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2016 Postmortem

Armstead

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15. Cross-local gentrification

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #7)

Wed Apr 27, 2016, 05:56 PM

Apr 2016

Look at upstate eastern NY/western New England for example.

Local living costs are "officially" low and would seem to justify lower minimum wage. But in reality, tourism, vacation homes, migration of affluent city residents, etc. have pushed real costs of housing and living beyond the means of many people who have lived there all their lives.

Variations of that in rural areas, suburbs and inner cities all over then country.

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Degrees Of Progressive [View all] CrowCityDem Apr 2016 OP

How alike are we on foreign policy? I am not with her on that! N/T actslikeacarrot Apr 2016 #1

There is a pretty huge difference between $15 an hour and 12. Ash_F Apr 2016 #2

Not when it's $12 in Podunk and $15 or more in big cities. Pretty much same thing and what states Hoyt Apr 2016 #7

What would $12 be in 6 years? Ash_F Apr 2016 #9

He'd be relentless yelling at the sky, but accept the reality that Congress isn't going to pass $15. Hoyt Apr 2016 #11

A Sanders-like politician just knocked out a establishment candidate in MD Ash_F Apr 2016 #14

Cross-local gentrification Armstead Apr 2016 #15

Dilution effect?... HumanityExperiment Apr 2016 #3

Great points.nt sufrommich Apr 2016 #4

Also 63 percent of Americans support a federal minimum wage increase to $15.00 by 2020 Ash_F Apr 2016 #5

When it comes to foreign policy... Svafa Apr 2016 #6

How Any President Governs... jamese777 Apr 2016 #8

They keep forgetting that. NurseJackie Apr 2016 #10

TPP Armstead Apr 2016 #13

No there is rowing in different directions involved Armstead Apr 2016 #12

"enabling excessive concentrations of wealth and power" as well as pursuing corrupt means to JudyM Apr 2016 #16

Interesting approach, but........ guillaumeb Apr 2016 #17