Counter for an argument about min wage.

[diabeticman]

My repug of an uncle who has always been self employed argues that Min Wage can't be raised in the U.S. because our money is the world currency standard and that if we raised the min wage in this country places like England and Canada would suffer because there economy couldn't handle raising the min wage.


My wife especially tried to point out to my uncle that actually right now the dollar is weaker than other countries currency.

He bitched that she was a stupid female liberal.

So how do we counter this argument?

[Gravitycollapse]

1. You don't waste your time. That's how you counter it.

[leftstreet]

2. Why would you speak to him again?

Called your wife stupid? Seriously? You should both tell him to fuck off

[diabeticman]

3. If I did that I wouldn't speak to any of my relatives. Besides I keep the peace so that when my

grandmother passes away the uncle who is the excuture of Grandmother's will doesn't hurt my mother by keeping her from her share.

The way will is written Uncle decides HOW any and all assests are divided among himself and his siblings

[Raine1967]

11. I suppose we all have choices to make.

My husband stopped speaking to a family member for calling me a bitch. I'm sorry you have to accept that your partner being called such a name is acceptable. I'm a little more sorry that you think it is as well.

Money is a helluva drug I suppose.

I think you have bigger issues than coming up with a counter argument. Allowing your Uncle to treat your wife like that should be a much bigger concern than a political discussion.

Just sayin'...

Peace,
Raine.

[Springslips]

4. You can't.

It is like trying to hide 12-years odor of tobacco smoke with frebrezze. You just make the stink worse.

His argument makes no sense; how does raising the min wage here increase cost worldwide via our money is world backup. The stupid, it burns!

[SomethingFishy]

5. Well you could always counter with "What you know about economics..

could fit on the head of a pin"

Or you could not waste your time...

[Lex]

6. Tell him he's "a stupid male conservative."

And that he doesn't know what he's talking about.

[aikoaiko]

8. I think the UKs minimum wage is equivalent to USD 10/hr.

[Incitatus]

9. "He bitched that she was a stupid female liberal."

He refused to attempt to answer her question with reason and logic and used an ad hominem attack instead. You cannot have a serious debate with him.

[CK_John]

10. The barrel of a baseball bat could be brought into play.

[pnwmom]

12. Tell him that by not raising the minimum wage we, the taxpayers,

are having to subsidize places like Walmart, and their billionaire owners, because so many of their employees make such poor wages that they qualify for food stamps and Medicaid.

[Warpy]

13. I'd like to know what he's been smoking

so I could avoid it like the plague it is, it's making him stupid.

However, tell him to consider that the minimum wage is $15/hr in Australia and their economy is doing much better than ours or the UK's is. Connect the higher minimum wage to higher demand for goods and services that create more jobs. Then connect the higher sales of goods and services into higher profits and dividends to stockholders.

Also remind him that 6 months after any rise in the minimum wage, there is dead silence from employers who are enjoying better business. No one has ever wanted to roll it back beyond a few crackpot libertarians.

At that point (if you get that far), he'll be gibbering down a ditto list or he'll stomp away to reboot.

[DireStrike]

14. I can't understand his argument and he doesn't particularly care about it, either

Change the topic to football or something.