So here is a clip of Robert Reich articulately laying out the case for why the minimum wage needs to be raised, and CNN's S.E. Cupp not hearing anything but "victimizing job creators for class war." It's worth watching, if only for information you can use in your own conversations with wingnuts, and as an object lesson in why those conversations will go nowhere.
Two points: 1. I'm an employer, of five people, and I pay all of them over minimum wage and we were among the first businesses in the state to sign up for ACA coverage (100% of which we pay, no copays), and it takes a huge bite out of the business to pay for all that, and I don't care because what the hell else is the point? 2. I think you have mis-typed the last two letters of SE Cupp's last name.
Actually, it's not even (necessarily) the employers themselves. Most employers know exactly how to compensate for an increase in the minimum wage -- a small increase in prices, which isn't a competitive disadvantage, because their competitors have to do the same thing. It's only employers with substantial international competition who even have to worry at all.
The shitting on workers comes from politicians and &quot;pundits&quot; and, sadly, other workers who make more than minimum wage and can&#039;t stand the thought that somebody <i>else</i> might catch a break.
<a href="http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/01\/16\/nyregion\/hauling-bags-and-cleaning-planes-for-little-pay-and-no-vacations-of-their-own.html" target="_blank">This </a> should put you over the edge.
at least I would have the choice whether or not to buy that burger. Yet Cupp and her fellow whiners would prefer to force me to pay for that aid (or force those working poor to starve because their employer shouldn&#039;t be forced to pay a minimum wage)
that&#039;s the problem with this particular strain of derp- there are a ton of laws that employers, employees, in fact ALL Americans must follow- it&#039;s the price of living n a civilized society. No one is forcing an employer to do anything- IF he chooses to run a business, THEN he must follow certain rules established by the American people. Don&#039;t like it? STFU and leave the public commons.
Two points: 1. I&#039;m an employer, of five people, and I pay all of them over minimum wage and we were among the first businesses in the state to sign up for ACA coverage (100% of which we pay, no copays), and it takes a huge bite out of the business to pay for all that, and I don&#039;t care because what the hell else is the point? 2. I think you have mis-typed the last two letters of SE Cupp&#039;s last name.
I know this one!
Hollywood.
Jack Kennedy?
Actually, it&#039;s not even (necessarily) the employers themselves. Most employers know exactly how to compensate for an increase in the minimum wage -- a small increase in prices, which isn&#039;t a competitive disadvantage, because their competitors have to do the same thing. It&#039;s only employers with substantial international competition who even have to worry at all.
The shitting on workers comes from politicians and &quot;pundits&quot; and, sadly, other workers who make more than minimum wage and can&#039;t stand the thought that somebody <i>else</i> might catch a break.
<a href="http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/01\/16\/nyregion\/hauling-bags-and-cleaning-planes-for-little-pay-and-no-vacations-of-their-own.html" target="_blank">This </a> should put you over the edge.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Also dependence on government assistance = bad, dependence on Salvation Army shelter = good.
I&#039;m gonna go out on a limb and guess Jeff Zucker
at least I would have the choice whether or not to buy that burger. Yet Cupp and her fellow whiners would prefer to force me to pay for that aid (or force those working poor to starve because their employer shouldn&#039;t be forced to pay a minimum wage)
<i>On CNN&rsquo;s Crossfire,</i>
There&#039;s your first mistake right there.
Sounds like that Reich character is on one of them there Jobs Death Panels.
Special Edition
that&#039;s the problem with this particular strain of derp- there are a ton of laws that employers, employees, in fact ALL Americans must follow- it&#039;s the price of living n a civilized society. No one is forcing an employer to do anything- IF he chooses to run a business, THEN he must follow certain rules established by the American people. Don&#039;t like it? STFU and leave the public commons.
C Cupp, inspiring women everywhere to consider <strike>breast</strike> boob reduction