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Eko

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6. Im all about being able to raise wages.

Reply to nkpolitics1212 (Original post)

Thu Jun 1, 2017, 07:50 PM

Jun 2017

But in some instances it would close a lot of businesses. I think a better way would be to tax corporate profits to the point that corporations would increase their wages enough to evade the taxes. Exactly how that would happen would have to entail way more knowledgeable people than me.

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Would a 20 dollar minimum wage at the federal and state level be a winning campaign proposal? [View all] nkpolitics1212 Jun 2017 OP

Not if you're proposing they all be implemented at once. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #1

Yes. It would help with income inequality. Stabilize our economy and save lives. The Wielding Truth Jun 2017 #2

I am a retail store manager. Eko Jun 2017 #3

Yes. Warren DeMontague Jun 2017 #4

No. Freethinker65 Jun 2017 #5

Im all about being able to raise wages. Eko Jun 2017 #6

I agree with you on increasing taxes on corporate profits to force corporations to raise their wages nkpolitics1212 Jun 2017 #7

No, yes, and maybe Massacure Jun 2017 #8

How about a $15 dollar minimum wage? nkpolitics1212 Jun 2017 #10

How does this compare with the most recent Dem Party platform? Compare and contrast. nt Hekate Jun 2017 #9

A lot of small business owners are democrats. FYI. ecstatic Jun 2017 #11

What about a minimum guaranteed yearly wage? workinclasszero Jun 2017 #12