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08-15-2016, 05:26 AM
Politicians hate working people
Posted on August 15, 2016August 12, 2016 (http://personalliberty.com/politicians-hate-working-people/) by Bob Livingston (http://personalliberty.com/author/boblivingstonpl/)
https://plnami.blob.core.windows.net/media/2013/09/LAP2013082904_md.jpgAlthough they will claim otherwise, politicians hate working people. How else to explain the push by the elected class – Democrats in particular – to raise the minimum wage to just $15/hour?
The minimum wage plank in the Democrats’ platform (https://www.demconvention.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Democratic-Party-Platform-7.21.16-no-lines.pdf) reads:
Democrats believe that the current minimum wage is a starvation wage and must be increased to a living wage. No one who works full time should have to raise a family in poverty. We believe that Americans should earn at least $15 an hour and have the right to form or join a union and will work in every way we can—in Congress and the federal government, in states and with the private sector—to reach this goal. We should raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour 4 over time and index it, give all Americans the ability to join a union regardless of where they work, and create new ways for workers to have power in the economy so every worker can earn at least $15 an hour. We applaud the approaches taken by states like New York and California. We also support creating one fair wage for all workers by ending the sub-minimum wage for tipped workers and people with disabilities.
A $15/hour minimum wage for a 40 hour/week job is an annual income of just $31,200. That’s below the lowest median income (http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/median-annual-income/) of any state in America – even Mississippi. And only a few Republican politicians — like Donald Trump — are even talking about raising the minimum wage. Most Republicans don’t even pretend to want to help working people by giving them a “living wage.”
So if politicians – Democrats in particular – want to help working people....
http://personalliberty.com/politicians-hate-working-people/
like I was saying, a minimum wage law is destructive to the economy. It is intended to close businesses, and reduce competition.
Even if it was offered, many folks wouldn't work for it, but force people to rely solely on government for handouts. As people lose their jobs because it had to close it's doors, the unemployment rate would shoot through the roof.
The Seattle case is proof of what this article says.........
(Edited for length, see rule 8.)
Posted on August 15, 2016August 12, 2016 (http://personalliberty.com/politicians-hate-working-people/) by Bob Livingston (http://personalliberty.com/author/boblivingstonpl/)
https://plnami.blob.core.windows.net/media/2013/09/LAP2013082904_md.jpgAlthough they will claim otherwise, politicians hate working people. How else to explain the push by the elected class – Democrats in particular – to raise the minimum wage to just $15/hour?
The minimum wage plank in the Democrats’ platform (https://www.demconvention.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Democratic-Party-Platform-7.21.16-no-lines.pdf) reads:
Democrats believe that the current minimum wage is a starvation wage and must be increased to a living wage. No one who works full time should have to raise a family in poverty. We believe that Americans should earn at least $15 an hour and have the right to form or join a union and will work in every way we can—in Congress and the federal government, in states and with the private sector—to reach this goal. We should raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour 4 over time and index it, give all Americans the ability to join a union regardless of where they work, and create new ways for workers to have power in the economy so every worker can earn at least $15 an hour. We applaud the approaches taken by states like New York and California. We also support creating one fair wage for all workers by ending the sub-minimum wage for tipped workers and people with disabilities.
A $15/hour minimum wage for a 40 hour/week job is an annual income of just $31,200. That’s below the lowest median income (http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/median-annual-income/) of any state in America – even Mississippi. And only a few Republican politicians — like Donald Trump — are even talking about raising the minimum wage. Most Republicans don’t even pretend to want to help working people by giving them a “living wage.”
So if politicians – Democrats in particular – want to help working people....
http://personalliberty.com/politicians-hate-working-people/
like I was saying, a minimum wage law is destructive to the economy. It is intended to close businesses, and reduce competition.
Even if it was offered, many folks wouldn't work for it, but force people to rely solely on government for handouts. As people lose their jobs because it had to close it's doors, the unemployment rate would shoot through the roof.
The Seattle case is proof of what this article says.........
(Edited for length, see rule 8.)