Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Larry Kudlow: Minimum Wage Is 'A Terrible Idea'" video.

  1. Said no one ever. Look at how many businesses already pay above the min. wage. Why? Because no one would work for a company if they did not pay them enough.
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  2. Jack Ban, so they have a free market in wage negotiation between employer and employee? Great. I support that. So you support a free market? Is that what you are saying?
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  3. Kyle provided no evidence. He says there have been "studies" but provided none and provided no details on this issue. This is why he doesn't debate anyone, he would be called out on actions like this.
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  4. Which is sad. His audience claims Kyle is intelligent and has facts but yet he provides none. There are many studies that give counter viewpoints on the min. wage. Kyle does not provide a single one.
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  5. TheBlazersfan22, no one would work for so little. Only around 4% earn at or below the min. wage. Most businesses already pay more.
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  6. Istcloud, Amazon also provides goods to small businesses where they can order them and receive them quickly. So Amazon has helped a lot of small businesses. Amazon is not a coffee shop, nor a restaurant, nor a pet store and so on. They have helped out smaller companies like that.
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  7.  @Korean_Autist_AbsoluteMF  , those individuals are not economists.
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  8. This is why Kyle is a hack. He completely dismisses the other side of the argument. That immediately makes what he says irrelevant. He also claims that there are "studies" out there to support his claims but he provides none. No wonder he does not debate anyone, he would be exposed.
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  9. TheBlazersfan22, Trump did not blow up the deficit. The deficit, as percent of GDP, is around the norm.
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  10. Actually he didn't support a min. wage. If he did was to squash competitors.
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  11. Kyle is an economic illiterate. Most of what he said here is very deceptive to flat out wrong.
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  12. Mohamad107, it isn't that simple. What makes you think they will shop at those small businesses? Also, larger businesses have more resources to simply keep prices lower to attract those consumer hurting small businesses even more.
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  13.  @blackflagsnroses6013 , automation is very far away and full automation won't happen in our lifetime. Also, in a free market there is competition between small businesses and corporations.
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  14. Amine, some of the top employers at Seattle are the headquarters for Boeing, Amazon and Starbucks. The market there set a min. wage that was around, if not higher than $15/hr to begin with. So the increase did nothing. Compare it to this. The market in my area set the price of gas at around $3.50/gal. If the government were to come in and set a min. price of gas to $2.50/gal gas sales would not drop. Why? Because the market set the price of gas to higher than that. Same concept deals with wages. Also, please provide these "studies". You are acting like Kyle right now which makes you should like an economic illiterate.
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  15. No one will work for that little.
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  16. Who? Norway? Denmark? You do know they don't have a min. wage?
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  17. Stalin, what killed unions was crony unionism. Unions lobbied politicians and business just said "screw it" and left.
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  18. Ruben, Nordic nations have less regulations. They have more of a free market than we do. They tax their citizens more, not the rich.
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  19.  @blackflagsnroses6013  , never said the free market is the answer to all problems. There is a desire to have government. But much like how you hate big businesses I hate big government that you can't control.
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  20.  @happyland4524  , smaller size means less diversity and the government can micromanage those programs easier.
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  21. Kyle doesn't debate. I challenged him to debate this topic and healthcare and he did not respond. And he got angry when Ann Coulter refused to debate him when Ann did not know who he was. He has double standard.
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  22. TheUltimateBeing01, I am doing well.
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  23. just me, most workers who take welfare and work for Amazon are temp and part time. Amazon will just eliminate those workers which hurts people who are looking for extra income.
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  24. just me, they don't need those workers. They can give current ones more hours. Also, they can hire volunteers. At the fulfillment center in my city a group work gift wrap as volunteers and Amazon donates money to their charity. They can get more individuals like that. There are ways around it.
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  25. just me, business owners are very intelligent. You try to screw them over they will end up screwing you over. You think that you got them by passing a law like Bernie wants and they will find loopholes. There is a reason why they are so rich and people who support Bernie earn the min. wage.
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  26. He isn't wrong. A federal min. wage is a bad idea as it hurts smaller economies in the US particularly rural areas. Also, Amazon raised wages on their own.
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  27. If you listen to Kyle he says "studies say" but provide none. There have also been evidence of many small businesses that struggled to stay open when a min. wage went up. Kyle feels businesses like that are doing "wage slavery" which is foolish, they are providing a job and paying what they can afford. Kyle has no objective argument here so he makes an emotional one.
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  28. How?
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  29.  @lstcloud  , many small businesses buy from Amazon. For example a small coffee shop will buy from Amazon. Amazon is not a coffee shop, but the coffee shop will buy equipment from them if needed. You are pretty ignorant on how economics work. Amazon is not a threat to small restaurants or small businesses that are not retail.
