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pipoman

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6. The issue is

Sun Apr 27, 2014, 10:36 AM

Apr 2014

That where I live a 2 bedroom apartment in a decent area rents for around $500. Where my son lives in SoCal the same apartment rents for $1200 minimum. Groceries are 10 to 30% higher where he lives, services like auto repair and plumbing is significantly higher there...

If minimum wage is set based on a living wage where he is, it will cause inflation here. If it is set based on here, it won't mandate a living wage where he is. It is a broken system in a nation as large and diverse as the US.

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Today I saw a socialist city council member attacked from the left. [View all] eridani Apr 2014 OP

I think this is probably a bad idea at a city level. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2014 #1

Yeah, what kind of business wants consumers to have money in their pockets? Scuba Apr 2014 #2

I'm afraid I don't think that's the crushing retort you think it is. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2014 #3

And I believe a national pipoman Apr 2014 #4

Hmm. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2014 #5

The issue is pipoman Apr 2014 #6

It's not so risky in Seattle. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #7

It happens a lot....... socialist_n_TN Apr 2014 #8

What they are is the ONLY socialist organization within living memory that actually-- eridani Apr 2014 #9

Well, it helped that that platform she ran on was NOT socialist....... socialist_n_TN Apr 2014 #10

These days people think that "socialism" is a generic euphemism for "public goods" eridani Apr 2014 #11