What the Republicans should do, is use this as an opportunity to fix the economy. They should tie an import tariff bill to this. Raise the import tariffs in steps until the percent of working age that are working drops below a threshold. And drop the income tax by the amount of the import tariff.
Besides, it would be interesting to see the democrat response if the Republicans voted for it.
Make it $100.00 per hour. Then they will all be rich!
Don’t misunderstand, I’m not in favor of raising minimum wages in a period of high unemployment. But restoring the import tariffs and cutting the income taxes would do far more for employment than the harm done by minimum wages.
Don’t misunderstand, I’m not in favor of raising minimum wages in a period of high unemployment. But restoring the import tariffs and cutting the income taxes would do far more for employment than the harm done by minimum wages.
Not so fast. There’s still time for McConnell to sell out conservatives on this.
But the dimocrats control the senate...and can pass whatever they want without one repubican vote...Just like odumbocare...they had the stomach for that then, why not this now. Besides, I’m sure there are one or two rino’s that would love to give hairy reed a good ol’e fashioned leg humping.
No, it’s not the government’s business to push me to buy from domestic rather than foreign companies through tariffs. Furthermore, tariffs we impose will be met by tariffs by other countries on our exporters, resulting in little or no net gain in jobs here.
Beware of politicking from federal politicians concerning the so-called national minimum wage, especially in an election year.
More specifically, with the exception of the federal entities indicated in the Constitution’s Clauses 16 & 17 of Section 8 of Article I as examples, entities under the exclusive legislative control of Congress, the states have never delegated to the feds, via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate minimum or overtime wages for the nation. Only the states have the 10th Amendment-protected state power to regulate intrastate labor wages.
Corrupt federal politicians foster talk of higher federal minimum wage to buy votes from low-information voters who have never been taught the federal government’s constitutionally limited powers as the Founding States had intended for those powers to be understood.
Patriots need to learn that they have to check all “promises” made by federal politicians against Congress’s Section 8-limited powers to make sure that Congress actually has the state-delegated power to make a particular promise.