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jmowreader

(53,043 posts)

17. I'm going to give it a nine

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Sun May 8, 2016, 06:34 PM

May 2016

Compared to some of the shit he's dropped on us during the campaign - a plan to do things that are worse than waterboarding, forcing Mexico to pay for a wall that ain't gonna work anyway, forced deportation of eleven million people - getting rid of the minimum wage is Very Bad but Not As Bad As It Could Be.

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On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the worst how bad is Trump's plan to end the federal minimum wage ? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 OP

I'm sorry Uponthegears May 2016 #1

I wish I owned that home... DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #2

+1 Uponthegears May 2016 #3

I worry about minimum wage increases Indpndntfrombirth May 2016 #4

The money pump works from the bottom up Warpy May 2016 #5

Trump will probably change his mind tomorrow. DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #10

If they can't find a way to pay minimum wage they don't have a very good business plan... Human101948 May 2016 #6

I prefer an increase in the EITC and a federal minimum wage of $12.00 DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #8

Welcome to DU, be careful praising Clintons around here... Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #14

The EITC was first proposed by George McGovern. Republicans called it a giveaway and lambasted it. DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #15

The EITC is a lot like the 5 cent bottle bill, it has no downside Indpndntfrombirth May 2016 #18

It's pretty good. cloudbase May 2016 #7

He reminds me of a kid in high school who writes about how the nation would be if he ran it. DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #9

11 Chan790 May 2016 #11

People who voted 10 are forgetting to leave room for the rest of his campaign to come. Donald Ian Rankin May 2016 #12

If life was just, which it isn't MissDeeds May 2016 #13

You mean you couldn't borrow a million dollars from your daddy and trade on his name to... DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #16

I'm going to give it a nine jmowreader May 2016 #17