Tom Cotton wants to raise minimum wage to $10/hr. The minimum wage is 11/hr in homestate Arkansas..

[riversedge]

what a big man!!!! NOT



Tom Cotton is proposing a bill to raise the minimum wage to $10/hour by 2025.

The minimum wage is already $11/hour in his own state of Arkansas.

This is the kind of bold leadership you get from today’s Republican Party.

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[11 Bravo]

1. You forgot to note that Tom Cotton is dumber than a bag of hair.

[rickyhall]

15. He's competing with Gohmert.

[TomSlick]

20. Not really.

The problem is that our boy Tom is really quite bright. That's what makes him so dangerous.

I will grant you that he routinely says profoundly stupid things but he does so because he is smart enough to know that such sells in Arkansas.

From my observation, our boy Tom really has no personal principles other than the advancement of his own political future. He can be counted on to say and do exactly what Bubba Joe back in Arkansas wants.

[napi21]

2. I was talking to my hubby yesterday about this. When I got my first job, min. wage was $1.15/hr.

That was 61 years ago, and it's only risen to $7.50, IN ALL THOSE YEARS!! That's disgusting! It should be raised (or lowered) beach year based on COL! That's the only way to keep wages fair.

[Dustlawyer]

4. Tie it to CEO pay including benefits.

[Celerity]

6. 7.25 USD (2009) and that 7.25 is now equal to 5.45 usd in terms of purchasing power in 2021

180-200 usd a week or so, post tax (and that is if you have no insurance premiums deducted), IF you work 40 hours in terms of purchasing power now versus 2009.

That is less than what a garage space in the London neighbourhoods I grew up in (South Kensington and Mayfair) now goes for.

[doc03]

3. It is already $11 in Arkansas of all places it is only $8.80 in Ohio. That is a surprise. nt

[Dagstead Bumwood]

8. Yeah, that surprised me as well.

Not Ohio's rate, which I knew to be lower than it should be, but that Arkansas' was that much higher. Looking at the list we're lower than several states.

[doc03]

9. Was talking to a Subway owner the other day and he claims he will have

close if they raise the minimum wage. His employees are getting $2.20 less than in Arkansas unbelievable.
Ohio's MW increased a whole 10 cents in January.

[napi21]

11. I've always been told if you're business isn't making enough to cover the standard costs like rent,

utilities & wages & still make a profit, you shouldn't jeep the business open. I think the Subway guy should think about that.

[rickyhall]

16. Why go to so much trouble a dime.

I had a boss once who had promised me .50 after 6 months. I got a nickel. Without even thinking, I reacted with, "Shove it up your..." and walked out.

[Indykatie]

5. If AR Already Has a Minimum Wage of $11 There's No Justification for It Being Lower Anywhere n/t

[Celerity]

10. here are the rates per state that are the lowest (Midwest runs the road, as does the deep south)

https://www.paycor.com/resource-center/minimum-wage-by-state

[xmas74]

18. Missouri is going up again in 2022 and 2023.

In 2022 it will be $11.15 and 2023 $12.00 ,where it can be evaluated and decided on possibly increasing it as a cola.

[Celerity]

19. Good news!

[Biophilic]

7. Seriously I want to believe Cotton is that stupid, but I can't make myself believe it.

No one who could go through the elections etc. could be that stupid so I'm wondering what he was thinking. Seriously, what did he think? Obviously, neither he nor his staff know much about Arkansas. That is really too bad. What a waste of space.

[bigtree]

12. and Manchin is trying to pass $11hr off as an increase.

...

[mvd]

13. They are so, so out of touch

About time we are starting to capitalize on that.

[brush]

14. So the a-hole wants to cut the pay of workers in his own state?

Hope his Dem opponent remembers that come the next campaign.

[JI7]

17. I'm actually surprised it's as high as 11 in Arkansas right now

I thought it would be one if those with the national minimum .