I Agree With This Fat Socialist

JL - Are you nuts? A $15 minimum wage is MORE THAN DOUBLE the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. If implemented on a national level, it would push up unemployment sharply by causing employers to shrink their work forces and hire less in the future.
. Originally Posted by lustylad

And probably increase the price of goods and services.

And probably increase the price of goods and services. Originally Posted by cowboy8055

Yep... The reason employers will lay people off is so they won't have to raise their prices so steeply. But when you are talking about DOUBLING the cost of labor overnight, it is such a huge shock that it will force them to do some of both - raise prices AND lay off workers.

If socialist ideas worked (instead of hurting the people they are supposed to help), we would have been living in a workers' paradise a long time ago.

I think it is a great idea, just as Chicago is the shining example of the city with the toughest gun control and the highest murder rate, Seattle can be the shining example of socialism. Thank god it rains there everyday, there are going to be a lot of homeless people pissing in the streets.

I think we should do what they do in Switzerland and give all adults 2800.00 per month.


Jim