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forgotmylogin

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29. They should offer tax cuts for offering a living wage.
Mon Jan 1, 2018, 09:01 PM
Jan 2018

If all the full-time employees working for over a year clear 27k annually, the corporation can get a tax cut. I know that's low, but better than a lot.

None of this "if business have more money they'll pay more voluntarily!" The tax cut should be a balance for enabling more workers to get into higher tax brackets.

Exactly! lkinwi Jan 2018 #1
Excellent! dhol82 Jan 2018 #2
BINGO n/t kacekwl Jan 2018 #3
That means Walmart, most big Fast Food resturant chains, Grocery and Big Box stores, etc. ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2018 #4
Walmart could pay a living wage and still clean up big time! Quixote1818 Jan 2018 #5
Which is why I shop at Costco . ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2018 #8
Exactly. That's why the place is always mobbed. Great deals on quality products. SunSeeker Jan 2018 #27
I avoid them too. But I love Costco... GetRidOfThem Jan 2018 #13
Call it what it is... tecelote Jan 2018 #17
This! TexasBushwhacker Jan 2018 #31
FDR had a good comment about corporations and wages -- RandomAccess Jan 2018 #6
+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2018 #15
FDR got it.. whathehell Jan 2018 #28
He used the term "business" (not limited to corporations) SharonAnn Jan 2018 #33
Good point RandomAccess Jan 2018 #35
I'll subscribe to that! nt marybourg Jan 2018 #7
Exactly Phoenix61 Jan 2018 #9
Makes sense to me!! Doitnow Jan 2018 #10
Agreed!! BadgerMom Jan 2018 #11
No corporation should get a tax cut paleotn Jan 2018 #12
They should offer tax cuts for offering a living wage. forgotmylogin Jan 2018 #29
I will use this OP to illustrate a pet peave of mine: ret5hd Jan 2018 #14
+1 if we put cuts at risk corporation will not hire the needy dembotoz Jan 2018 #16
So are you more emotionally attuned to reply #1 or reply #2? ret5hd Jan 2018 #18
2 dembotoz Jan 2018 #22
If it's the disabled they can provide an exception for hiring them. cstanleytech Jan 2018 #20
I agree completely. ret5hd Jan 2018 #21
Your concerns can be remedied by simply passing a law like what we have now in CA. SunSeeker Jan 2018 #30
That wont fix anything Lee-Lee Jan 2018 #34
I agree the reward system is the better way to go. nt SunSeeker Jan 2018 #36
Furthermore employers should be denied from asking an employee or an applicant if they receive cstanleytech Jan 2018 #19
yesss. AllaN01Bear Jan 2018 #23
Only if the tax cut proceeds don't go directly to bottom line employees. n/t Pobeka Jan 2018 #24
Sounds like Bernie. zentrum Jan 2018 #25
Yep. Bernie often said Wal Mart should "get off of welfare" on the campaign trail. PatsFan87 Jan 2018 #32
Absolutely. zentrum Jan 2018 #37
What he said.. whathehell Jan 2018 #26
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