Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Amazon Shamed Into Paying $15 An Hour By Bernie u0026 Ro Khanna" video.

  1. If you can't justify a higher wage than you should not exist. There, see how simple that was.
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  2. KidLoose, thoes companies cannot afford higher wages. Even if they can they are going to hire those that can produce at the wage they are paid. Ford paid a higher wage out of competition. It wasn't so they can buy cars.
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  3. Another episode of Kyle showing his economic illiteracy.
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  4. Bernie had nothing to do with this. This is the result of a strong economy. Consumption is up, unemployment is low, demand for labor is up which means higher wages.
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  5. It is almost like a strong economy leads to higher wages.
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  6. Daniel Delos, wages have not fallen since the last tax cuts. Even at that the tax cuts just started this year. It is easy to argue against the idea that wages have been stagnate since the 70s. Wages have arguably went up since the 70s if you include PCE level of inflation and include benefits. I have looked at the numbers. Read the following sources "Fifty Years of Growth in American Consumption, Income, and Wages" by prof. Bruce Sacerdote and "Did Wages Reflect Growth in Productivity" by prof. Martin. S. Feldstein Feel free to read them and give your opinion if you want. Point being is that I have researched this topic.
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  7. Daniel, I understand ultra leftists have a hard time researching topics beyond talking points but trust me, there are arguments to be made against what you said.
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  8. Unemployment is low.
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  9. Anthony 1. Trump did cause this. The economy was stagnate under Obama 2. They are. They are two of many measures of an economy. The slavery argument is poor as you are forcing people to work. Also, slavery would not improve the stock market. In fact, it would destroy it as people are being forced under physical threat to work and will no longer consume out of fear. Kyle has not explained anything. He is an economic illiterate. I watched his videos. On his healthcare arguments he supports bullying people into getting universal healthcare. He has no argument so he points to irrelevant polls and supports mob rule to get what he wants. As for wages over the past decades, many indicators support the idea that wages have increased over the years. When you look at PCE inflation or Boskin Commission adjusted inflation wages have increased.
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  10. They won't. Amazon did this on their own.
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  11. Billsama, Amazon will be fine, a lot of companies won't.
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  12. No they can't.
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  13. KidLoose, you have no opinion or facts.
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  14. Most full time workers don't collect welfare. That is where Kyle is wrong.
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  15. This is the result of a strong economy. So Trump deserves credit. Bernie had nothing to do with it.
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  16. Drunkie Stark, yep. What's your point? This is Amazon raising wages on their own. Also, Amazon already paid above the min. wage to begin with. Trump supports higher wages, he wants the market to dictate it.
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  17. Nice rebuttal, really changes my perspective on things.
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  18. I seen the video, he meant the min. wage. But if you want to go off of what other politicians said, Bernie did praise breadlines and Castro.
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  19. It isn't so much about teams but about the truth. Bernie had nothing to do with this. This is the result of a strong economy. Bezos may play it off as a political game, but in reality the economy is stronger and this is the result.
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  20. Fact is that no one cares about Bernie anymore. Trump is successful. Bernie is becoming a nobody.
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  21. Zidneya, way to reference an old, irrelevant poll.
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  22. mister. T Jr, him referencing Bernie is purely PC. Reality is consumption is up, unemployment is down, and demand for labor is up. That leads to higher wages.
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  23. DrumWild, I am an adult and have plenty of responsibilities. I got a raise myself as well.
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  24. He meant the min. wage.
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  25. Harry, way to reference an old, irrelevant poll. Bernie lost. Trump won despite Bernie rallying against him.
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  26. Random Dude, I love how you just call me a troll instead of giving an actual rebuttal. Fact is this is a result of the strong economy. A strong economy leads to higher wages. Bernie has been attacking rich people and corporations for years. What makes you think that now all of a sudden one corporation is just going to bow down to him, especially when Bernie has no power? We are seeing the positive influence of the tax cuts.
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  27. Henry, I would love to know where you get your stats. Our poverty rate is around 15%, not 40%.
