SENATE BILL: Living Wage Act (law'd)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

For some reason I thought this might be controversial!

Storms kept me offline yesterday.


Such an aggressive increase combined with nothing in the way of small business tax releif will surely lead to an increase in unemployment. It would need a longer implementation period, atleast.

And just for lols the last time MB tried to sneak his marxian ideas through: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=102029.0

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

As to the President's objection, I can see his point about needing to be non-discriminatory, but the point of this is to ensure that adults can get a job and earn enough to have a somewhat decent living standard. Whereas that is not the same goal of someone younger. And raising the wage so agressively on younger people could make finding employment much harder, in what has already been a hard hit demographic.

Lastly, I would remind Senators, the current minimum is substantially higher compared with RL.  

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Well we could could do it in the form of a tax credit of some kind or in the form of deductions? Which would be more preferable?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Well we could could do it in the form of a tax credit of some kind or in the form of deductions? Which would be more preferable?

Can I get some feedback here?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Well we could could do it in the form of a tax credit of some kind or in the form of deductions? Which would be more preferable?

Can I get some feedback here?

This is madness!!!

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

What is so vague about it? It asks whether we should use tax credits or tax deductions or even something else to help give small business some relief from the impact of this, aleast intially, so as to avoid them resorting to layoffs. We can even make it conditional on layoff decisions if so desired.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

It's too late tonight. Damn West Coast and your Pacific time zone!!!!

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

This is just possible text, not an amendment

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Decisions, decisions.


It depends on what size limitation you want. A company with $500,000 in revenue is much smaller then a company with 500,000 in Gross jncome, and considerably smaller then one with 500,000 in net income.

What is the largest size you are comfortable with?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I offer the following amendment as an addition to the current text.

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Aye

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Honestly, the vote totals on this should be way closer. I mean, I support the bill and all,  but I don't understand why the right wingers actually forgo the easy fight.

If I see any, I will let you know.