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  30.  @lstcloud  , if they do then they do, but they aren't. That is the point. Also, despite them owning a grocery store other, smaller more local stores exist.
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  31.  Self Fulfilling Prophet  , I agree with you for the most part, my only suggestion is to not say it is "common sense". There is a debate to begin with meaning this issue is not "common sense". But as a whole I agree with you. I do like the point of how a lower min. wage is simply "less stupid".
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  32. Aleksander, you can open a business and pay people a "living wage" regardless of how much they produce. We will see how far it goes.
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  33. Mohamand107, so use government force to destroy businesses? Is that what you are suggesting? Also, one can say the same about employees. If they can't justify earning the min. wage than they will be unemployed and remain poor. Tough shit I guess.
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  34. Ruben, I did. What's your point?
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  35. That would be dumb. Reality is that democrats did not do well in this past election and the economy is growing. It will just make democrats look hostile risking them more seats.
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  36.  @DuragAllDay  , mainly because i am so intelligent and have logic in my comments. You can't counter what i say.
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  37.  @bonchidude , that is how the political pendulum swings. How many seats in Congress did Obama lose? He had a super majority in the Senate and lost it. I believe he lost around 60 seats. The fact that Trump lost less than 30 is a success. Also, he still has the senate so if he nominates another SC justice if that time comes than he will get it. And losing the house is not a major defeat. Politicians in the house are more willing to cross party lines for three reasons 1. There are more of them so you have a higher chance of convincing them 2. A lot come from moderate districts 3. They are up for re-election every two years so if they play politics they will lose So losing the house is not bad. If the democrats in the House play politics and pass laws that have no chancing of passing in the Senate than they will get voted out in 2 years if they come from moderate districts.
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  38.  @rolando2425 , scared of a counter argument? Am I making you question your beliefs?
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  39. We already have bargaining. Removing the min. wage will improve bargaining so yes, we should get rid of the federal min. wage.
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  40. Ahmad, right to work means you don't have to join a union if you don't want to. It does not make collective bargaining impossible.
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  41. Brett, most businesses already pay more. Around 4% earn at or below the min. wage. Most people earn more than the min. wage already. Removing the min. wage helps bargaining as it allows people who have little skills to obtain a job. After doing that they develop more skills and thus in the future can use that earn a higher wage. With the min. wage if you are not worth it than you don't get a job. You don't get into the bargaining situation to begin with.
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  42. Jack Ban, MLKJ was not an economist. He was a preacher who plagiarized his PhD defense.
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  43. Yes, some jobs are worth less than $7.25/hr for many reasons. Most min. wage earners are not poor, that is a fact. If you can't live off of a min. wage than find another job, or another higher paying job, or cut expenses. That's life. You are paid what you are worth in the market, period. Business owners are greedy and in a competitive market they have to pay workers well to get better employees or they will lose business.
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  44. Unskilled labor is not hard work. Also, removing the min. wage increases bargaining as someone can pick up a second job for say $5/hr but will be willing to work for that much if they had a flexible schedule. For example, they may work 30 hours a week someplace at $10/hr and than pick up a second job on the side at $5/hr doing extra work when they have time, such as sweeping sidewalks or organizing storage. People are paid a wage based on many things, some are 1. Their skills 2. Their dedication to the company such as if they are willing to work a set schedule or a flexible one 3. How much they produce 4. How hard it is to replace them And so on.
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  45. Brett, not everything inflates. How much are you willing to pay for a brick cell phone? I bet zero. But by inflation standards one should be worth nearly $4000. The same is with labor. How much is the Blockbuster employer worth in San Diego? $0. But by your standard they should not only be employed, but should be paid higher than the min. wage. Please study some economics.
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  46.  @lanabanana8265  , I doubt that. How many people who earn the min. wage even want to use a cleaning service? Also, the small business I worked for despised the min. wage.
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  47.  @lanabanana8265  , if you have the ability to move than you are not low income. If you have the ability to move you are not earning the min. wage. Most min. wage earners are not poor to begin with. Washington has a lot more private companies which makes their economy stronger. The min. wage has little, if anything, to do with it. Washington also has one of the highest teenage unemployment for the record. Also, you really don't need a cleaning company to clean a home. I have done it myself many times and got my deposit back.
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  48. Austin, the far left have no argument here. Listen to Kyle. He says "studies say" without providing any. And then he goes on a rant of a "living wage". What is a "living wage". The people working those jobs are alive so by definition that is a "living wage".
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  49. Stalin Steel, define "living". That is a subjective term. You moving the goalposts does not change the very basic one of them living.
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  50.  Stalin Steel  , living is living. You are alive so you are living .
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