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mopinko

(70,102 posts) Thu Mar 7, 2019, 03:00 PM Mar 2019

hey rethuglicans, if you are worried about the trade deficit, try this-

make the minimum wage a FUCKING LIVING WAGE!!!

st ronnie brought this all on by encouraging cheap imports and stifled wages to kill inflation. that is where the job hemorrhaging race to the bottom started.

if the mw had kept pace all these years it would be getting close to $20/hr. a whole lot more workers could afford to buy american if their basic needs were being met.

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hey rethuglicans, if you are worried about the trade deficit, try this- (Original Post) mopinko Mar 2019 OP

Ask for $35 per hour. And not spread over 3 years but like CEO's raise be instant. BSdetect Mar 2019 #1

oh, man. those long ramp ups make me crazy. mopinko Mar 2019 #2

BSdetect

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1. Ask for $35 per hour. And not spread over 3 years but like CEO's raise be instant.

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 03:03 PM

Mar 2019

mopinko

(70,102 posts)

2. oh, man. those long ramp ups make me crazy.

Reply to BSdetect (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 03:13 PM

Mar 2019

"On Thursday, Illinois state lawmakers passed a law that will gradually raise the wage floor from $8.25 to $15 an hour by 2024"
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211826670

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