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  28. 295Phoenix, I love how you don't give an actual rebuttal to what I say. I have a lot of good information which is why I can counter what ultra leftists like Kyle say. Noticed how when I do people just attack my character and call me a troll as opposed to attacking anything I say? If so much good information is out there to counter what I say then why don't people do it?
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  29. Pointing to a poll from over 2 years ago is old. Opinions change over time. Right now Trump is successful and the economy is strong. According to RealClearPolitics Trump's approval rating is growing. Fact is this. The ultra left is dying and I am trying to help you out. We will see come November but the Kavanaugh situation might have been the final nail in the coffin. People are not going to support the left until they become more moderate. Doubling down on people like Bernie, who is an economic illiterate, is not going to help. From Bernie you guys produced Cory Booker and AOC, complete jokes. The best thing to do is to run away from Bernie before you destroy what remains from the left.
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  30. Zidneya, you poll is approval, not popularity. Also, your link does not link the methods to the poll making your source unreliable.
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  31. 295Phoenix, I can say the same about you. What does it feel like to be on the losing end? Kavanaugh is going to be confirmed and republicans have a great chance of keeping Congress. Great to see Cory Booker act like an idiot to give more support towards Republicans.
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  32. Hillary was corrupt. She was only in the position she was because of Bill. I pointed to RealClearPolitics to show the double standard in people. They point to polls when it is convenient for them. I don't as I now the shortcomings in polls.
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  33. The economy is strong. Low unemployment, higher interest rates, lower initial claims, labor participation is stagnate when for years it was dropping. Several indicators of the economy doing well.
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  34. Libtard3354, the US economy was not as well as it is now with Trump. Income inequality is deceptive. People are not poor because others are rich. I don't care if others are rich as long as I am doing well. Bernie did what he always does, he attacks the rich and corporations with asinine comments. Why haven't others did what Bezos did? Because they know Bernie is irrelevant. Bezos raised wages because of the strong economy. If Bernie had majority support than why did Trump and republicans win? Why did many Bernie backed candidates lose in the Rust Belt? It takes time for the tax cuts to create a positive effect. The tax cuts have been in place only this year, not 1 and a half years. But you claim I don't understand economics. You don't even know when the tax cuts took place.
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  35. You did not know when the tax cuts took place. The tax bill was signed 2017 and did not come into effect until 2018.
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  36. Ten Pound Serling, we are not in a bubble. Interest rates are being raised to stop a bubble. But keep screaming that if it makes you feel good.
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  37. Libtard3354, to start, when you say the 1% make more than the bottom 50%, that is not true. The top 10% earned 40% of the income. If you are talking about wealth then there is some truth there, but wealth is not income. Wealth is assets. If you want to have a discussion you have to get facts correct. Under Obama unemployment was decreasing but so was labor participation. Under Trump labor participation is no longer decreasing but unemployment is still decreasing. More people are looking for jobs but unemployment is still going down. GDP is a great indicator in how well the economy is doing. It is arguable that wages have not stagnated. What method are you using to determine that? CPI? PCE? Boskin Commission adjusted inflation? Walmart has paid above the min. wage for years. Why attack them? You can scream bubble all you want, it isn't happening. The Fed raised interest rates 3 times this year. In the past major recessions happened due to low interest rates. I pointed to an approval rating poll for Trump to show how people cherry pick polls. As a whole I don't follow the polls as they are vague questions on complex issues to people who are not informed on the topic. Opinions change when more information is given. People point to Bernie being popular but he has never been attacked by the GOP so any poll on that is irrelevant. People still know very little about him such as him supporting Castro, him stealing electricity from his neighbor, his support for breadlines, or how he wants to raise taxes on everyone and so on. As for Bernie backed candidates in the rust belt, they won districts they have no chance of winning in the general. And the candidates they really rallied for, like that one in KS, lost.
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  38. Amazon actually operated at a lost for years. Now they are earning a profit.
