An employee at a major bank in Florida was so grateful we passed 15 an hour min. She makes roughly 19 an hour and her son works in retail. She said how pleased she was that they would earn more money. I stated "how we going to make more money"? She went on to explain her 20 years of service is worth a lot more than min wage. I responded the 15 an hour is like food stamps, designed to help the poorest among us. She than asked the manager when they raise the min wage 1.5 will she get more money. To which she was told no, just the annual raise if available. It was at that moment she understood. Telling me if she could work at the zoo for 15 an hour why would she work in a high stress office. To which I responded "you wouldn't". In hind sight I should have said those making 100k would prolly get raises.
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You won't work at the zoo because 15.00 is going to cause inflation and it won't be worth 15.00 anymore.
It's like changing the clocks each year. Just because you make 15 now doesn't mean you actually make more money. If everyone is making 15 then you can no longer afford that apartment because everyone can afford that apartment which means you are now getting a bad apartment like a zoo worker used to.
Honestly the American economy has been in the tank and working against the middle class since Carter sunk it. Cost of living and executive wages have skyrocketed while the middle class have stagnated. Maybe this will finally tank the economy and wake up the libs to disastrous policy that got you here.
Fat chance. They'll just blame whitey and increase the violence.