They mention Krugman in the article even he thinks it’s a bad idea

Woah, really?

Well if _the_ Paul Krugman thinks it’s a bad idea, you _know_ it’s a _baaaad_ idea

I don't think its b/c Krugman doesn't agree with the idea. Its more he knows all the studies and can't cite 1 example where it worked out. And while he is more a political hack than economist now. He isn't that disconnected from reality yet

Interesting fact on Krugman. He is a Professor of Economics of the Graduate Center of City of New York. (Since retiring from Princeton) He gets paid 220k per year to teach 0 classes and study income inequality. A professor there that teaches 1 class is paid 32k a year. Amazing he can't see the problem there

Paul "the economy will immediately collapse if trump is elected" krugman

1997: Paul "The internet is just a fad" Krugman

To be fair, I think it's worth paying him any amount of money necessary to ensure he doesn't teach any classes.

I think it'd be easier to achieve that goal if you *didn't* pay him

Hmmmm something to keep a eye on https://twitter.com/lakauffman/status/1089257493392433153?s=21

@C1PHER Sometimes we need to pay for the greater good!

https://www.dailywire.com/news/42693/horrifying-african-tradition-ironing-developing-amanda-prestigiacomo

All cultures are equally good you bigot

And you want to tell me that white Europeans were wrong for treating the people they found in other parts of the world like bloodthirsty savages?

can anybody say "rape culture"

I can but I prefer not to

well you knew it was only a matter of time https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/nyregion/the-15-dollar-minimum-wage-is-not-enough.html

If you think McDonald’s employees deserve $66k a year then you’re a fucking retard

It would work if $66k was worth a roll of toilet paper

Weimar Germany here we come

Or current Venezuela

A federal minimum wage makes no sense at all. Too much for companies to pay in one area, not enough to live for employees in other areas. But sounds good, i guess.

they don't look at it from a perspective of a small business owner

correct me if i'm wrong but don't small businesses hire most of the workforce?

legitimately looking for an answer

I'm pretty sure they do yes

I think even medium sized companies employ more people than large ones, its just when a large company goes belly up it is national news so people think they employ the majority of the people

Well.. the issue is people don’t understand that by nature large companies are gonna employ more people per company, rather than looking at it by... I guess class of company

Walmart has 2.3 million employees and is the only private company that employs more than 1% of the US workforce.

Meaning they’re easy to demonise

Amazon is the second largest employer at 0.4% of the US workforce.

The point people above are trying to get across, though, is by and large, small businesses employ most of the US workforce

If policy crafted hurts them, it by extension hurts the majority of workers as well

I was just looking at the numbers. Top 25 companies employ around 10 million people... about half the workforce works in companies with less than 250 employees... the data sets have stupid categories though... it‘s either 250+ or 500+ as the high end... i‘d be more interested in 1000+ or 5000+

Daaamn. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6634773/Transgender-axe-attacker-flew-drug-fuelled-fit-rage-failed-Tinder-date.html

there's footage

Lmao

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46976547

are saying that trans people are mentally ill? 🤔

who could have possible foreseen this?

Even I know the reason for this. Show people have the females breeding. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-dogshow-gender-idUSKBN1FT1FB