We certainly can....raise taxes on the rich.
No. You're not going to have inflation because millions of working class Americans finally have a living wage.
Your solution seems to be more of the same.....lots of poor people in red states and blue states with high poverty rates.
You are literally clueless when it comes to Economics! Here's the way it works in the "real world" when you raise the Minimum Wage. Let's use your typical restaurant as our example. Your $20 an hour wage for a kid starting out as a dishwasher in the kitchen means that you have to give a raise to the prep cook that got promoted to his position from dishwasher. He was making $3 more an hour than the dishwasher so that means to keep him happy you're going to have to pay him $23 an hour. The line cook that used to make $4 an hour more than the prep cook is now going to need to make $27 an hour. The Sous Chef that made $5 an hour more than the line cook is now going to want a raise as well. You're going to have to pay him $32 an hour. The Executive Chef that made $10 an hour more than their Sous Chef is going to demand $42 an hour.
As for Medicare for all? That's estimated to cost 30 Trillion dollars over six years...which means the Government would be spending 60% more than it currently is spending...which means in order to pay for that we would have to triple payroll taxes and double all other taxes. Good luck selling that to the American people, Doc! (eye roll)
The one word I think about when it comes to the Dems is "clarity". Even when you're running against a lame duck (hopefully) President, you're running against the people who support and enable him. And so in this case, the Dems are running against a sloppy, messy hurricane of chaos, instability, and the destruction of our fundamental institutions and critical relationships.
Of course we're not. You're putting people who didn't have healthcare before or were paying out of pocket on a plan where the Government pays for everything. That means more people getting more treatments. Let's be honest here...either the quality of care goes way down...or we're going to be spending huge amounts of money on this!
You know, Mac...you make these wild claims about a "hurricane of chaos" and the "destruction of our fundamental institutions" and at some point the public says to themselves...Trump is doing what he said he was going to do when he campaigned! It's not chaos. It's what the voters wanted and it's actually rather well planned. Getting rid of Government waste is something that everyone knows has to happen. We're too far in debt not to get our house in order. So are you going to run against that? The border has been secured. Are you going to run on opening it up again? Violent illegals are being deported. Are you going to run on bringing them back? Trump's working on cease fires in Ukraine and Gaza. Are you going to run on continuing war? He's lowering the cost of energy and that's going to mean lower gas and heating oil costs. Are you going to run on raising gas prices? Are you going to run on allowing men who declare themselves to be female to dominate women's sports? Teaching about sex and gender to little kids? Excluding parents from a minor's confusion over their sexuality?
IM2, is a shit talker.
If you don't see chaos, I'm not surprised.
Ah...the ones I just listed? Duh?
Okay, Correll pointed out that you provided examples in that wall-of-words paragraph and were referring to them. Against my better judgement, I will provide you with a comprehensive answer.
So let me see if I understand you...
That is pretty much the government side of anything that are social agendas. A lot of it does not trickle down as much as when it started from the taxpayer's wallet. You guys turned hospitals and medicine into a business.
Because I'm not a Democrat, nor have I ever been, nor could I ever be.
