Werthless wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:Biden had one good day and now everyone is bowing down to him. Very odd. I do not think he can win a general. He was not raising money and has no message. Get excited.

He feels like John Kerry, but with concerning verbal gaffes.

TenuredVulture wrote:

TomatoPie wrote:

Grotewold wrote:

Stripes wrote:

TomatoPie wrote:What would President TP favor?

While my gut tells me that we should eliminate the minimum wage, it is plenty low right now, and removing it would indeed open the door for some employers to exploit some labor markets.

I'd keep it where it is, but I'd do something at the federal government level that mirrors the EIC. For all persons over age 21, federal tax dollars will be used to get you to a net (indexed for inflation) wage of $15/hr.

This is in keeping with programs that, while far from perfect, are effective in helping needy Americans - public housing, Medicaid, food stamps. Help for those who need it, not a blanket program that brings in everybody.

I'd much rather target subsidies to those that truly need it rather than paying suburban teens an above-market rate for summer jobs, or, even worse, paying everybody including Bill Gates and Mike Bloomberg $1000 a month.

Why would any business pay anybody over $7.25 then, if the government is just gonna make up the rest anyway?

How about if you can't afford to pay your workers a living wage, commensurate with broader profitability and productivity trends in the U.S. over the last few decades, you go out of business?

Or are they *AM radio voice* entitled to it

That leaves unanswered the question of why it falls on employers to pay above-market wage rates. Why is the employer responsible but not the family, the schools, the community that failed to prepare this person for gainful employment?

More importantly, though, what it means is fewer stores and services in poor neighborhoods, more Dollar Stores and fewer bodegas, more Walmarts and fewer independent retailers. It's not very progressive to price small businesses out of business.

However, Stripes did catch the hole in my scheme, nobody would pay more than $7.25 if the government was just going to cover the difference.

The thing is, these are jobs that need to be done. Often, there's a mentality that the employer is doing the employee a favor by hiring him.

And it's not just people working in fast food--it's home health aids, child care workers, people who clean our offices. Some of these jobs are incredibly demanding.

heyeaglefn wrote:

Bucky wrote:i didn't realize liz was 70

It really is crazy, if you think about the people you know that are 70+ and to think of them making high level decisions that impact the world just seems crazy. Trump will be 74 this year, Warren 71, Bernie 79, Biden 78, Bloomberg 78

Bernie/Biden/Bloomberg will be 80+ in the next 2 years.

CalvinBall wrote:Lol Matthews is done. It's his last harball. Wowowow.

pacino wrote:Did he quit on air?

slugsrbad wrote:Oh and Beto is endorsing Joe Biden... which I guess isn't that newsworthy or unusual, but that's 3 former candidates for President in two days for Joe Biden

CalvinBall wrote:Biden would be wise to hire the best from all three of their campaign staffs. He desperately needs it.

Wolfgang622 wrote:Chris Matthews can fuck right off.