8 Democrats Join Republicans in Rejecting Sanders’ $15 Minimum Wage Hike Bill

[Claudette]

Good for them!
Bills should be short and strait to the point. None of this added bullshit.

Indeed, as they could have passed a simple COVID-relief bill in January. Instead, we get this monstrosity of a bill.

Yes and with very little Chinese virus relief in it. Its a whopping big fat pork bill.

 

[basquebromance]

As Thomas Sowell rightly observed about workers and wages: “In short, no one is employable or unemployable absolutely, but only relative to a given pay scale.” As wages rise under coercion from Congress, the least skilled among us become legally unemployable, save for employers’ charity.

Democrats complain about the COVID-related economic downturn but then propose harebrained minimum wage policies that would screw over suffering small business and their employees. They complain about college debt but then introduce legislation that prices high school students out of low-skill job opportunities, increasing the barriers to entry. They scoff and insist that businesses can pass the costs of wage increases onto consumers without pausing to think about who exactly those consumers are, the same Americans they say are living in poverty.

 

[dudmuck]

As Thomas Sowell rightly observed about workers and wages: “In short, no one is employable or unemployable absolutely, but only relative to a given pay scale.” As wages rise under coercion from Congress, the least skilled among us become legally unemployable, save for employers’ charity.

Democrats complain about the COVID-related economic downturn but then propose harebrained minimum wage policies that would screw over suffering small business and their employees. They complain about college debt but then introduce legislation that prices high school students out of low-skill job opportunities, increasing the barriers to entry. They scoff and insist that businesses can pass the costs of wage increases onto consumers without pausing to think about who exactly those consumers are, the same Americans they say are living in poverty.

 

[marvin martian]

Sounds like she has evolved over the past 7 years.....good for her. It would be nice if others in her party learned to evolve instead of devolve

if by evolve you mean sold her soul like a corporate whore, then yes

What a sexist comment....

No evolve...realizing that raising the Federal Min wage to that level would harm the economy, hurt businesses and drive up unemployment. You know educate herself.

SEXIST?

i don't see gender, and i think Sinema is a good man in general

Calling a successful woman a "whore" is sexist.....

and another personal attack against her....wow....just wow....sexist

That's how the left treats women.

 

[Viktor]

We don't need a federal minimum wage. What's good for California isn't necessarily good for North Dakota.

When I worked my way through college, there was no minimum wage. I had to take $5 an hour. I paid for my education with no help from the government.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

When I worked my way through college, there was no minimum wage. I had to take $5 an hour. I paid for my education with no help from the government.

That's not possible today with the inflated cost of college

 

[Viktor]

That's not possible today with the inflated cost of college

I went to a state funded school so my tuition was low.