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diabeticman

(3,121 posts)
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 03:02 PM Sep 2014

Radical Jonathan Swift idea to the Min Wage....

My friend and I where talking about the min wage issue and well my friend said. Let them win.

I was understandably shocked and angry someone would say that but I heard my friend out:


He said part of the new Deal reforms came into being because of the Great Depression and how bad things had gotten.


So if our country's collective memory as a whole has forgotten why we had better wages in the past medical benefits etc... Let's give ourselves another wake up call. Let them have their way and get rid of the min wage and let's watch corporations decrease hourly pay down to 80 cents a days.


The rich scream that a raise in min wage would effect small business owners--so how is 80 cents a day going to effect the small business owner when they have to close up shop and lay off the small work force they employed because no one can afford to buy.

I know rich people won't mind that to much in reality BUT let's let it progress longer in the U.S. to 18 months or 2 years...

What will we see? Who else would be effected? How about let's say McDonalds and Burger King who may have success in other countries BUT a half dozen stores in England won't generate the business that say 5 stores in a city like Pittsburgh would bring in dollars. So with no min wage no one is buying the "value meal" OR even their Dollar menu. so how much money is lining the pockets of the owners of McDonalds corporate.

What about Walmart... those Waltons must be make a killing right? Well if a loaf of Bread cost the same it does today and we have 80 cents paid a day. Will the Walmarts be effected too?


I wish someone would make a cartoon out of this and put it up on you tube... just so people can really see why min wage should be increase and WHY it is important.

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Radical Jonathan Swift idea to the Min Wage.... (Original Post) diabeticman Sep 2014 OP
This may be along the lines of what you seek: immoderate Sep 2014 #1
Sure let's put up already poor people as the sacrificial lambs Cleita Sep 2014 #2

Cleita

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2. Sure let's put up already poor people as the sacrificial lambs
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 04:00 PM
Sep 2014

to make the gods of commerce behave better.

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