DC: Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is once again planning to introduce a bill that would more than double the federal minimum wage, calling the current minimum a “starvation wage.”
The democratic socialist senator and possible 2020 Democratic presidential candidate has long championed a $15 minimum wage and will introduce the bill as the 116th Congress convenes amid the longest government shutdown in American history. more here
Evidently Bernie’s not one of the democrats receiving campaign checks from the chamber of commerce…
Oh great! Now we can pay double the minimum wage for getting screwed by do-nothing gov’t employees.
We need to oust gov’t unions, too.
Yeah, that has worked out well for all the folks in cities that have raised the min wage. Just ask restaurant workers in SF and Seattle how that all shakes out when you demand to restructure their tipping structure with guaranteed min wages.
Nobody’ll Cry when they put this “Ole Yeller” down.
Basturd Burnie cannot even spell economics correctly.
He must be getting “help” from Ocrazio Cortex.
When you increase minimum wage either the jobs that aren’t worth more than minimum disappear and leave them without a job at all or there are across the board price/cost of living increases and the minimum wage worker finds himself in the same relative financial condition as before.
Much better to set aim at increasing the number of jobs that pay more because they’re worth more that the minimum wage workers can develop more skills to work their way into.
Well, since he didn’t have job until he was 40, I guess he’s an expert on not getting paid enough. Gotta keep his kids believing in Socialism.
Shut it down. Article V Convention of the States!
I’m a betting Bernie doesn’t pay his gardeners/maids/pool boys minimum wage at any of his four or five luxury homes.
Who wants to tell the morons in support of this about the price of everything else around the business going up, thereby making the raise pointless when hours are reduced or businesses close? Bring paper and pencil. You may have to draw it out.
The commies are waging war against small businesses. A $15.00 minimum wage will kill most businesses that will not be able to weather the storm, while large corporate entities will be able to gradually adjust their prices to survive. This is a gift to large corporations. Gone will be entry level jobs for high school kids, part time jobs for college kids and those seeking extra income from a part time job. Anyone encouraging the increase of the minimum wage is an idiot with no understanding of how the free market works. Couple that with the commies wanting open borders and a steady stream of workers they can exploit and pay less than minimum wage under the table, and it’s evident they want to impoverish the nation and turn us all into dependent subjects.
Been hard to not associate Bernie Sanders from George Soros since the first time I heard of him. Self loathing greedy pocket lining promoting piece of,,, leave it up to you to insert ” “.
“We must increase the minimum wage because inflation has rendered the current minimum wage unlivable.”
Not a smidgen of irony there.
“Anyone encouraging the increase of the minimum wage is an idiot with no understanding of how the free market works.” @even steven
…or a Democrat, for short…
Bernie doesn’t understand that wages are rising because jobs are being created and there is increasing demand for labor. The best part about this? No one complains when wages rise because of labor pressure. But government mandates telling businesses what they have to pay? I don’t have enough middle fingers.
Just when Trump & Co. starts to get inflation under control and the stock market goes on the rise…