Message from @Leo (BillNyeLand)

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2019-02-08 20:58:44 UTC  

Gotta get that 5.0

2019-02-08 20:59:58 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/418667927169138688/543536491658215424/bernie-sanders-SOTU-TV.jpg

2019-02-08 21:00:15 UTC  

No surprise considering Bernie sanders is the most clueless democrat in economics

2019-02-08 21:00:20 UTC  

alongside AOC and Warren

2019-02-08 21:00:27 UTC  

and their supporters don't seem to differ far

2019-02-08 21:00:31 UTC  

AOC is clueless in everything

2019-02-08 21:00:47 UTC  

MUH DEGREE

2019-02-08 21:01:13 UTC  

Seriously

2019-02-08 21:01:21 UTC  

he may have good intentions as I suspect

2019-02-08 21:01:58 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/418667927169138688/543536998422675456/Screen_Shot_2019-02-08_at_21.01.46.png

2019-02-08 21:02:05 UTC  

But the path to hell is paved with good intentions.

2019-02-08 22:36:21 UTC  

He left them out because they weren’t among the list of groups doing poorly, that was the whole point of the tweet. Saying “but this group is doing ok!” Doesn’t negate the fact that others aren’t

2019-02-08 22:37:45 UTC  

Oof honestly I regret saying anything striders gonna hit me with seven paragraphs of Austrian economic garbage that becomes impossible to deal with because you’d have to unpack every sentence and I have things to accomplish in this decade

2019-02-08 23:00:43 UTC  

Raising the minimum wage probably does cause less work time and inflation in the short term. But as long as the employer is running a profit and the demand for labor is reasonably elastic, the increased wages transmitted to workers will outweigh that loss for other workers, for a net gain overall on the labor side. This has the added benefit of, through those laws of economics you cited, enticing more lazy freeloaders back to work, since they can get more money. Lastly, with the increased spending power possessed by consumers, demand increases, allowing businesses to gain back some of their losses from the higher minimum wage. The end result is an initial increase in the demand for jobs and a decrease in the supply of jobs, which is later offset by an increase in revenue that leads to an increase in demand for labor by businesses.
In short, the cost of a higher minimum wage is shared by businesses' profit margins, employees with hours cut, and the economy at large through inflation, while the benefits are shared by low-wage workers, and businesses through increased revenue.

2019-02-08 23:00:49 UTC  

That's my take.

2019-02-08 23:09:05 UTC  

I'd just like to tie minimum wage to inflation at a reasonable level to keep people working full time out of poverty

2019-02-08 23:09:11 UTC  

which would have to be regional as well to work well

2019-02-08 23:13:12 UTC  

no not inflation

2019-02-08 23:13:23 UTC  

bc thaers the risk of it being caught in an inflationary spiral

2019-02-08 23:13:39 UTC  

if inflation is too high the *free market* can reduce the real minimum wage

2019-02-08 23:13:49 UTC  

it should be roughly based on productivity per worker

2019-02-08 23:15:52 UTC  

right but between the option of an inflationary spiral that doesn't hurt the minimum wage workers and the minimum wage workers just seeing their adjusted wages going down over time I'd prefer the first

2019-02-08 23:15:59 UTC  

their wages are guaranteed there

2019-02-09 02:17:40 UTC  

All in favor of stealing the Mason's kickass fezzes after we kill them all?

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/418667927169138688/543616440071225354/0503270928581shriners_09.png

2019-02-09 02:18:12 UTC  

I'll take those damn cars

2019-02-09 02:21:30 UTC  

*rolls up on u*

2019-02-09 06:20:00 UTC  

so what do you guys think of AOC's new green deal?

2019-02-09 06:20:04 UTC  

I like some parts of it

2019-02-09 06:20:09 UTC  

but absolutely hate others

2019-02-09 06:25:44 UTC  

It's socialism what more do you need to know

2019-02-09 06:26:10 UTC  

yeah put there are some good parts in it

2019-02-09 06:26:20 UTC  

Like the high speed motor rail

2019-02-09 06:26:25 UTC  

that would be great for the US

2019-02-09 06:26:40 UTC  

That's pretty much all I like about it

2019-02-09 06:27:15 UTC  

That doesn't need to be in a "deal" to happen lol

2019-02-09 06:27:32 UTC  

Yeah ik but i'm just saying I like that

2019-02-09 06:27:37 UTC  

I do too

2019-02-09 06:28:01 UTC  

However it seems like even the dems are against the new deal

2019-02-09 06:28:07 UTC  

since Nancy apparently threw it in the trash