>>This is a very interesting article about the effects of minimum wage.
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>>To understand an issue you must read all sides of the debate with an open mind.
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>>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-pitchforks-are-coming-for-us-plutocrats-108014.html
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>Hi, Brandon, John Ryan posted this a few days ago.
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>There are some individual/specific points he makes that are generally valid.
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>But many of his arguments are very problematic, because his history is incredibly bad. I think he's being sincere but it's one of the worst editorials I've ever read in terms of "this failed in the past because of this and this and this".
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>Raising the minimum wage is not going to reduce the need for govt reliance - it's time for "cards on the table", the President needs to promote a minimum wage raise because it's the only way to counter the damage that's occurred during his administration: high gas prices for multiple years, increase in payroll taxes, reduction in hours worked (partly due to consequences from AHCA), increase in health premiums for some, etc.

Hey I'm happy you agree the wage should be increased - and maybe I should just let it go at that...but COME ON..really? The minimum wage IS NOT a livable wage and has not been for a long time - long before Obama. It's like watching Fox News out here sometimes - no matter what the problem is or how it came about - it's all Obamacare's fault! economy is bad - Obamacare! Gas prices up - Obamacare! - my cat got sick - cause of Obamacare!