Maple retweeted
Progressives just had to win a few races and suddenly right wing venture capitalists are in favor of increasing the minimum wage to reduce social unrest lol
I changed my mind on minimum wage after reviewing the data. I used to believe in letting the free market handle it, like most of you.
However, when California raised the minimum wage for fast-food workers, it increased prices for consumers by pennies (~1-2%).
There was zero downside... it didn't drive massive automation, nor did it cause businesses to shutter.
Exactly the same result as Australia and other American cities... no changes in jobs; restaurants didn't close.
We are at record profits for corporations.
We are at a record low in unemployment in America over the past five years.
We are at maximum social unrest due to wealth disparity.
We should WANT to see the lowest-earning Americans go from $12 to $15, to $20, and then to $25 an hour over the next decade.
This isn't virtue signaling; this is good business!
Why?
Individuals earning under $40,000 a year spend 100% of their income.
They save nothing... they just spend it at the same companies they earn it at (Amazon, McDonald's, the Apple Store, DoorDash, Uber, etc).
It increases monetary velocity.
Take the time to research all of this, and you'll find the only downside is for teenage workers, who aren't worth $15-20 an hour. It does depress those jobs, so we should keep teenagers at a lower rate.
Maple retweeted
And yet the French have a decent rail system, paid family leave, paid sick leave, a social safety net, 99% literacy, a younger retirement age, higher life expectancy, and so on
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Beast mode
A student pilot successfully landed a small plane after her instructor told her "you know what to do," grabbed his cell phone, opened the cockpit door, and leapt to his death.
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Maple retweeted
“If the Democrats win, Congress will do its job again” is a wild message from the current Speaker of the House
Johnson: If we were to lose the midterms, heaven forbid, these Democrats, y'all impeachment's not even the big concern. They will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body, and they'll go after the president's family, the The cabinet, his donors and friends, half of you in this room will be targeted. I run the protection program. We’ll take care of you.
Maple retweeted
I’m tired of people pushing trades work like it’s some easy money grab and lying about what people make. To make the 6 figures they be talking about, you gotta be a union worker for like a decade plus. You not just finna hop in that shit and make big money lmao
Lowe’s is offering $250 million in grants to help those who want to learn the trades, electrician, carpenter, etc.
Home Depot lets you watch free videos to learn and get certified through them. This is actually paying you to go to school and learn the trades!
If you can’t find work, this is a great opportunity to get into the trades in Texas and electrician makes $250,000 a year
Maple retweeted
When you see your taxes being spent on feeding children instead of bombing them.
The breakfasts are not free. They are paid for by taxes - mostly on parents who feed their own kids. Most of these 10,000 children would have had a perfectly healthy breakfast at home without these clubs. This isn't about helping the poorest kids, it's the state taking over the basic job of parenting.
Maple retweeted
To believe this is about drug smuggling, you have to ignore Trump’s pardon of the former Honduran president for drug smuggling.
To believe it’s about Maduro’s democratic legitimacy, you have to believe Trump cares even slightly about democratic legitimacy.
Alternatively:
Maple retweeted
That’s a historical building. And that motherfucker just tore it apart.
The East wing façade was built in 1902.
No president has ever demolished part of the White House for their own personal gain.
And don’t even try to say that’s not what this is.
It’s also, possibly illegal.
Get that bastard son of a bitch criminal out of the goddamn White House.
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom.
Full Story: wapo.st/42RiU2q
Maple retweeted
U.S. Marines serve a valuable purpose for this country -- defending democracy. They are not political pawns.
The Secretary of Defense is illegally deploying them onto American streets so Trump can have a talking point at his parade this weekend.
It’s a blatant abuse of power.
We will sue to stop this.
The Courts and Congress must act. Checks and balances are crumbling.
This is a red line — and they’re crossing it. WAKE UP!
