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hunter

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25. Good. Businesses that can't pay a living wage deserve to die.
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 10:44 AM
Feb 2021

Small businesses that do pay a comfortable living wage will thrive as wages increase and more people can afford their product.

What our nation most needs is a strong social safety net so that people who lose their jobs or their nonviable businesses don't starve, become homeless, or lose their medical care. You get that by taxing the wealthy -- those people who are receiving ALL the benefits of a well ordered, stable society.

Steeply progressive taxes are a good thing. Those who make minimum wage should pay very little taxes. Those who own multiple expensive homes, travel the world frequently, drive fancy cars, etc., should pay a lot of taxes.

Tax breaks for the rich DID NOT raise wages for American workers ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2021 #1
Agree! SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #6
Costco is now paying nykym Feb 2021 #34
No. marble falls Feb 2021 #2
They say that every time the minimum wage is about to be raised treestar Feb 2021 #3
i was going to say, it sounds like a talking point. AllaN01Bear Feb 2021 #7
It for sure is a talking point. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #16
Statistically not many JT45242 Feb 2021 #4
Not if it's done over time as the current bill would and as as been the case in other states JI7 Feb 2021 #5
My fear with that is it will be obsolete. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #9
The current bill isn't going to pass this congress unless done in reconcilation. If we can beat the Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #29
No one seems to realize that the minimum wage will be raised slowly to $15. panader0 Feb 2021 #8
I realize it. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #11
The minimum wage should be tied to the rate of inflation. panader0 Feb 2021 #18
Yes I agree with that. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #22
A very small amount that operate Turin_C3PO Feb 2021 #10
If you can't pay a living wage maybe you shouldn't have a business malaise Feb 2021 #12
That has always been my take as well. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #17
Wages are one of the costs of doing business. MineralMan Feb 2021 #13
But I am not talking about wealthy people. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #21
That depends on the business. MineralMan Feb 2021 #28
I am concerned about purchasing a supply power that large business seem to have an advantage with SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #69
Most Big Businesses Are Already Paying More ProfessorGAC Feb 2021 #75
It has never been an even playing field for small businesses. MineralMan Feb 2021 #76
Obviously you are against raising the minimum wage...but you are wrong...the extra wages will Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #63
Why would you say that? SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #67
You counter every argument about why it will cost jobs so you think it will. I believe there Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #72
If you want a stable soceity and a moral one, then a strong minimum wage is imperative. RDANGELO Feb 2021 #14
Depends on where you live. Calista241 Feb 2021 #15
Maybe but that seems to be Manchin's idea. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #20
I've wondered about this as well AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2021 #26
But even people in areas where cost of living is low Turin_C3PO Feb 2021 #31
If Sioux City or Mobile are $15 / hr, New York City and San Francisco should be at least $30 / hr Klaralven Feb 2021 #35
That raises another question SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #70
I think that sounds like a good idea, but then we'll be fighting over who decides Calista241 Feb 2021 #32
Yes to location specific. moondust Feb 2021 #73
You'd have to play with the term "pay" Calista241 Feb 2021 #77
They might reap rewards of those higher wages liberal N proud Feb 2021 #19
Labor costs are tax deductions KentuckyWoman Feb 2021 #23
A small business that doesn't pay their employees a decent wage is sponging off the government... Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #24
Yeah, those folks aren't "job creators" TexasBushwhacker Feb 2021 #41
Exactly right. Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #62
I have no doubt there are bad small biz owners. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #48
Who cares...one isn't better than the other. Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #61
Small businesses are the same as large businesses? SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #65
Good. Businesses that can't pay a living wage deserve to die. hunter Feb 2021 #25
It is patently false. SoonerPride Feb 2021 #27
Show me the data. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #46
I don't know why it is incumbent upon me to do your research. SoonerPride Feb 2021 #49
That data is two decades old. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #51
The data seems perfectly relevant to me Yeehah Feb 2021 #52
Really what has changed in 20 years? SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #55
You seem to be arguing in bad faith SoonerPride Feb 2021 #54
I was never playing games. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #56
Higher wages attract more and better workers... Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #30
The cost of labor is built into the price of every product or service in which you buy inwiththenew Feb 2021 #33
It would help kill off independent drugstores Klaralven Feb 2021 #38
They can't raise prices easily if their competitors are in China & Mexico MichMan Feb 2021 #53
No. Jirel Feb 2021 #36
Let me be clear. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #45
Some small businesses will be hurt Johnny2X2X Feb 2021 #37
I think that is very true also. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #44
No waivers...you either pay or go out of business. Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #64
Republicans say it every time... stillcool Feb 2021 #39
Ok. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #43
Repub talking points are still Repub talking points kcr Feb 2021 #74
Working 2 jobs and 75 hours a week and still live in poverty is unamerican. onecaliberal Feb 2021 #40
I agree. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #42
Oooooooooooof greenjar_01 Feb 2021 #47
There are a lot of small manufacturing plants that cannot raise prices MichMan Feb 2021 #50
Fix unfair trade which is killing this country in terms of jobs. The answer is not to create a Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #66
No. Do you want lots of customers with lots of cash to spend... krispos42 Feb 2021 #57
It could be a problem for independent restaurants in medium/small towns. jpljr77 Feb 2021 #58
All Americans deserve a living wage and we spend so much money subsidizing these employes...so Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #68
Depends on the industry ecstatic Feb 2021 #59
I'm not an economist, but I don't see it. More money for people to earn and spend means more money Vinca Feb 2021 #60
If your business can only survive by keeping your workers in Poverty, maybe it should not. mackdaddy Feb 2021 #71
Inevitably so. egduj Feb 2021 #78
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