[ChicagoConservative27]

This is their idea to take back the house and senate? Run with it losers.

[Puppage]

"What we are here today to say is that a living wage is $15... If you are working 40 or 50 hours a week, you should not be living in poverty," said Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

And, HOW much did Sanders pay his campaign staffers? That's right, 12 BUCKS an hour.

Hypocritical POS.

[trebb]

The idiots are now resorting to dredging up other failed ideas to try to contrast themselves with Trump - never realizing they already contrast nicely - their pile of manure to his loaded hot fudge sundae (yes, the specific comparison was on purpose...).

[ealgeone]

Why stop there. Make it $100!

[GraceG]

I’m sick of fighting these liberal retards, I honestly thing it would be great to allow NYC or LA to become it’s own country like one of those small European city states and tell them they can pass all the lib legislation they wants and sit back and laugh as they trash their own economy down the tubes.

[Jim W N]

Federal minimum wage:

1) Unconstitutional. Nowhere doe the Constitution authorize the feds to meddle in free-market wages.

2) Economy killer as all wage and price controls are. Cuts jobs, shrinks business, hinders economic growth.

NUKE THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE!!!!

[2ndDivisionVet]

Why only $15 an hour? Why not $50 an hour? Or $100? And free single payer. And a car allowance. Free housing. Government subsidized cafeterias. State-issued clothing. Commissaries.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

What are they planning to do with people who already make $15 an hour, working at a job that is worth $15 an hour?

[DoughtyOne]

These people will do anything they can to kill jobs.

[A_Former_Democrat]

What utter stupidity.

Like these idiots know what the economics of everything will be in 2024

REJECT these POS traitors

[MileHi]

It can’t pass, but it can be a campaign issue. Like rolling grandmas wheel chair down the stairs.

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[Red Badger]

DOA.......................

[LostPassword]

Getting this passed for everyone is not going to happen. But Michael Moore and friends don’t have to settle for failure. They can pool their money and buy businesses and pay employees whatever they want. Between Moore, Pelosi, the Hollywood crowd, and everyone else “on their side” they have well over a $Billion in investments.

They can buy fast food franchises all over the country. Pay $15/hour (or more) and put all profits toward buying new businesses. If they’re right about wages, profits, and business in general, in 10 years they should dominate the fast food industry and pay $15/hour to A LOT of employees.

They can buy failing businesses and keep them going (with $15/hour min wage) rather than selling off pieces (like that evil Romney).

They can start a venture capital fund and invest in startups and pay everyone $15/hour and put all profits back into their “$15/hour portfolio” rather than keeping the profit for themselves.

Why are they wasting so much time on legislation that won’t happen or will only “help” a single city? They can start helping real people in the time it takes to buy a McDonald’s franchise (I’d bet they can do it by next week). And if their statements about business are correct rather than BS, their businesses will be worth $tens of billions soon and employ tens of millions of people at $15/hour minimum. And they can do it without forcing anyone to do anything. They just need to put their investments where their mouth is. Maybe give up some ROI on their wealth. But do they really need the profit they will make from investing $tens of millions in companies that don’t pay $15/hour minimum? When they decide that their personal profit is not as important as $15/hour minimum wage I’ll take them seriously.

[jmaroneps37]

Why not $100.00?

[AndyTheBear]

15 an hour? Screw that. I think it should be a million an hour!

Then all any of use will have to do is work a few hours and retire rich.

Now some nay-sayers have complained about businesses owners not being able to pay that kind of wage...but that is the beauty of my plan, they themselves can just work a few hours and then they can retire too! The need for businesses and economy is solved!

[rb22982]

$15/hr in 2024 is the equivalent of about $12/hour today, so its not quite as drastic as it seems. While this may help the marginal worker, it will eliminate a lot of jobs and put some companies out of business entirely. At some point, Democrats are probably going to shift to pushing UBI rather than a minimum wage.

[Dahoser]

It would be nice if our side, once they come out from under their desks, would use annual salary rather than hourly rate in responding to this idiocy. $30,000 a year sounds a lot less palatable to pay teenagers for flipping burgers than $15 an hour.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Business owners are just thieves, anyway. Government should make them take away all of those evil jobs so nobody has to work. The guaranteed basic income should be enough for anybody. /millennial sanders voters :)

[GoldenPup]

Democrats officially introduce $15 minimum wage bill

Just trying to buy the next election with votes from the “gimme, gimme” crowd.