Bernie Sanders

Cassiopeia

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6. This is brought up every single time anyone brings up minimum wage.

Wed Dec 30, 2015, 09:37 AM

Dec 2015

I remember when they wanted to lift it from $4/hr to $4.35. Burgers at McDonalds were supposed to go from $5 to $15 overnight.

Flash forward 24 years. Minimum wage is now nearly double that $4/hr rate and so many other real life costs are much higher and a burger at McDonalds still costs $5.

The real life consequences of raising the minimum wage is that the people that make minimum wage are more likely to participate in the economy and their employers just make more money.

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I need information about raising the minimum wage [View all] retrowire Dec 2015 OP

Tell him the billionaires thank him for his support Warpy Dec 2015 #1

Robert Reich is a professor at UC Berkley, he is an economist who explains complex ideas..... DrewFlorida Dec 2015 #2

Robert Reich always puts things in Sherman A1 Dec 2015 #4

And here's he video Paulie Dec 2015 #10

Ok, here goes. Rochester Dec 2015 #3

Funny how they never make this argument in response to CEO salaries skyrocketing. Scuba Dec 2015 #5

This is brought up every single time anyone brings up minimum wage. Cassiopeia Dec 2015 #6

It's not that simple TexasBushwhacker Dec 2015 #7

And by the very nature that is an across the board minimum wage, all the lower paid workers, LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #8

We all do better when we all do better TexasBushwhacker Dec 2015 #9