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Wounded Bear

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9. Numbers make voters eyes glaze over and go "huh?"

Reply to eniwetok (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 11:56 AM

Feb 2020

Sorry, but in our "information age" nobody really wants to hear real numbers. They want slogans you can fit on a bumper sticker or a hat.

I've tried to use that argument. I tell people that if the MW had kept up with inflation, it would be around $20 by now. Usually I get a and a "So what?"

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MINIMUM WAGE TALKING POINTS.... I wish Dems would use [View all] eniwetok Feb 2020 OP

Recommended. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #1

Not inflation... but could there be a GDP index? eniwetok Feb 2020 #2

I do not know, but I agree with your ending points. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #3

Not sure what you're disagreeing with... eniwetok Feb 2020 #4

I misread your reply. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #10

The global elite oligarchs aren't interested in long-term stability Nature Man Feb 2020 #7

And instability actually benefits the rich, because it fosters division and anger toward others. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #11

This is what pisses me off in minimum wage debates. orwellsighs Feb 2020 #5

IF IF IF... eniwetok Feb 2020 #6

Trump is using those State MW increases as his "rising wages" at his NAZI rally's Bengus81 Feb 2020 #8

Numbers make voters eyes glaze over and go "huh?" Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #9

the alternative? eniwetok Feb 2020 #12

let's try that again... eniwetok Feb 2020 #13