Posted on 02/13/2024 3:20:35 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
When arguing against a given minimum wage (e.g., $15/hour), late radio giant Rush Limbaugh would sometimes rhetorically ask: Why stop there? If that amount is good, wouldn’t a $50 minimum wage be even better? It’s unknown whether Limbaugh would’ve even suspected that a statist would make his “illustrating absurdity by being absurd” example a serious proposal within 10 years, but here we are:
Representative Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), who’s running for the Golden State’s open Senate seat, made this very proposal in a Monday night debate with her rivals. “Just do the math!” she exclaimed, alluding to the supposed self-evident legitimacy of her idea.
“Lee first called for a $50 minimum wage last year while campaigning for the California Senate seat previously occupied by the late Dianne Feinstein,” writes Mediaite, reporting on the story. “Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Katie Porter (D-CA) are also seeking to grab the seat. Compared to Lee, her fellow Democrats Schiff and Porter have called for an increase in the minimum wage to $20 to $25/hour. Lee’s proposal would make it so minimum wage workers earn $104,000 annually.” Note that Americans’ average income is only $63,214.
Along with Lee, the Monday debate included Schiff, Porter, and former Dodgers baseball player Steve Garvey, who’s running as a Republican and doesn’t advocate any minimum wage (MW) increase.
Making her case, Lee stated that certain places — California among them — require higher MWs because the cost of living is so great.
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Barbara Lee is a straight-up communist, if you couldn’t tell already.
Where do these people get their talking points, Karl Marx?
You want robots taking the jobs?
Because this is how you get robots taking the jobs.
I stand with Babs! I’ll go back to work for that./s
You want idle hands? Because this is how you get idle hands.
btt
That makes the first rung of the career ladder unreachable for most of the poorest constituents who the Leftists say they represent.
Indeed.
That’s my guess.
However bad Lee is, Schiff deserves to be in jail and not in the senate. Lee would end up being a crackpot who cackled on some Marxist nonsense every once and a while but be mostly ignored. Schiff could do real damage as he is somehow still considered respectable.
Democrats HATE the little people. The Republican opponent should promise $100.00 per hour!
Lee's proposal would make it illegal for anyone whose labor is not worth $50 per hour to work.
well, I hope they are ok with $50 McDonalds burgers then!
lol the cost of living is so great... because liberals are in charge!
LMAO
Hi.
I heard in the news today (NBC ABC) that Uber, Lyft, Door dash etc drivers are striking tomorrow.
We shall see...
5.56mm
Years ago I used to make the argument that the minimum wage should be $50 an hour. It was supposed to be satire. Looks like I need to work for the Bee. 🤣
That too. Almost like a feature rather than a bug.
I didn’t know they were unionized.
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