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HughBeaumont

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9. It's like in the late 80s-early 90s when minimum wage increased . . .

Mon Apr 24, 2017, 12:12 PM

Apr 2017

. . . you should have seen the manager at the crap job I was in at the time dance, bob and weave all the reasons why those already making the new minimum didn't see an increase in their wage as the MW rose.

That was my first lesson in winner-destroy-everything Capitalism . . . an event that pushed me to the Democratic side of the fence.

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I'm a businessperson. Well, not really, but humor me: [View all] HughBeaumont Apr 2017 OP

Just a caveat... 2naSalit Apr 2017 #1

This, to me, is what massive inequality has created - HughBeaumont Apr 2017 #2

I agree. 2naSalit Apr 2017 #3

The reason they support them... Adrahil Apr 2017 #4

Definitely something to that mentioned timeline . . . . HughBeaumont Apr 2017 #7

+1 Adrahil Apr 2017 #8

Completely factually wrong taught_me_patience Apr 2017 #12

"Innovative"? PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT. HughBeaumont Apr 2017 #14

Kinda hard to read, but a good post. Atman Apr 2017 #5

Their reality changes and the logic (if you can call it that) Canoe52 Apr 2017 #6

It's like in the late 80s-early 90s when minimum wage increased . . . HughBeaumont Apr 2017 #9

Greed. n/t phylny Apr 2017 #10

Here are some reasons taught_me_patience Apr 2017 #11

Both parties support automation and offshoring workers. former9thward Apr 2017 #13