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Insane: Virginia Candidate Wants A $26.80 Minimum Wage
Townhall ^ | September 13, 2017 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 09/16/2017 9:33:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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1 posted on 09/16/2017 9:33:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Anything other than the market rate is “insane.”
Might as well go for a hundred dollars an hour.


2 posted on 09/16/2017 9:36:09 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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This stupid stuff sells to stupid, ignorant people.


3 posted on 09/16/2017 9:38:08 PM PDT by Bullish (Whatever it takes to MAGA)
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Does he also dress like Santa Claus?


4 posted on 09/16/2017 9:49:41 PM PDT by Trumpnado2016 (Time to repeal and replace the entire GOP Congressional leadership team.)
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You FReepers are intolerant! $1,000/hr minimum-wage now!!!!


5 posted on 09/16/2017 9:50:18 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (We're right, you're wrong - that's the end of the argument.)
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“That’s fewer job opportunities for low-skill workers”

The liberal answer to that is to have them self-identify as highly skilled workers. Then replace actual highly skilled workers with them. Problem solved. Highly skilled workers need to check thier privilege anyhow. /s


6 posted on 09/16/2017 9:51:39 PM PDT by bluejean (The lunatics are running the asylum)
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you greedy bastard $100/hr is not enough

minimum wage should be $1,000/hr.

just imagine how happy everyone would be making $1,000/hr !


7 posted on 09/16/2017 9:52:15 PM PDT by vooch (America First Drain the Swamp)
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Why not eliminate all unfairness and enable us all to live like millionaires? Mandate that everyone in the US, starting with those wonderful “dreamers”, must be given $1 million per year. After all, how is it fair that people like the Kardashians get to drive Ferraris when the rest of us must do without? The US government has been borrowing money more irresponsibly than the most determined credit card fraudster, and the plain fact is that the US will never be able to pay off the national debt, so let’s all go out in style - borrow some more and let’s all spend, spend, spend.


8 posted on 09/16/2017 9:52:25 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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Anything under a hundred dollars an hour, with bennies, time off for stuff, oh, and paid holidays, gotta have that,

Otherwise, not worth getting off the couch and SS&S to go to work!

9 posted on 09/16/2017 9:53:38 PM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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I’m sitting here wondering what sort of bass-akwards cart-before-the-horse “logic” led to the precise number of $26.80.

I’m betting he wants everybody to be above average, lol.


10 posted on 09/16/2017 9:55:06 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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this is how the socialists get the unions into everything - march for $15, then sign agreements with employers they don’t have to pay it if they agree to be union shops. The employees end up making less, because now they gotta pay union dues on top of their below $15 wage. But, you know, #brotherhood


11 posted on 09/16/2017 9:58:53 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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Why do I even have to work for it? Why can’t I just get paid $100/hr and be able to stay home?

Man, capitalism sucks.


12 posted on 09/16/2017 10:22:19 PM PDT by moovova
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Montigue Magruder


13 posted on 09/16/2017 10:23:58 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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When was the last time a politician took a econ class?
14 posted on 09/16/2017 10:24:35 PM PDT by Chgogal (Sessions recused himself for shaking an Ambassador's hand. Shameful!)
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If Virginia tries it, one way or another, it will provide a valuable lesson for everyone else.


15 posted on 09/16/2017 10:34:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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they aren't smart enough to understand the business model of a lemonade stand
16 posted on 09/16/2017 10:37:55 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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It’s very easy to say you want something when there is no chance of ever getting it. He just wants name recognition, and the gullible to support him. In other words, it’s nothing more than a stunt to get his heretofore unknown name in the papers, and have people talking about him.


17 posted on 09/16/2017 10:38:56 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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BWAHAHAHAHA

Delusion runs deep


18 posted on 09/16/2017 10:55:02 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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Why not fifty dollars? Or a hundred?


19 posted on 09/16/2017 11:08:13 PM PDT by mulligan
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This is from his website...

To increase the minimum wage to $26.80 per hour. This is what the minimum wage would be if it had grown at the same rate as the economy since 1968. However, Montigue recognizes that this could be a burden on some small businesses, and will make exceptions in law for businesses making less than $2 million in profit, and unionized businesses.

To establish and fund paid family and medical leave for all Virginians. The paid leave act would guarantee time off for as many as 120 days a year and provide at least 75% of a worker’s average income. Every worker is eligible for paid leave for pregnancy, adoption, and foster care, as well as personal or family leave.

To repeal anti-labor laws and allow labor unions to fund themselves and engage in collective bargaining for the benefit of all workers. To allow you to take your boss to court if they do not pay you, by enacting a private right of action in civil court. To fully staff and fund the offices responsible for the protection of labor in the Commonwealth of Virginia. To provide $15,000 per year, without condition, to every Virginian.

To reduce inequality, rebuild our public services, and make the rich pay their fair share, by raising the income tax on people making more than $500,000 to 12%.

In short...bankrupt everything.

20 posted on 09/16/2017 11:10:22 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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