Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "Progressives Sell Out Workers on $15 Minimum Wage" video.

The Republicans and not the Russians??
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Read my lips . . .
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A very small family business doesn't have to pay the federal minimum wage. Those whose employees get tips have a different minimum. Why not revisit exemptions? Because there are exemptions, and there always were. BTW, working for a full year at minimum wage, living at home, and saving your entire check for a year is NOT ENOUGH to afford one year of in-state college tuition. Yet people say "minimum wage is a starter job, for kids." Starter FOR WHAT? A lot of people will work two minimum wage jobs, and never get out from under them. Obvious why.
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@IMurderdTheDevil There is no way for most people on minimum wage to afford a state school, and most people can't get better jobs without college. A minimum wage SUMMER JOB used to be enough of one year of tuition: yup, three months of full time work used to equal one full year of in-state tuition. "Gee. What happened????"
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@IMurderdTheDevil You mean if the parents can't pay, right? An 18 year old who can pay doesn't need college to get out of a minimum wage job.
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@IMurderdTheDevil Some can. And they usually need more than high school, no?
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@secv All right. Neither Robert Mapplethorpe nor Patti Smith finished college, and Smith either didn't go for very long or didn't go at all. Mary Travis, of Peter, Paul, and Mary, was allowed by her parents to leave high school. For their generation, a MINIMUM WAGE JOB and a roommate paid the rent in New York or San Francisco. THAT is called opportunity. They had real choices, and working full time was enough to afford choices.
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@secv College tuition for state school is also an excellent proxy for opportunity. If you have the money to afford college, you can choose to go or not. How about if you don't have the money? "Elitist" my arse. "Paradise?" I'm describing what used to exist, for everyone. What happened? (Rhetorical question. The answer is obvious, and if you are literate you know.)
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@IMurderdTheDevil I've never been in debt for any education. I haven't had a mortgage in this century. I paid off my car (my only new car) about 16 months sooner than required. Any more advice? Pfft.
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@IMurderdTheDevil Most people lose on investments. And lie about it! Or, the only money they made was in interest and dividends. Most investment advice is inaccurate as well. The wealthiest, most financially stable person I know is a good friend's uncle -- with a teacher's pension.
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@IMurderdTheDevil You can also win the lotto. You can also marry well. One of the women in the Manson "family" married a Harvard Law School grad while in prison.
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@IMurderdTheDevil My family's finances were destroyed by Enron-level misconduct in the C-suite, not at just one employer, but two, in two different industries. I don't count the additional misconduct that didn't rise to the level of a jail sentence, but that certainly hurt our finances as well. (Actually, someone I worked for did have a brief house arrest, and his conduct caused the firm to collapse, but I don't consider that such a big deal. Stuff happens.) Then there were the medical malpractice tragedies. Plural. My future Social Security requires me to move abroad. The good news is, I get to leave. What's left of my family is outside the States. Now you can have this heavenly joint all to yourself, aren't you happy? I am.
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They have to shove trillions into the money supply to keep the economy out of a massive depression, so the only chance they have to stem inflation is to keep the velocity of money low. This also means the money will go upward, to a very, very small number of people -- a coincidence I am sure.
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