefits the economy.

Pricing unskilled and low skilled workers out of the job market is bad for the economy.

Unless the job is a certificate/licensed, and/or degreed position, ALL jobs are low/no skilled.

You are fucking stupid.

If you think it is "low skilled", try a shop that maintains trucks. There's a Hino 258 with a bad head gasket, a 338 that has a CEL on and an air leak, and an International with a smoked clutch. Get cracking!