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Orrex

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29. I can't tell you how many arguments I've had...

Wed Feb 25, 2015, 02:18 PM

Feb 2015

with my fellow lower-tier wage-earners who express outright disgust at the thought of a mere food-service worker making $15 per hour.

I tell them three things, in these cases:

1. Any argument that those workers shouldn't earn $15 / hour is in fact an argument for why you should earn more

2. The fact that they earn $15 provides leverage when you petition for a higher wage for yourself

3. If their job is so easy and so overpaid, then quit your job and start flipping burgers

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9 Months On, Koch Fears Realized After Town Raised Minimum Wage To $15 [View all] Katashi_itto Feb 2015 OP

K&R B Calm Feb 2015 #1

K & R AzDar Feb 2015 #2

Fucking awesome. Codeine Feb 2015 #3

+1; TPTB know this. This is not brand-new information. stillwaiting Feb 2015 #9

IIRC Henry Ford did this in the 1910s rurallib Feb 2015 #14

I think it's safe to say most of them bought Fords. hifiguy Feb 2015 #36

It's more complicated than that Telcontar Feb 2015 #48

No. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #50

Exactly! You give the rich more money and they hoard it, sock it away, move it around, calimary Feb 2015 #40

........ daleanime Feb 2015 #4

Will the owner be serving humble pie as a lunch special? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #5

... Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #12

Doubt it maxrandb Feb 2015 #23

He'll probably say it's due to NewJeffCT Feb 2015 #35

K&R! marym625 Feb 2015 #6

It doesn't prove their fears were nonsense betterdemsonly Feb 2015 #7

Probably a mix. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2015 #11

Et, voila! Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2015 #8

Did not read about this in the MSM! UCmeNdc Feb 2015 #10

Shocking! Does not fit the agenda....But mini-toy helicopters in Paris?...where is my blankee! Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #13

Republican lies and the payoff. tomsaiditagain Feb 2015 #15

Yea, but then you have to pay the Koch's back. tridim Feb 2015 #20

Many of them don't have souls to begin with NewJeffCT Feb 2015 #37

Adam Smith rules, and Laffer drools. riqster Feb 2015 #16

well, well...imagine that. Pro-labor economics legislated BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2015 #17

I always wondered... Wounded Bear Feb 2015 #18

I don't think 'fears' is the right word. Myrina Feb 2015 #19

Hah! I was the 100th rec for this thread! mindwalker_i Feb 2015 #21

What happens when people make more money.... LynneSin Feb 2015 #22

wow--who would have thunk that having more money to spend would energize an niyad Feb 2015 #24

But, all this evidence of growth is ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #25

And RIGHT NOW, hundreds of THOUSANDS of Wisconsins and Missourians and others randys1 Feb 2015 #26

This is why the bail out mony should have gone to main street. Madmiddle Feb 2015 #27

The "fucking government-enemy of the people" are the ones that just voted FOR the raise Sheepshank Feb 2015 #39

HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Feb 2015 #28

I can't tell you how many arguments I've had... Orrex Feb 2015 #29

The Bible ? father founding Feb 2015 #30

Ronald Reagan is the Antichrist jmowreader Feb 2015 #46

BINGO - they want us to fail. lark Feb 2015 #31

Anything more recent? Android3.14 Feb 2015 #32

If Jan 1, 2015 is current enough, apparently well. Gore1FL Feb 2015 #33

Cool Android3.14 Feb 2015 #34

'ain't that just a lovely read! Sheepshank Feb 2015 #38

KnR. Wonderful wonderful. nt Hekate Feb 2015 #41

SeaTac is a rather small "city" but +1 anyway erronis Feb 2015 #42

Yeah, wickerwoman Feb 2015 #44

and red-light businesses. or anyway, it used to be that way. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #51

This is so great, and the Koch part is the icing on the cake! C Moon Feb 2015 #43

Real (secure/honest) growth is fueled by DEMAND... SoCalDem Feb 2015 #45

Great news! sheshe2 Feb 2015 #47

The opposite of what happens when you cut unemployment and "welfare" type benefits. So what brewens Feb 2015 #49

Recommended. (nt) NYC_SKP Feb 2015 #52

of course ut oh Feb 2015 #53