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|    Bump: Re: A State Option For The Minimum    |
|    14 May 22 03:18:59    |
      XPost: fl.politics, houston.politics, tx.politics       XPost: alt.abortion, talk.abortion       From: Intelligent@savetheworldmsn.com              On 5/7/2022 12:44 AM, Intelligent Party wrote:       > Underemployment Masks True Unemployment       >       > If raising the minimum wage *did* increase unemployment, it would merely be       > showing us the *true* unemployment rate.       >       >       >       > A State Option For The Minimum Wage Will Never Be!       >       > The Federal Government needs to take charge.       >       > The CITY of Birmingham, Alabama, RAISED the minimum wage, but in response,       the       > STATE of Alabama, passed legislation stating the minimum wage must be the       same       > everywhere in the State, which is ZERO.       >       > Alabama only has a minimum wage because of the Federal minimum wage.       >       > Salaries lag inflation.       >       >       >       > If Everyone Had Equal Consumption, Libertarian Economics Might Work       >       > It still might be inadvisable, you should just be able to use the park, or       > sidewalk, or road, and not pay. There are extreme benefits to communalism.       >       > It's like, farmers need to be able to water all day in 100 degree heat.        That's       > the way work gets done. They don't need to worry about paying. Nor do       people       > need to worry about paying to use roads or parks. We should own them as the       > people. Likewise we need to put in the water. That's the way work gets       done. It       > would only cost several billion dollars out of a several thousand billion       dollar       > Federal Budget.       >              Bump              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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