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Wounded Bear

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23. Minimum wage increases have alway been incremental...

Reply to Jon Luc Picard (Reply #22)

Tue Nov 10, 2015, 07:22 PM

Nov 2015

Spouting fears of an instantaneous increase to $15 is RW group speak. Most plans I've seen show a 3-5 year span of incremental increases until the target rate is achieved.

Personally I think that the national rate should be around $12/hr, with higher rates in high priced urban areas. That would be now, but indexing for inflation should definitely be addressed, too.

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Have you ever argued with someone who's against raising the minimum wage? [View all] Orrex Nov 2015 OP

Everyone I know who feels this way is a Florida man. They were smarter when they lived up north. bettyellen Nov 2015 #1

No, plenty of them were just as ignorant up North as they are when they've moved down here. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2015 #20

I think the dudes I am thinking of just got more conservative as they got older. bettyellen Nov 2015 #29

Yes. The idiots think that the MW is a horrible thing that destroys capitalism. randys1 Nov 2015 #2

The corporate snow job has truly been PatrickforO Nov 2015 #3

GReat recap...gonna use that somewhere. But, when you say this to them, it is like randys1 Nov 2015 #6

Amazing how the Corporate Media Wellstone ruled Nov 2015 #7

Agreed. hifiguy Nov 2015 #17

The only people I know who really hate it are business owners. MADem Nov 2015 #4

Yep Kalidurga Nov 2015 #5

Sure. jeff47 Nov 2015 #8

Thanks for the replies! Orrex Nov 2015 #9

This little slogan is really all you need when dealing with minimum wage arguments... AOR Nov 2015 #14

The single wisest thing Lincoln ever said. hifiguy Nov 2015 #18

Honesty in discussion is best Hifi... AOR Nov 2015 #21

Thats pretty much the ignorance. Xolodno Nov 2015 #16

right here you're close to the underlying rationale, as i see it 0rganism Nov 2015 #19

^ THIS ^ mac56 Nov 2015 #31

Yes: Libertarian *holes. I just don't bother. nt Hekate Nov 2015 #10

Right here on DU. Kingofalldems Nov 2015 #11

After my earlier post I realized the same thing. I had a knock-down drag-out fight with someone here Hekate Nov 2015 #25

Yep. I can think of at least 3 right here. Kingofalldems Nov 2015 #26

Yes Omaha Steve Nov 2015 #12

No. hunter Nov 2015 #13

Yep. Said it wasn't fair to others that had to wait to earn Ilsa Nov 2015 #15

There is a middle ground Jon Luc Picard Nov 2015 #22

Minimum wage increases have alway been incremental... Wounded Bear Nov 2015 #23

Nobody Jon Luc Picard Nov 2015 #24

I've learned to not engage. Starry Messenger Nov 2015 #27

My favorite is when they say... ion_theory Nov 2015 #28

I am against a caste society in general. PowerToThePeople Nov 2015 #30

No, it's not remotely close to how scheduled castes are treated Recursion Nov 2015 #32