Hawley (T-MO) announces bill to require $15 minimum wage for billion-dollar corporations

[BeyondGeography]

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[Arazi]

1. Lol!! Whoever kept insisting Bernie never moved shit in the Senate? Watch and learn

This kind of activity is why we love Bernie. His ideas and plans are right, and oftentimes ahead of their time.

After saying all that, fuck Josh Hawley (R- Traitor)

[Donkees]

4. :)

Bernie announces his next move: An amendment to take tax deductions away from large corporations that don't pay above $15-an-hour wages. Wants it IN the reconciliation bill

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[still_one]

15. It will be interesting to see if that amendment gets 51 votes, but I would bet that hawley will

vote no on Bernie's amendment regardless of the fact that Bernie is using an incentive type strategy where there is no logic reason that hawley or any republican should not vote for it

Hawley also sets such a high limit of 1 billion dollars or more who are subject to his proposal because most 1 billion dollar plus companies I would venture already pay 15 dollars minimum wage

This is a cynical ploy to make it seem he is doing something, when in fact it is effectively nothing

[helpisontheway]

14. Josh Hawley (Q-traitor)nt

[C_U_L8R]

2. He doesn't even realize how that harms small business.

[Johnny2X2X]

3. This is actually a decent concept

The threshold should be much lower, but at least the crazies want to play ball.

[33taw]

5. So, would this impact McDonald's,, Walmart, Target, Amazon....

[JI7]

7. I think Target and Amazon already pay at least 15

[33taw]

8. I wasn't sure about Target and Amazon. Depending on the market some Walmart's and

McDonald’s may pay $15 as well.

[BeyondGeography]

10. McD's pays more like $10 an hour for starters

A McDonald’s USA representative had previously told MarketWatch that “the average starting wage at U.S. corporate-owned restaurants is over $10 per hour and exceeds the federal minimum wage.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/what-minimum-wage-increases-did-to-mcdonalds-restaurants-and-their-employees-11611862080

[dsc]

13. would it impact McDonald's?

they use franchises. If the franchises are considered separate then I don't think it would cover them.

[JI7]

6. Don't most of these already pay that much ?

[Turin_C3PO]

9. Most but not all.

A lot of fast food chains still pay $10/hr, at least where I live in NM.

[still_one]

16. That may be Turin, but it is a cynical move by hawley and the republicans to deceive people that

he is actually doing something, when in fact most 1 billion plus companies already meet that requirement

Sanders amendment is a much better approach

[Turin_C3PO]

17. Oh yea, I definitely agree

that this is a cynical move by Hawley. I’m in favor of a 15$/hr minimum wage for all workers.

[still_one]

20. Of course, most of us are. Sanders plan makes a lot of sense because it is based on an

incentivized approach. If a company wants tax credits, pay the minimum wage

[Sympthsical]

11. I cannot tell if this is the Onion.

Is this actually true?

If so, fucking go Bernie for moving that needle!

[still_one]

18. This is a cynical distraction by only including 1 BILLION plus companies. Bernie's plan is based

on a straight forward incentivized approach. All hawley is doing is setting such a high mark for most companies in that category who already pay that minimum wage. It may sound good superficially, but means very little

[RDANGELO]

12. It needs to include outsourcing.

If it doesn't include outsourcing, it won't make much difference. Then if you are going to do that, you might as well make it for everybody.

[blueinredohio]

19. IMO congresspeople should make minimum wage for their first term.

Let them see what that's like.