UBI is the only solution. Then set the minimum wage to whatever you please

heisenbern

heisenbern

I think these are piecemeal solutions. Until we acknowledge that the real issue is a living wage, not a minimum wage, this issue, just like healthcare, will be with us and get worse ad-infinitum.

State Minimum Wage Increases Across America for 2017Some states will see hourly wages rise in 2017. Find out how minimum wages compare across America.

Hourly Minimum Wages By State
  • District of Columbia minimum wage: $12.50 ($1.00 increase)
  • Massachusetts minimum wage: $11.00 ($1.00 increase)
  • Washington minimum wage: $11.00 ($1.53 increase)
  • Connecticut minimum wage: $10.10 ($0.50 increase)
  • California minimum wage: $10.00 for small employers until 2018 (1-25 employees); $10.50 for larger employers ($0.50 increase).
  • Arizona minimum wage: $10.00 ($1.05 increase)
  • Vermont minimum wage: $10.00 ($0.40 increase)
  • Oregon minimum wage: $10.25
  • Alaska minimum wage: $9.80 ($0.05 increase)
  • New York minimum wage: $9.70 ($0.70 increase)
  • Rhode Island minimum wage: $9.60
  • Minnesota minimum wage: For large employers, with an annual sales volume of $500,000 or more, the minimum wage is $9.50; for small employers, with an annual sales volume of less than $500,000, the minimum wage is $7.75.
  • Colorado minimum wage: $9.30 ($0.99 increase)
  • Hawaii minimum wage: $9.25 ($0.75 increase)
  • Maryland minimum wage: $9.25 ($0.50 increase)
  • Nebraska minimum wage: $9.00
  • Maine minimum wage: $9.00 ($1.50 increase)
  • Michigan minimum wage: $8.90 ($0.40 increase)
  • West Virginia minimum wage: $8.75
  • South Dakota minimum wage: $8.65 ($0.10 increase)
  • Arkansas minimum wage: $8.50 ($0.50 increase)
  • New Jersey minimum wage: $8.44 ($0.06 increase)
  • Delaware minimum wage: $8.25
  • Illinois minimum wage: $8.25
  • Nevada minimum wage: $8.25 without health benefits; $7.25 with health benefits.
  • Ohio minimum wage: $8.15 ($0.05 increase)
  • Montana minimum wage: $8.05 ($1.10 increase)
  • Florida minimum wage: $8.10 ($0.05 increase)
  • Missouri minimum wage: $7.70 ($0.05 increase)
  • New Mexico minimum wage: $7.50
  • Oklahoma minimum wage: $7.25
  • Idaho minimum wage: $7.25
  • Indiana minimum wage: $7.25
  • Iowa minimum wage: $7.25
  • Kansas minimum wage: $7.25
  • Kentucky minimum wage: $7.25
  • North Carolina minimum wage: $7.25
  • North Dakota minimum wage: $7.25
  • Pennsylvania minimum wage: $7.25
  • Texas minimum wage: $7.25
  • Utah minimum wage: $7.25
  • Virginia minimum wage: $7.25
  • Wisconsin minimum wage: $7.25
  • Georgia minimum wage: $7.25
  • Wyoming minimum wage: $7.25
  • New Hampshire minimum wage: $7.25
  • Alabama minimum wage: $7.25
  • Louisiana minimum wage: $7.25
  • Mississippi minimum wage: $7.25
  • South Carolina minimum wage: $7.25
  • Tennessee minimum wage: $7.25
https://www.gobankingrates.com/personal-finance/state-minimum-wage-increases-across-america-2017/
 
Yes great idea, UBI. Typical advanced thinking from the economic geniuses at Bernie Inc.

First off, let's just acknowledge that politicians are far more knowledgeable about local labor markets than employers who are actually having to go into the market and hire people. Anyway, employers are evil and mainly white, so screw them. So raise the minimum wage and shame employers who cut back hiring. Maybe pass a law to ban robots as well or force each business to have a minimum number of employees per dollar of revenue.

Next, ignore the fact that a UBI and open borders is possibly the most idiotic combination of policies possible. After all, the Lazarus poem on the Statue of Liberty basically requires us to take care of the world. Anyway, most dem voters don't pay taxes anyway, so rich white republicans will be paying for it, just like with Obamacare. Win-win.

Given how successful socialism has been around the world, I am impatient for us to get with it and stop punishing people just because they choose not to work. If congress won't act, maybe the Ninth Circuit will.
 
The "Unconstitutional" argument is demonstrably false.

Why Conservatives Want To Ditch Minimum Wage

 
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