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  39. VivaPR, Amazon has operated at a lost for year. Now they are earning a profit. That gives them the ability to raise their wages more. In reality Amazon raised their wages in the past. I worked for Amazon fulfillment in the past and I started out at $12.50 around 5 years ago. They contacted me again saying they were willing to pay $13.75. That was last year. That was before Bernie attacked Amazon. Amazon was raising their wages to begin with. This is why I can see through this BS because I worked for Amazon in the past as a temp. A strong economy means higher wages, that is a fact. That is because demand for labor is up and supply of labor is down, so wages go up.
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  40. Rolando, I have no likes because I am a moderate on an ultra leftist channel. I give an argument that Bernie had nothing to do with this wage increase and people attack me by simply calling me stupid.
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  41. Melchior, I worked at Amazon as a temp. I quit simply because I am in grad school. I will say I respect the workers there and most I talked to did not mind working there. People like Bernie and his fans will look at the one who worked a week and quit because they were too lazy to work 10 hours. I worked during the Xmas season and it was five 12 hour shifts. Was it hard? Yes. But it was not torture. It was not painful. It was not an unfit work environment. As I said, many people worked there and were fine. Bernie is doing a huge disservice to the working individuals at Amazon by doing what he is doing. Most at Amazon are fine from my experience. Why doesn't Bernie interview workers like you? Because Bernie is a career, corrupt politician.
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  42. KidLoose, under Regan the economy boomed. It continued to do so in the 90s after welfare reform.
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  43. VivaPR, polls are unreliable as they are simply a snapshot and not a trend. Read the Scientific American article entitled "How can a poll of only 1,004 Americans represent 260 million people with only a 3 percent margin of error?" The reality is that opinions change when more information is given. Take universal healthcare for example. Polls has over 60% wanting it. But in 2016 close to 80% of voters in Colorado, a left leaning state that voted for Bernie in the primaries, said no. Polls are vague questions on complex issues to a group of people who don't fully understand the topic. When more information is given opinions change.
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  44. VivaPR, the majority do earn above the minimum. Also, the phrase "living wage" is subjective and means nothing. People are alive so be definition they are earning a "living wage". Fact is companies do pay more out of competition. Only around 4% of workers earn at or below the min. wage. The idea that government needs to regulate wages is simply false. Businesses do it out of competition. Amazon paid over $12 an hour to begin with. By your thought process they would be paying the min. wage but they weren't. Working conditions improved prior to the 30s. Look at the rate of mining deaths and how unions pushed to improve safety in mining prior to the 30s. FDR turned a recession into a depression. The federal min. wage increased in 2006. I earn $23,000 a year. You tell me if I am earning a high wage or not. I live on my own and I am fine. I bet the majority of Amazon workers are fine. Talking to a handful that complain because they don't like to work does not represent the norm.
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  45. Anthony, you never did run through the numbers on what a "living wage" is. You can't because it differs for every person. Someone who is healthy, is able to walk to work, and is willing to have 3 roommates has a lower "living wage" than someone who has to live on their own and commute an hour to work every day and has health problems. This is why you just get angry and call me names as opposed to giving me facts and data. You can't give me any data as a "living wage" is subjective.
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  46. KidLoose 1. BLS stats has how many earn at or below the min. wage. 2. Considering how over 90% earn above the min. wage supports my opinion. 3. Uh, it isn't a book keeping tactic, it was the literal wage. Amazon workers started around $12/hr. I started at $12.50 an hour as I worked graveyard. 4. Conservatives support unions, they are against crony unionism. 5. At this point you have four things wrong, what is the point?
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  47.  @SquallAKALeon  So you are too lazy to search the BLS website? At this point I am done. You have no argument so you just scream "citation" or "opinion is not a fact" while providing zero counter argument.
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  48.  @tuvideoloco6551  , nice counter argument. Really changes my perspective on things.
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  49. KidLoose, it is hard to link sources. I give the titles of them. I pointed out the BLS source. At that point it doesn't matter what I say, you will just deny reality. You are going to an Alex Jones level of conspiracy with the paying for tweet thing.
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