Comments by "Doncarlo" (@doujinflip) on "What the US gets wrong about minimum wage" video.

  1. Or it would incentivize increased production (which lowers prices) now that masses of people can buy more than a week's worth of groceries and gas at a time.
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  2. Businesses tend to think in the short term, like 3-month quarters. They're not known for holistic and long-term considerations. Hence why private businesses owners shouldn't dominate policy like they do now; at the extreme case they end up like President Trump.
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  3.  @webx135  Right, if wages kept up with productivity, Americans would have the purchasing power of at least $21/hr now
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  4. Employers seek every reason to not pay up. That's why Southern states fought a literal war in defense of unpaid lifelong slavery.
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