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[–] [S] 34 points 11 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 33 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    Republicans could just raise wages, too, you know.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    Yes, but if the minimum wage increases, everyone who makes above minimum wage has a better argument to get a raise as well. Employers have to make pay competitive, and a raised minimum wage sets a new floor that wages have to be based around.

    Edit: Also, that ignores the fact that there are people who make above minimum wage but below whatever it might be raised to who would also be affected by a minimum wage increase. If the wage was raised to $15, for example, then anyone who currently makes between $7.26 to $14.99 an hour would receive a raise, despite not being represented in the data set you reference.

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  • [–] 23 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    As usual, the arsonist is putting out the fire and wanting us all to give him a participation trophy for it.

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  • [–] 19 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    So you mean he lied? I'm shocked. SHOCKED I tell you!

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  • [–] [S] 28 points 11 months ago
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    [–] 12 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    "I reduced the price of beef, coffee. And tropical fruit during my presidency"

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago

    Coffee and tropical fruit being things the US mostly can not grow so tariffing them never made sense from the American manufacturing standpoint

    As for beef lol, Argentine beef is now cheaper

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Doesn't that lower US price for foreign beef, another blow to US ranchers?

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    I have been predicting that the tariffs will be dropped as we go into midterms. They are going to have so many campaign ads about bringing pruces so far down year over year...

    So much easier to make a metric good if you screw it up first.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Coincidentally, all things from Argentina

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    So next time when you're not getting punched in the gut you'll have more fun!

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