Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: So, about Bloomberg. [View all]tulipsandroses
(5,124 posts)92. His labor plan supports $15 minimum wage and paid family and sick leave, and strengthening unions.
Something else, besides Stop and Frisk that he had a change of heart on as he decided to run for president.
In 2012, Bloomberg vetoed the New York City Council-backed living wage bill, which would have guaranteed workers a minimum wage of $11.50 per hour or $10 per hour with benefits on projects that received over one million dollars in public funds. The mayor argued this would thwart job creation, even though the bill would have affected only 400 to 500 workers.
In 2013, the mayor also vetoed a Council measure to provide one million workers with a minimum of five paid sick-leave days per year, as he believed it would burden businesses. "The bill, which will impose significant new costs on employers and create a vast new bureaucracy, is bad for the city's economy, and it will harm the very people it seeks to help," Bloomberg said in a statement, explaining his reasons for blocking the measure.
[link:https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/new-york-city/michael-bloombergs-mayoral-actions-may-make-him-a-liability.html|
Bloomberg Now Backs a $15 Minimum Wage a Change in Stance
By Courtney Gross California
PUBLISHED 11:27 PM ET Dec. 11, 2019
It was more than seven years ago. The City Council was looking to create a living wage, forcing companies that receive city subsidies to pay their workers more.
Then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg said no.
Bloomberg 2020: Learn More About the Former Mayor's Presidential Run
"They would make it harder and more costly for businesses to stay, harder and more costly for businesses to stay, and harder and more costly for businesses to thrive," he said in 2012.
Three years later and then out of office, Bloomberg was not convinced raising wages was the way to go:
"I, for example, am not in favor, have never been in favor, of raising the minimum wage," he said in a 2015 interview with his Bloomberg channel.
But in California on Wednesday, Bloomberg the presidential candidate sounded a bit different.
][link:https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2019/12/12/michael-bloomberg-on-minimum-wage-now-backs-15-dollars-minimum-wage-2020-presidential-election|
Hopefully if he is president. He will not change his mind again. If he is the nominee, I will vote for him. But he is going to have to prove his lip service. His track record as mayor is what I am judging him on to see how he would govern. There is a whole lot besides Stop and Frisk that was problematic.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
119 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
Not a fan of Mike... we can do better, as Bernie demonstrates everyday out on the campaign trail.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2020
#102
Me too blue... I would say, I'd take Joe over him. And, ur right again, Mayor Mike has ZERO chance
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2020
#104
President Obama hired Steve Rattner to overhaul the auto industry after the financial collapse.
lapucelle
Feb 2020
#13
Bloomberg is an interesting candidate who has maximal freedom to define his policies going forward
andym
Feb 2020
#8
Remember President Obama was not for marriage equality at first. People do evolve.
Maraya1969
Feb 2020
#14
I would love BLoomberg/Harris. With Preet as AG and Liz as Treasury and Schiff wherever he can
Squinch
Feb 2020
#22
Yes. As I said, he did promote Republicans in order to get his gun legislations passed. I don't
Squinch
Feb 2020
#26
I haven't seen any polls that say BS will beat trump while the other candidates will not.
Squinch
Feb 2020
#42
I have used Google, and I have seen hundreds of polls, but I haven't seen any that show
Squinch
Feb 2020
#63
Your contention was that BS can beat trump where the others can't. I asked for your source
Squinch
Feb 2020
#72
Makes me feel better too. Especially the climate change and gun control and PP.
Squinch
Feb 2020
#29
Right? I had a young 20 something tell me he was interested in Bloomberg. I did not know
krissey
Feb 2020
#31
Choosing Bloomberg is ignoring what's going on. He will never attract the #'s needed.
floppyboo
Feb 2020
#35
I agree that it is ignoring the results of Iowa and New Hampshire, but I don't think they are
Squinch
Feb 2020
#37
For not even running yet, he is so kicking Sanders to the curb "showing the numbers", I think.
krissey
Feb 2020
#41
Duppers, the republican base isn't going to vote for a Democrat, no matter who
floppyboo
Feb 2020
#116
We don't need another billionaire. I will support him 100% of he gets the nod.
marble falls
Feb 2020
#45
My suspicion is that he will work with Republicans on legislation in a way that will sometimes
Squinch
Feb 2020
#65
The problem is virtually all of the candidates have some kind of skeleton in the closet.
Vinca
Feb 2020
#70
that's all words. i judge a person by their actions. he said Obama divided the country for
Kurt V.
Feb 2020
#77
And let's not forget he won both the Democratic & republican primary in Dixville Notch 😁
catbyte
Feb 2020
#85
His labor plan supports $15 minimum wage and paid family and sick leave, and strengthening unions.
tulipsandroses
Feb 2020
#92
He cannot defeat Trump. Money won't beat Trump. The 2016 campaign showed that.
totodeinhere
Feb 2020
#94
Hope he can be persuaded to change his mind on marijuana legalization, but...
Miles Archer
Feb 2020
#103