Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Bernie Helps With Giant Minimum Wage Victory For NJ Workers" video.

  1.  @joemoe974  , sure, someone has to do those jobs. But who? How about young people, retired people looking for busy work, or someone as a part time job for extra money. And yes, Bernie does support mediocrity. Under Bernie where will be the incentive to work hard if he is going to pay for your healthcare, education, vacation time, and give you a "living wage". What do we need more of, McDonald workers or scientist and doctors? With those low wages that motivates people to work harder.
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  2. Min wage is how much is paid per hour, not per week. It is simply a political stunt. Besides, wages are already going up.
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  3.  @Babygirlly555  , well, consider his biggest supporter, AOC, had a college degree and can only get a job as a bartender. That is the level of Bernie's fans.
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  4.  @whyispinkysoinsane7898  , why work under Bernie? Where is the incentive? And yes, low wage jobs push people to find higher wage jobs. If you don't like being poor then change it.
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  5.  @whyispinkysoinsane7898  , even the Atlanta Fed said wages are going up. So it isn't me.
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  6.  @whyispinkysoinsane7898  , like always, I can support my claim. You never do.
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  7.  john scimeca  , what killed unions in the US was crony unionism. As usual government did more harm than good.
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  8.  john scimeca  , there is a role for government, but we have to control it. To do that we following the Constitution and establish more local government. Also, corporations do a good job at taking care of us. They have no power, only government does.
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  9.  john scimeca  , the percent of people working more than one job has been dropping for years. And for those who do work more than one job, how may was because of them doing it for enjoyment? Also, raising the min. wage dictates how much is paid per hour, not per week. Consider that.
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  10.  john scimeca  , so I say limit the powers of the government so it has nothing to sell. And many people do work a second job for enjoyment.
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  11. Then how are they alive?
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  12.  @whyispinkysoinsane7898  , then why aren't they dead?
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  13.  @johnpliskin8759  define "works". Also, in places where it "works" they have strong economy and high wages to begin with. The market there set the min. wage to be high. For example, in Seattle it is home to the HQ of Boeing, Amazon and Starbucks, top employers there that pay money. In Emeryville, CA three of their top employers are Pixar and two pharmaceutical companies. So you have a situation where wages are already high there.
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  14.  @whyispinkysoinsane7898  , so they are paid a "living wage" by definition. Thanks for agreeing with me.
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  15.  @whyispinkysoinsane7898  , again, why are you sexist?
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  16.  @Silphanis  , not true. Corporations will hire more to expand or create flexibility in scheduling. Also, what big businesses do is diversify their businesses to manage these cases that harm employees. For example, someone in a city who owns 15 McDonads, and say 10 of them are open 24 hours, will now reduce the number that are open 24 hours to 5, and they may shut down 3 McDonalds that don't generate much profit. So yes, jobs will be loss as larger businesses can simply do with less staff if needed. I love how far leftists over simplify a complex issue like the economy.
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  17.  @Silphanis  "Also, if you can't pay your workers a fair wage, you don't deserve to be in business" If you can't justify a higher wage then you don't deserve to live. See how anyone can make stupid statements?
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  18. What has he done?
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  19. What level of inflation? There are many ways to measure it.
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  20.  @snapdragon9300  , what rate? CPI? PCE? GDP deflator? Boskin Commission adjusted CPI? Also ,inflation has many flaws such as new technology bias for example. That is inflation cannot account for new technology that is better overall and thus cheaper then the actual sticker price. As for universal healthcare, the US has more access and higher quality compared to those nations.
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  21.  @snapdragon9300  , the half a million bankruptcies is essentially a myth. Read the NEJM article entitled "Myth and Measurement — The Case of Medical Bankruptcies" The 45,000 stat has been challenged. Prof. Richard Kronick did his own study and found no correlation between lack of coverage and early death. Prof. Katherine Baicker stated that those individuals are poor and bad health is associated with being poor. So the question becomes do they die due to lack of access or due to being in bad health to begin with? As stated in the book "Being Mortal", people seek out modern medicine is looked at to have people live another 5 or 10 years. But really they will live only another 5 or 10 months. So if you give those 45,000 care and they live only 5 more months, was that a success? Also, amenable mortality is an issue every nation faces. I agree the insurance companies have too much power. That is because we do not have a free market system. We have a heavily regulated and subsidized system. I have no power in picking my insurance, I am dependent on my employer. I don't agree with that. But it is that way because of the payroll tax. Government created that problem of insurance having too much power. To me the solution is not more government.
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  22.  @andrewbrady6154  , I look at all evidence. I even take evidence from the left to support my argument. At this point it is clear you have no counter argument. The problem with the far left is that they will take on stat and run with it on a purely emotional argument. Take the 45,000 stat. While value in it there is a lot more to it where I reveal that. Is it an issue that 45,000 people die? If so, then yes. But think about it. As I laid out, that 45,000 stat is questionable in accuracy. Also, if it is accurate how is it compared to other nations? Amenable mortality is an issue in any system. With no comparison you can't make a strong claim with that number. You are searching for a perfect system that does not exist. All I am doing here is laying out more information on these issues that I do want to improve on. Not my fault you can't make strong arguments.
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  23. No
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  24.  @KingJT80  1. If a company fired you for wearing a blue shirt, unless it violated some dress code, that company won't have many employees. 2. What does slavery have to do with anything? 3. People do have the power to own their labor. That is why you negotiate with your employer to have a higher wage or you find a new job. You don't need a union for that.
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