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CitizenZero

(502 posts)
2. Increasing Wages
Thu Mar 9, 2017, 11:35 PM
Mar 2017

Providing consumers with more spending power is proven to boost the economy. If we increased the buying power of workers in America, those people will spend that money on cars, appliances, restaurant meals, all sorts of goods and services, home improvements, etc. Any American company that provides goods and/or services would ultimately benefit from a wage increase/boost of the minimum wage. It is a win all around.

Raise the minimum wage already. [View all] Metsie Casey Mar 2017 OP
Most capitalists only care about the ladder insofar as they'd like to pull it up Warpy Mar 2017 #1
Increasing Wages CitizenZero Mar 2017 #2
Change the framing. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #3
Locking... DonViejo Mar 2017 #4
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