Hope this is allowed! I've browsed on this site for a while, even had another username where I engaged in some fairly civil debates with other users before I was banned due to not being a Q follower.
Interested in having a friendly discussion with anyone who's up for it!
A bit about me:
I'm a mechanical engineer working in product marketing I live in a major city, Chicago, and have pretty much only voted democrat I am a homeowner I have followed conspiracies for a while based solely on my own curiosity, and by and large found that a lot of the major ones (pizzagate, Q) don't make a ton of sense, but I'm not here to argue that. I think we're just gonna have different opinions on it.
All said, happy to have a casual AMA! Not interested in flamebaiting or arguing
As a non math genius (me) can you explain to me how raising minimum wage to 15/hr won't further destroy the economy? TBH I'm running with the assumption that there will be eventual consequences for hyperinflation ie prices on everything goes up negating any positive attributes of said minimum wage hike. But like I said, me no maths very good.
Well, by raising the minimum wage we put more disposable income into the pockets of people who will actually spend it on fueling the market. The wealthy don't actually spend money, they invest it to grow their own pockets because they have the capability, while those living paycheck to paycheck only buy necessities. By providing the average consumer with more money, they will give businesses more opportunities of sale.
Also, 15/hr min wage would hurt small businesses everywhere... but especially in the midwest and southeast.
I agree that some businesses may be hurt, but supporting small businesses has been a movement that many citizens like you and I have agreed with for a long time. By giving people more disposable income (in a raised minimum wage), they'd be able to afford more expensive items from small businesses over big box stores like walmart or target.
I think you and I can agree that those stores wield too much commercial power, but part of that reason is they're able to sell things on the cheap to people who don't have a higher paying job. With raised minimum wages, those shoppers may afford to support small businesses.
The business OWNERS is who it hurts. Not the shoppers. Make sense? Or nah? Edit: it also hurts the shoppers. Prices go up. But of course you don't understand how a 15 min wage would be bad for somebody who has worked for 16 years to get from 6 to 15/hr. I don't actually expect elitists to be able to follow me here.
I make 15/hr and I had to work 3 years to get to that point. Minimum wage in my state is like 9 bucks or something. If they raised minimum wage to 15 I'd be making minimum wage. This is not good for me ?
Technically I've had to work 15 years to get to that point but three at my current job ? just to clarify... I'm not 19.
Why would that not be good for you?
Okay, I guess it's you who is not good at math.
I gave you the upvote but not because I agree with you. Nobody here does. I'm doing a lot of clarifying with this one.
Okay cool. Appreciate that but...I don't really care about upvotes.
Cool. Rescinding now.