04-13-2021, 04:05 PM
(04-13-2021, 09:15 AM)David Horn Wrote:In theory, it should only take an hour to punch a hole through the rim of a house in St Paul. An old boss told me that one time. Evidently, the boss's theory didn't take into account the overall thickness or the density of the concrete that ruined his theory. He didn't want to hear that from me anymore than you want to hear what I have to say to you and your beliefs these days. I assume that you aren't fortunate enough to be a multi millionaire like Obama, Biden and Pelosi or a multi billionaire like the Facebook dude or Google dude or Bill Gates or even Trump for that matter. I assume that you are as susceptible to rising costs and shortages like everyone else living below them.(04-12-2021, 09:54 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(04-03-2021, 09:43 AM)David Horn Wrote:(04-02-2021, 12:21 PM)Anthony Wrote: Not surprisingly, I agree with Joe Manchin. Let's go to $11 an hour for now - so long as the minimum wage is thereafter indexed to an "unchained" CPI once the minimum wage does reach that figure.
And the Democrats have only themselves to blame - because of the Culture Wars, which they started - for being forced to compromise on this, and so many other issues.
$15 is low today and far outdated by the time it finally arrives. $11 is an insult. If the minimum had kept pace since 1973, it would be $20+. I do agree that the laser focus on culture issues has been much of the problem. It seems to be that advancement on trend line A must be offset by stagnation on trend line B. It’s not right, but it seems to be the case. And no, I don’t have a solution for that.
I think you should go big and impose 60$. You won't have much of an economy left but whatever, that's beside the point.
If we had followed the trend from the end of WW-II through roughly 1973, the minimum wage would be between $20 and $22 an hour. People getting paid at that level have disposable income, meaning more spending overall. More spending leads to more profits for businesses, who then need more workers to do what they do. So how is this bad?
I never thought that I'd be around long enough see you and every other partisan left wing hack in the position that you are all in these days. Here you are pretty much being set up to find yourselves discarded and finding ways to live off whatever revenues associated with American entertainment and the drama associated with Left Wing propaganda for the most part. So, what's an Oscar worth to most Americans these days? Is it worth nearly as much as it did to America before it was taken over and politicized by today's Left? Does education cost more than its worth as well? Guess who took that over and turned it to shit? It's the same group. I hope you don't have to guess? So, how long is it going to take for the Left to adjust to presence of people who aren't as dumb or a gullible as them? Can they adjust or are they pretty much stuck?