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uppityperson

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45. Thank you for clarifying, understood and I agree with that. Now, what about the military budget?

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Fri Feb 28, 2014, 10:21 PM

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The Myth of Minimum Wage Killing Jobs [View all] WonderGrunion Sep 2013 OP

Labor Day weekend kick WonderGrunion Sep 2013 #1

du rec. xchrom Sep 2013 #2

Thank you for the K&R WonderGrunion Sep 2013 #17

Great chart! No arguing with that. Thanks. Squinch Sep 2013 #3

I wanted to make it easy to digest WonderGrunion Sep 2013 #21

Everytime the debte comes up they say it will kill jobs and cause inflation arely staircase Sep 2013 #4

What that chart really shows Mnpaul Sep 2013 #5

Around 1970-1980s, job growth slowed/stalled Triana Sep 2013 #6

Bookmarked. Thank you for this WG. (nt) PotatoChip Sep 2013 #7

You are very welcome WonderGrunion Sep 2013 #24

oh... too bad handmade34 Sep 2013 #8

Facts do have a well known liberal bias. WonderGrunion Sep 2013 #20

Great post. Let's see how long the Cato/Heritage folks take to attack it. SunSeeker Sep 2013 #9

About 7 minutes. Then, the next one 16 minutes afterward. Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #26

K&R Ohio Joe Sep 2013 #10

This chart is worthless bobclark86 Sep 2013 #11

But the Repukes never talk about inflation or banks fucking people WonderGrunion Sep 2013 #14

Gee, maybe their employers will recognize this and give those 5-year employees raises too. Gormy Cuss Sep 2013 #22

The chart is far from useless. It may not show the complete picture but at least he rhett o rick Sep 2013 #27

Not worthless. Not even a chart. D Gary Grady Sep 2013 #28

k and r niyad Sep 2013 #12

I looked at my working life from '79 onwards and this chart goes against your theory OnlinePoker Sep 2013 #13

Those 7 out of 10 times were during Reagan and the Bushes WonderGrunion Sep 2013 #16

Excellent post. n/t DirkGently Sep 2013 #15

every time a min wage increase is proposed, the same dire predictions are cast. KG Sep 2013 #18

And yet every time they never happen the same BS is still trotted out the next time Populist_Prole Sep 2013 #32

Minimum wage increases are needed, but growing work/worker imbalance is the greater problem. reformist2 Sep 2013 #19

Bookmarked... lamp_shade Sep 2013 #23

The chart leaves out a very important data point Bunnahabhain Sep 2013 #25

It leaves out several important data points WonderGrunion Sep 2013 #29

You're not seeing the importance of effective or not Bunnahabhain Sep 2013 #40

Kick and Rec for DU supply siders. Kingofalldems Sep 2013 #30

I never know what to say to this kind of "here are data!" posts. Igel Sep 2013 #31

In over half the data points, unemployment didn't increase 1 year later WonderGrunion Sep 2013 #33

If you are looking for an example of how destructive to the economy and indepat Sep 2013 #34

Yay! 50 Recs. WonderGrunion Sep 2013 #35

There's another one they use jmowreader Sep 2013 #36

Republicans hate working people. Republicans = cheap labor B Calm Sep 2013 #37

It's not just that they hate working people WonderGrunion Sep 2013 #38

Good work -- can you overlay the federal elections? BadgerKid Sep 2013 #39

Those are some of my favorite overlays Bunnahabhain Sep 2013 #41

Can there ever be an objective view? JoeTaxpayer Feb 2014 #42

What of your money is being used to subsidize Walmart employee's wages? uppityperson Feb 2014 #43

Walmart Subsidy JoeTaxpayer Feb 2014 #44

Thank you for clarifying, understood and I agree with that. Now, what about the military budget? uppityperson Feb 2014 #45