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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton refuses to support a $15 national minimum wage. [View all]doc03
(35,299 posts)37. I agree and in a perfect world it would come out
of their profits but it doesn't work that way. The first thing management always looks at is labor costs, wages, benefits and employment. Reducing profits never ever occurs to them. So what do people on a fixed income do, keep cutting our food budget until we are on cat food or go back to work at 70.
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I'll bet all the workers affected by this are going to give her an earful at her $2,700 a plate
GoneFishin
Jul 2015
#1
To be real most Americans could never afford to drop $2700 on a political donation.
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#17
If the minimum wage had kept pace with productivity, it would be over $20 by now
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#19
Anyone supporting Clinton after this flip flop needs to re-examine their values....
London Lover Man
Jul 2015
#4
On the other hand people who work at Panera couldn't even afford to eat there now.
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#23
I don't know. On Edit - I don't know much about the price of beer at Applebees
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#48
Unsurprising. This kind of triangulating mumbo jumbo defines Hillary's approach to populist policy.
En Garde
Jul 2015
#21
Hillary is entirely scripted. Unfortunately, many are willing to go along with the Democratic version of Mitt Romney.
En Garde
Jul 2015
#34
this is BAD--it's something people can feel directly, even more than Glass-Steagall
MisterP
Jul 2015
#22
Simple yes or no question - Do minimum wage workers deserve a $15 dollar minwage - A living wage?
Lancero
Jul 2015
#32
ten dollars will not appease the masses nor help'' anyone at that level of existance.
Ichingcarpenter
Jul 2015
#44