Would you support a $15 an hour minimum wage?

[TNF]

Absolutely

[Maxwell]

Should all those who don't be kicked out of the Democrat party?

[LeBron]

I enthusiastically would! Hopefully we can to if Pelosi wins back the gavel next year.

[Goldwater]

Any Republicans that support this should be kicked out of the party.

[TNF]

Should all those who don't be kicked out of the Democrat party?

Nah, I've basically accepted the fact that I'm the one more out of place in the Dem party at this point.

[Maxwell]

Should all those who don't be kicked out of the Democrat party?

Nah, I've basically accepted the fact that I'm the one more out of place in the Dem party at this point.

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[© tweed]

even the dead-to-rights bourgeois-economists should support it: it would lead to a booming nonsense economy.  only the owners of fast food and retail, and their agents, stand on the other side.

[Njall]

Strongly support

[Lief 🗽]

On the national level? Without hesitation yes. It would be a huge boon to the economy and to American workers.

[Indy Texas]

No. I would be open to an increase, but there are a lot of industries and labor markets that simply cannot support a $15 an hour wage. Furthermore...



This is the minimum wage, historically, adjusted for inflation. A $15 minimum wage would be well beyond the minimum wage's peak in the late 1960s. And what has happened to labor productivity at those jobs? Is a cashier at McDonald's nearly 50% more productive today than he was when he made the equivalent of about $10 fifty years ago? No. But the cashier at McDonald's now has to contend with something he did not fifty years ago - a touch-screen computer that can do his job, or at least a significant portion of his job.

[H. Ross Peron]

No, raise it to 10 dollars along with indexing it to inflation and supplementing it with already existing social programs. I'm also open to a minimum income/negative income tax of some sort on top of this, but a 15 dollars an hour minimum wage is not a practicable idea.

[dead0man]

What the previous two posters said makes sense. 

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Even if one thinks the minimum wage is in need of an increase, I fail to see how any one can think that more that doubling it overnight is a good idea. (Except maybe in a county like Venezuela that has runaway inflation, and even then that's doubtful.)

[RI]

No.

[courts]

i think that's still not high enough but yes

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

No way. It won't do me much good if I don't have a job, and it'll make finding someone who's willing to hire me that much harder.

[Franzl]

No, $15 would make sense in a few areas, but it's not sensible at the federal level.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     No, not at all. Being employed is nice.

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

Any Republicans that support this should be kicked out of the party.

[DC Al Fine]

What the previous two posters Mung Beans and Indy said makes sense. 

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Basically what Mung Beans said with regards to increasing it (to $12.50 an hour), indexing it to inflation, and supplementing it with (extremely increased) social programs.

[opebo]

A $15 minimum wage would be well beyond the minimum wage's peak in the late 1960s. And what has happened to labor productivity at those jobs? Is a cashier at McDonald's nearly 50% more productive today than he was when he made the equivalent of about $10 fifty years ago? No.

That doesn't matter at all!  The key question is has overall productivity increased by 50% - and of course it has.  Thus a $15/hour minimum would not be inflationary, but merely redistributive.  And redistribution is what makes the economy work well.

[ElectionsGuy]

     No, not at all. Being employed is nice.

[TNF]

i think that's still not high enough but yes

Well yeah, this too. Ideally I'd like to see it at $25 an hour

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Without a doubt (D)